Flashback
July 17-22, 1939 Welsh Rally. The team of three Atalantas driven by Miss J.D. Brotchie (no. 63), Miss M. Wilby (no. 49) and Gordon Wilkins… Read More...
Browsing: October ’16
Wasted Opportunity
Aston Martin DBR4/2 In Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield, the tragi-comical Mr. Wilkins Micawber, despite his predicament, always had the most impeccable words of guidance and… Read More...
French Lessons at Leadfoot
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod… Read More...
Hugh Dibley
You cannot pigeonhole Hugh Dibley as a pilot or a racecar driver, as he has been a racecar constructor as well. As a pilot, he… Read More...
Stillborn Can-Am
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting little bit of Lotus trivia… Read More...
W.O. Bentley
As I sat quietly in a pleasant house in Woking, England, in the winter of 1970, I watched and listened. My friend Brian Robbins, editor… Read More...
Encounters with Ayrton Senna
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of my even being interested in… Read More...
Mercedes W196
I think, like most drivers, the pre-requisite of a great racecar is having a big engine and lots of power—so, I don’t think I’m any… Read More...
Motorsport, me and the rise of TV
Motor racing surely can’t complain about the amount of coverage it now receives on television, but transmission of motor sport actually started before WWII, even… Read More...
James Hunt, Fuji, 1976
Jeremy Houghton trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and the University of Provence. His formative years as an artist were spent… Read More...
Fast Exposure
October 2016 From the British Grand Prix at Aintree on July 18, 1959, we see Carroll Shelby trying hard with the Aston Martin DBR4/250. Unfortunately,… Read More...