1957 Climax-powered Jomar You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add an American V-8, clothe it in a lightweight body and go… Read More...
He was known as “the Silver Fox,” “the Racing Grandfather,” and “Merle the Magician.” These nicknames might indicate a gentlemanly racer, older than most of… Read More...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning two World Championships—with Emerson Fittipaldi… Read More...
Whether you work on your own cars or not, at some juncture in your life you inevitably have to pick up a tool to fettle…
His contemporaries called him the “Garibaldino,” a term they reserved for the best of their select band. Like Giuseppe Garibaldi, the general who kicked the… Read More...
I was born in Capetown, South Africa, a very long way from the epicenter of motor racing, Central Europe. Motorsport, however, had always fascinated me… Read More...
The Birdcage Maserati is kind of a long story. I don’t know if it was the greatest racecar, but there is no question it was… Read More...
John Von Neumann is an important name in the history of the second half of the twentieth century. A Princeton professor, he was an eminent…
I have just marked my half-century of being a motor racing enthusiast. On February 1, 1957, I bought a copy of Motor Sport. Many years… Read More...
Opening in 1921, AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs-und Übungs-Straße) was devised by the AvD as a motorsport venue and test track for the motor industry. This unusually shaped…
The Woodcote Cup; Goodwood, September 27, 1952. Tires smoking, the two works B.R.M.’s shoot off at the start. Nearest the camera is Reg Parnell, still…