March 2017 The 12 Hours of Sebring; Sebring, April 1, 1967. The Chaparral 2D was entered by Jim Hall for...
Sebring, FL March 16–17, 2006...
1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race (1967). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau, France (1939). 3 Dan Gurney wins the USAC Golden Gate 150 at Sears...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
Englishman Andy Wallace is one of only eight drivers ever to post at least one victory in each of endurance...
1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 First engine ever...
There is a warehouse in Houston, Texas, that is the automotive equivalent of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There are no rivers of the liquid-brown confection and you won’t find even a single Everlasting-Gobstopper. There are sales people and mechanics and detailers, but sadly not-a-one Oompa Loompa. By comparison the place...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance...
September 2017 The well turned out factory team of MGAs lined up prior to the start of the 12 Hours...
Sebring International Raceway, FL March 12, 2008...
Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders...
Sebring, FL March 14–17, 2007...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his country’s flag. After Phil Hill, he was the second American to win in Formula 1, and is considered the equal of that other American superstar, Mario Andretti. He is also...
July 2006 Speed, Frozen in Time : Vintage Racecar Images By Jamie Hankin Readers of Vintage Raecar will be familiar...
Sebring, FL March 13-16...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France, at the Le Mans test. Probably due to the proximity of the Sebring event, both Chaparral and Ferrari chose not to attend, leaving Ford with little to compare their performance...
The Qvale Sebring MGBs By 1959, the MG Car Company was looking to update the somewhat dated and underpowered MGA...
You never know where interesting collections of rare photos will turn up. While cruising through the Desert Centre Triumph Register...
Sebring, Florida March 16–19, 2005...
The Mirage story is, in some ways, a rather complex one, in that the Mirage was a rare example of...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s...
In early April, I made my way to Las Vegas for the inaugural Champ car Vegas Grand Prix. This new event featured just three races through the streets of downtown Las Vegas, the main Champ car race, an Atlantic race, and a historic Formula One race sanctioned by Historic Grand...
The 12 Hours of Sebring, March 25, 1961, featured heavy traffic in the Webster Turns. Shown leading this group is...
Joseph Pendergast, historic racer, race organizer, and collector for nearly 40 years, succumbed to complications from pneumonia on September 14, 2008, at the age of 69. Pendergast was owner and general manager of West Coast Caterers, and upon selling it to Dobbs House in 1973, he sought his Bachelor’s degree...
Briggs Swift Cunningham: one of the greatest racing figures, car engineers and team owners in America. Racing from the ’40s...
Engineer, Champion Rider, Champion Driver and Team Manager Mark Donohue talked of “the unfair advantage,” the way in which a...
At the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 25, 1961, John Fitch shared this Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati T61 “Birdcage” with Dick Thompson, but they retired in the early going, sidelined by a broken gearbox. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814...
