Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 16–19, 2009...
Much like the animal it was named for, the precise origin of the Unicorn H-Modified sports racer remains a mystery....
Holiday Gift Guide 2009 Oyster Perpetual Datejust II $7,525 41mm, stainless steel case, 18kt white gold fluted bezel, 31 jewel chronometer movement with Oyster bracelet. (1-800-36-ROLEX) for an Official Rolex Jeweler near you....
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting...
Automobiles first came to Los Angeles just over 100 years ago. Roughly 23 manufacturers eventually set up shop in the...
“Once upon a time”— is the way most children’s fairytales start, but this is no French fairytale. Although it is not unlike Jean Rédélé’s (the father of Alpine) dream of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright. Just as with that story, this dream may yet become reality. The...
In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
I’ve spoken here, on several occasions, about the numerous unfulfilled rumors that have swirled through Formula One over the years,...
When you’re weighed down with a name like Prince Birabongse Bhanutej Bhanubandh, you’ve got to do something about it if you want to go motor racing, so this Siamese tongue twister became B. Bira. That was the pseudonym under which a small, doll-like grandson of King Mongkut, played by Yul...
My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best...
When drivers are asked about their greatest racecar, many look at cars that have won races or given them great...
By 1963, Cobras were doing very well in Sports Car Club of America races. Cars driven by Shelby American drivers won the SCCA A Production National Championship. In addition, they won the SCCA Production-Class U.S. Road Racing Championship. Carroll Shelby, however, wanted to enter and win the unlimited USAC Sports...
There has been much rejoicing over the return to F1 next year of Team Lotus and I cannot understand what...
Hand carved from mahogany, the Ford GT-40 shown above measures 13 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall,...
December 2009 Prince Bira of Siam was an excellent prewar amateur driver who could often give the professionals a run for their money. Here he enthusiastically corners his E.R.A. during the Crystal Palace Cup race on July 1, 1939. He won the first heat but had to settle for 3rd...
Nelson Ledges is a fun, fast and reasonably flat racetrack in northeast Ohio, originally raced as a dirt road course...
The story of Chet Herbert is pure inspiration. Afflicted with polio at age 20, Herbert spent his life building a...
December 2009 Italian Monster Dear Editor, Beautiful job with the Cad-Alfa (also loved the Watkins Glen story and Kessler interview). The three Torrey Pines photos were all taken at the July meet, not the December ’52 one, which I know not only because I took one of them, but because...
1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and...
New race courses keep blinking onto our radar screens, which seems like a good thing until they turn up on our TV screens. Or at least on mine. For me, the new breed of supercircuits mostly invokes disappointment and, worse, boredom. There are exceptions. Even on TV, which tends to...
Reims, France September 26–27, 2009...
New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ September 18–20, 2009...
New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ September 18–20, 2009...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 11–13, 2009...
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY September 10–13, 2009...
Murwillumbah Sprint Circuit, NSW, Australia September 5–6, 2009...
Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, CT September 4–7, 2009...
Mallory Park, Leicestershire, UK August 23, 2009...
December 2009 Ferrari 312P & 312PB By Ed McDonough and Peter Collins Billed as “the story of a great car and a great time in motorsport history,” this is the first book devoted solely to Ferrari’s 312P and 312PB models, and it features many rare and previously unpublished photos. The...
