“Flat out like a lizard drinking!” Came the response from Andrew Woodall when I asked him how he was. It...
“It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens PROLOGUE I’ve forgotten more about my...
Affable and friendly are two words often used to describe Harry Heuer, but on the track he was a fierce competitor for the six years he was active in semi-pro and professional racing—especially with the Meister Brauser team of which he was the organizing power from 1959 to 1964. He...
It’s sometime easy to loose sight of the fact that the heroes of racing are, by and large, just people....
A silver-haired, 85-year-old man walked slowly into a room full of revellers during a party I was attending in the...
At the end of 1981 when our (Jaguar) turnaround story was just unfolding, a most remarkable man came into my office, demanding some time. His name was Tom Walkinshaw. By then I had realized there had to be a place for racing in the scheme of things. Our heritage there...
Ultimately, I wanted to be a fashion designer—a very feminine thing to do—so from school that’s what I did. I...
Mike Jiggle’s recent article on the ex-Moss Cooper Mk IV-J.A.P. (VR, July 2015) prodded a few memories about the formula....
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis Gulf Mirage GR8 to overall victory, Bell’s first of five and the second of six for Ickx. In creating this work of art, Chenard employed pen and ink and markers...
During the French Grand Prix at Rouen-les Essarts on July 8, 1962, John Surtees aims the Bowmaker Lola Mk4-Climax into...
I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best of...
Wrong Place for Flying Dear Editor, Years ago I took weekly flying lessons, accumulating enough seat time to solo. I called my late father-in-law Mike [Rothschild, a factory Triumph driver at Le Mans] and asked him about flying and going forward with the training. (He was then on his second twin Beechcraft,...
3 Dario Resta is killed and his riding mechanic, Bill Perkins, is injured when their Sunbeam crashes during record runs...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 10-12, 2015...
Blackhawk Farms, South Beloit, IL June 19–21, 2015...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN June 12–14, 2015...
Winton, Victoria, Australia May 29–31, 2015...
Sears Point, Sonoma, CA May 28–31, 2015...
Brands Hatch, Kent, UK May 23–25, 2015...
Lotus: The Marque By William Taylor Eleven years have passed since Mr. Taylor published the third in his series of definitive Lotus chronologies, and since then a lot has happened in Lotus Land, so time seemed right for an update. Rather than simply appending his previous volume, however, Taylor and...
Former F1 driver and constructor Guy Ligier has died at the age of 85. Although he contested only a dozen...
The 42nd annual vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, otherwise known as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, once...
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of BMW, the German marque will be featured at next year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, set for August 18-21, 2016 at California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. A century ago, Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto first joined forces to combine their talents under the name Bavarian...
Pre-event publicity for the Silver Anniversary edition of the Silverstone Classic didn’t include anything about the British summer weather, but...
