Dutch Treat
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the BRM P25 front-engine car as… Read More...
Browsing: June ’08
Unsung Heroes
While the postwar American sports car scene was inspired by European road racing, it was different in many respects. In America, particularly by the late… Read More...
Can-Am Thunder Downunder
New Zealand—the homeland of the two most famous drivers of the Can-Am series, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme—was the host to its first-ever Can-Am race… Read More...
Nigel Mansell
After a quick rise through Formula Ford and F3, British racer Nigel Mansell joined the Lotus Formula One team as a test driver, thus launching… Read More...
Shock Jock
We seem to hear more and more these days about the sorry state of the media. I’d say I have to agree, after a formerly… Read More...
Nino and the Cassata
The man at the wheel of the 2.8-liter, six-cylinder, Ford Sierra XR4i may have been a schoolmaster, but he certainly did not drive like one.… Read More...
Tales From Lola
I worked as the chief engineer at Lola (1969–1981) during one of their most productive and interesting periods. The number of fascinating incidents that happened… Read More...
Maserati 250F
Every era has its own greatest racing car. I would like to go back to my boyhood where I have fond memories of a car… Read More...
Torrey Pines
During the early fifties, road racing in the United States took place, for the most part, at airports. While airports have a number of advantages,… Read More...
Extreme Sports?
I was surprised to read in the March issue of this magazine a letter from Bob Krueger on “train racing,” which sounds irresponsible and dangerous.… Read More...
Raymond Mays and the ERA at Shelsley
I first became aware of ERAs in 1945, and their special significance to British motor sport, together with their originator and promoter Raymond Mays, who… Read More...