Lawrence Bond was a stubborn man who often as not was unwilling to compromise on his ideas. He was an...
John Von Neumann was one of those towering figures in the sports car world of the ’50s. He was one...
Don Nichols is one of only three Americans ever to field a winning car in a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix—omitting, of course, the 10 years when the Indy 500 was a World Championship counter. Like Dan Gurney and Roger Penske, the other two, he is an ambitious and...
How do you get to be the only man to have won both the motorcycle and Formula One World Championships...
In 1982, BP took me to F3 full-time. I finished 2nd in my first F3 race of the season; I...
Without a doubt my greatest racecar has to be the Matra 670. Matra worked so much since 1966 to prepare that car. Their evolution came from racing in F3, F2 and F1. The Le Mans car was a most fantastic car; it was very different and a pleasure to drive...
The size and shape of drivers is becoming an issue under the new regulations for Formula One. In recent years...
Tom Havlasek was born in Brno, Czech Republic, and since childhood has enjoyed motorsport, keeping in close contact with it...
For the Anerley Trophy Formula Junior race at Crystal Palace on June 3, 1963, the Start of the first heat featured the Brabhams of Frank Gardner (25), Paul Hawkins (26) and Denis Hulme (24) on the front row. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge...
Lyn Smith majored in education at Akron University but says he would have wound up in jail had he taught...
Dirty Numbers Dear Editor, Fantastic story of the Cunningham Corvettes in the September issue, but it did raise a question....
1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1987). 5 Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed record of 256.086 mph (1931). 6 Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez, ages 12 and 15...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 4–6, 2013...
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA September 27–29, 2013...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT October 12–13, 2013...
Sywell Aerodome, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northampton, UK September 28–29, 2013...
Silverstone, Northants, UK October 19, 2013...
Colin Chapman The Comic Strip Biography Published by Haynes Think of the name Colin Chapman and the word innovator is...
Thanks to our South Pacific Editor Patrick Quinn for discovering this one, a(nother) lap (or two) of Germany’s notorious Nordschleife...
• Stu Hilborn, widely known as the Father of Fuel Injection, has passed away at the age of 96. While in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, Hilborn devised a new way of increasing fuel flow to internal combustion engines, and his mechanical fuel injection system revolutionized the auto racing...
The be-winged BMW 3.0 CSLs that American fans quickly dubbed “Batmobiles” and which took U.S. racing by storm in the...
The Sports Car Vintage Racing Association’s inaugural Vintage Racing National Championships, held at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin,...
The King of the Mountains is dead. Mauro Nesti, 78, winner of eight European Hill Climb Championships—six of them in succession from 1983-1988—and 17 Italian titles in the same branch of the sport, died at his home in Bardalone, Italy in November after a long illness. Nesti won the same...
The VR European team was out in force for the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s National Event Centre....
In honor of its centennial year, luxury Italian sports car brand Maserati has been named Featured Marque for the 39th...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tazio Nuvolari’s famous victory at Donington Park in the 1938 Grand Prix, a new plaque has been struck and unveiled at the circuit. Taking place on October 22, 1938, the race was an 80-lap affair and the 17 starters included some of the greatest...
“Addicted to Winning—the Unbeatable Champions of Motor Sport” has been announced as the theme for the 2014 Goodwood Festival of...
