Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
3 Brian Redman wins the F5000 race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, in a Lola T330. Jody Scheckter finishes 3rd and clinches...
Champ Car racing is in the middle of an ongoing drama, which can be best described as character building. Starting in 2005, CART rules call for 3-liter V-10 engines, just like Formula One. Could it be that some convergence is in the air? If so, we have been there before....
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5.0 liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body,...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
While many racecar drivers have earned the title of “living legend,” there are very, very few that can also lay claim to the title of “pioneer.” Janet Guthrie is one such driver. From a decade of building and racing sports cars in the SCCA, Guthrie catapulted onto the sports sections...
Eldon Rasmussen was the second Canadian (after Billy Foster) to race in the Indianapolis 500 in the modern era. Eldon...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
2 Jackie Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand 9 Hour Race at Kyalami, South Africa (1968). 4 Sportscar racer Bob Wollek is born (1943). 7 American racer Ted Wentz is born (1946). 8 Le Mans winner Masten Gregory dies from a heart...
1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria,...
1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special Lotus 72 (1973). 3 Nino Vaccarella drives a Maserati 200SI to victory in the Mendola Hillclimb in Bolzana, Italy (1960). 4 Christian Lautenschlager drives a Mercedes to victory in the Grand Prix de l’Automobile...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G2 When Champ Cars made a very rare appearance in Europe a couple of years ago, many...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Championship race...
1957 Climax-powered Jomar You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add an American V-8, clothe it in...
1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967). 5 Graeme Bailey and Allan Grice drive a Holden Commodore to victory in the James Hardie 1000 at Mount Panarama in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (1986). 6 Antonio Brivio wins the Coppa della...
1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican...
How amusing, I often smile, that a breed of racer I associate with conservatism generally speeds around to the left....
1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952). 2 The First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 4...
West Coast photographer John Wilson started shooting pictures of racing in the 1960s at various racetracks in California. As such,...
1 Brian Redman finishes 1st and 2nd in the 24 Hours of Daytona when the Gulf Porsche 917K he shared...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active drag racer, Simpson went on to race in various road racing categories before moving on to USAC racing and eventually the Indianapolis 500. While Simpson often demonstrated great speed and...
1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 First engine ever...
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North American road racing. He began as did so many others of his contemporaries in the 1950s, went on to race with Briggs Cunningham’s team, and from there went to the...
