The late ’50s and early ’60s were a time of tremendous change in American road racing. The cars were changing—front-engine...
It was a hot Indian Summer day in 1955 when the last race was run at Watkins Glen. Up on...
Were you to go looking for Ed Pink tomorrow, you’d likely find him at his latest shop, Ed Pink’s Garage, just off U.S. 101 out in the West San Fernando Valley. There, aided by his old buddy Bob Brandt, he’s available to provide “technical expertise and services to automotive enthusiasts...
On the Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I have written about a venerable British icon—Jaguar—that for all intents...
This self-confident Canadian is one of the élite. Only he, Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi have won motor racing’s grand...
My drive with the Tyrrell F1 team came due to the close relationship my mentor, Dr. Frank Faulkner, had with Ken Tyrrell himself. Indeed, because of that close relationship, I spent five months living with Ken and his wife Norah at their home in the quaint English village of East...
I mean looking at it from a generational aspect and selfishly too because I own it, it has to be...
This year we celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Within weeks, what had been RAF Westhampnett, now the Goodwood Motor...
The Guards International Trophy; Brands Hatch, August 6, 1963. Finishing 2nd to Roger Penske’s Zerex Special was Roy Salvadori in Tommy Atkins’ Cooper Monaco. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail:...
There is an entire world of exotic vintage Japanese racing machinery that is rarely, if ever, written about or discussed...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA June 21–22, 2014 ...
Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, UK July 6, 2014 ...
Morgan Park, Warwick, Australia July 12–13, 2014 ...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 15–17, 2014 ...
With this month’s cover Profile of the King Cobra, it seemed only natural to access this site where one can...
Brands Hatch, Northants, UK July 12–13, 2014 ...
After a great fight between Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes W154 and the Delahaye 145 V12 of René Dreyfus in the early going of the 1938 Pau Grand Prix, Caracciola began experiencing pain from an old leg injury suffered at Monaco five years before, and made a pit stop on...
Rudy & the ’Ring Dear Editor, I love reading Mike Lawrence’s comments every issue! I always learn something. I believe...
1 Eddie Rickenbacker takes control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1923). 2 F1 World Champion Alan Jones born (1946). 4 ...
MotorBinder: Classic Photographs from the golden age of motor racing By Roy Spencer Journey with us now down the dusty pathways of yesteryear when going racing often involved little more than driving to the track, removing anything extraneous from the car, taping over the headlights and sticking on some numbers....
The 41st vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the 2014 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, celebrated 100 years of...
The enjoyment of Lime Rock Park’s 32nd Historic Festival was muted somewhat by the tragic loss of veteran vintage racer...
The man who designed the first rear-engined car to win at Indianapolis and the first American car to win in Formula One has died at the age of 90. Len Terry, who penned both the Lotus 38-Ford with which Jim Clark won at Indy in 1965 and the All American...
The man known as the “Flying Dentist,” Dr. Dick Thompson, has died of natural causes at the age of 94....
The 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 13-15, 2015, will honor Sir Stirling Moss, and feature the...
Racing car designer and manufacturer John Crosslé has died at the age of 83 following a brief illness. Crosslé was inspired to open his own shop, Crosslé Cars, after finding he couldn’t afford to go racing with one of Colin Chapman’s popular Lotus VI machines, and so decided to build...
