American Climax
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...
Browsing: September ’07
The Silver Fox
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
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...
Tools of the Trade
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…
Antonio Ascari
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...
How I Became Jim Clark’s Mechanic
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...
Maserati Birdcage
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...
Remembering Johnny
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…
Motoring Mags
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...
Heroes of AVUS
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…
Fast Exposure
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…