Grey Pussy
1958 Jaguar 3.4 Saloon It has had an impressive competition career in anyone’s language. In simple number of wins it’s up there with some of… Read More...
Browsing: July ’09
Moons, Magic & Milestones
Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago. The Sixties was a decade filled with aberration,… Read More...
Walt MacKay
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs a shop repairing, restoring, and… Read More...
A Brawny God
No one reveres their heroes like the Brits (well, maybe the Italians). Whether it’s a perpetual race winner like Stirling Moss, an intrepid explorer like… Read More...
William Grover-Williams
Shot by the Gestapo, executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, killed on a death march from Sachsenhausen. All of those horrific things are said to… Read More...
Flying the Eagle FF
The Eagle Formula Ford that I won the SCCA Runoffs with in 1978 was a car I was involved with from very early in its… Read More...
Williams FW07
Frank Williams and Patrick Head are probably the best blokes I have ever driven for, so, it should come as no surprise that I chose… Read More...
Remembering Richie
Like many other sports during WWII, automobile racing experienced a hiatus. Soon thereafter, however, competition resumed. The Formula One World Championship series was initiated in… Read More...
Scirocco
In the May issue, the editor referred to Scirocco as an American F1 outfit, and that is the official version, but the story is more… Read More...
Gullwing! Qué bella macchina!
Two months before the end of WWII, an American P-51 Mustang was shot down over Germany. The pilot was Captain John Fitch and he spent… Read More...
Fast Exposure
July 2009 At the Autosport Three Hours race held at Snetterton on September 28, 1963, South African driver Bob Olthoff pressed on aggressively with his AC… Read More...