Dual Personality
1952 Ferrari 225 S While the history of the Ferrari you see here will forever associate it with the great American World Champion Phil Hill,… Read More...
Browsing: September ’09
Three for the Show
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement of a new American constructor… Read More...
Marc Surer
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he grew up in a country… Read More...
Dialing in Some Putsch
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the famous quote by George Bernard… Read More...
John Watson
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by the number of his countrymen… Read More...
Of Osella and Others
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula 3—a championship I stayed in… Read More...
JPS Lotus 72
The best cars I ever drove were the John Player Special, which gave me the 1972 Formula One World Championship, and the Penske that took… Read More...
Stock Car Road Racing
It is well known that some great stock car road racing took place at the Riverside International Raceway. Dan Gurney enhanced his record as an… Read More...
Indianapolis Insights
People have often expressed surprise that the Indianapolis 500 was included in the World Championship, between 1950 and 1960. For the first two years of… Read More...
The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix
Sir Stirling Moss scored the first of his three Monaco Grand Prix wins in 1956 with this Maserati 250F, nipping ahead of rival Juan Manuel… Read More...
Fast Exposure
September 2009 Led away from the start by Graham Hill’s Rondel Racing Brabham BT36, the field for the August 30, 1971, Rothmans International Trophy Race…