Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA April 1–3, 2016...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons Jovicus “Hill of Jupiter.” Whatever the origin of its name, this hill that overlooks Barcelona’s harbor has been known as Montjuic for more than a thousand years. Now using the...
The name Robin Donovan may not mean much to most, but this man has quietly gone about his business and...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive...
We called it the “Bruce and Denny Show,” and it was total dominance of the Can-Am Championship by McLaren Cars from 1967 to 1971, during which they won 43 of the series’ 71 races, 23 of them consecutively. It was an astounding performance in which New Zealander Bruce McLaren won...
I was born with a competitive spirit, my father represented Great Britain at Speedway, my mother and two of my...
Some may disagree with me, but I think a great racing car must be a winning car. Racing cars can...
Every Brit in motor racing of a certain age blames Bill Boddy and Denis Jenkinson for the fact that we were diverted from leading useful lives. As youngsters, we read Motor Sport. Nothing about it made any sense according to any business model. It would drive any teacher in journalism...
The 1971 season saw the arrival of the BRM P160. It won the Austrian and Italian Grands Prix in the...
Formula 3 was a superb training ground for many British drivers in the early 1950s. For this sunny International Daily...
How many more trees do these Brits plan on killing? Since its beginnings in the early part of the 20th century, the automobiles of the Morgan Motor Company have been hand-built around frames of ash. Nothing all that unusual; many coachbuilders used wood subframes in the early days. However, what...
Peter Gregg Dear Editor, I hope this note finds you well. Though I loved your magazine’s Hurley Haywood article, I’m even...
3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at Suzuka in a Porsche 962. ...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and various safety requirements. However, there...
That’s a question I found occupying (the few) idle moments of my mind during October’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV at...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT September 3–5, 2011...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 19-21, 2011...
Near Manchester, VT August 13–14, 2011...
Winton Rceway, Winton, Victoria, Australia August 12–14, 2011...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 16–18, 2011...
Formula One at Watkins Glen By Michael Argetsinger From its dustcover image of the opening lap of the 1967 United...
As outlined in this month’s Racecar Profile, the Formula Super Vee series served as an important rung on the racing...
Forty-two years after winning the 1969 SCCA Formula Continental crown in Marvin Davidson’s Milestone Eagle, Tony Adamowicz is once again king of Formula 5000, having claimed victory in three of the five F5000 Drivers Association revival races to secure the 2011 title. Driving the same 1969 Eagle Mark 5-Chevy he...
As the ninth annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering had chosen to honor Ferrari’s limited edition, top-end America and Superamerica...
If you arrived at Goodwood just after the gates opened on any of the three days (September 16-18) there’s every...
Englishman Dan Wheldon was killed in a 15-car crash on the 11th lap of the scheduled 200-lap IndyCar season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in mid-October. The two-time and reigning Indy 500 winner and former IRL champion became the victim of massive blunt force head trauma when his car...
Set against the backdrop of the Chiltern Hills, Kop Hill in the Parish of Princes Risborough, England, held the now...
Thirty-one cars sold for more than a million dollars and several new world records were established last August during Monterey’s...
The 38th renewal of the annual vintage racecar celebration at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, enjoyed another glorious weekend in mid-August, with drivers from 13 countries in some 550 cars taking part in races for 17 classes as the event honored the 50th anniversary of the...
