Sebring Twins
The Qvale Sebring MGBs By 1959, the MG Car Company was looking to update the somewhat dated and underpowered MGA sports car with a new… Read More...
Browsing: July ’04
Gurney’s First
It’s the stuff of Hollywood. Likeable, luckless Jimmy Stewart type, after a series of DNFs and an horrific accident that very nearly cost him his… Read More...
Vern Schuppan
A new event in the British racing calendar took place in July 1973, the Avon Motor Tour of Britain. The Tour was based on the… Read More...
Turning 50
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re lucky?” I said. “Do you…
The Lotus Years
Back in the early 1950s I was racing my own Cooper 500 fairly successfully. I managed to beat the works team a couple of times,… Read More...
Ayrton Senna
As I write this column in late April, the mass media is full of stories about Ayrton Senna. I must be the only person who…
D-Type Curve
This large painting study was inspired by my first visit to Lime Rock Park 17 years ago. I couldn’t believe the amount of vintage racecars…
July in Racing History
3 Mark Donohue wins the USAC Champ Car race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, for Team Penske’s first Champ Car victory (1971). 4 Frank Verbeck wins $50,000… Read More...
Formula Ford
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea… Read More...
See the Chaparrals!
Speaking to a room packed with eager ears, Vic Elford was well into a detailed description of how he used to drive the Chaparral 2J’s… Read More...
HSCC
Donington Park, England April 11, 2004 Read More...