Bound by Fate
1967 Shelby King Cobra Can-Am If you were Carroll Shelby, 1966 was a pretty good year. Coming off his Cobras winning the 1965 FIA GT… Read More...
Browsing: April ’17
Iron Horses
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney… Read More...
Kirk F. White
Kirk F. White took a circuitous route to his successful classic car business in Philadelphia, entering the workforce earlier than most young men after his… Read More...
Shelby’s Great “What ifs”
In this month’s Racecar Profile, you’ll read that I recently had the opportunity to test drive the “King Cobra” that Shelby American built for the… Read More...
Felipe Massa
The boys from Brazil just keep on coming: Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and, since 2002, Felipe Massa. The others won eight Formula One… Read More...
Racing for Rootes
I defected to Ford racing with Alan Mann, driving Lotus Cortinas, Mustangs and Falcons. In formula racing, I was driving for Ken Tyrrell. Ken expected… Read More...
1995 McLaren F1GTR
I served my apprenticeship with Jaguar, initially working on the last models of the E-Type, then the XJS, the XJ6 and the Daimler Limousine. I… Read More...
Cylinder Selection
Imagine you are a designer in late 1952. One day you are sitting, staring out of the window, when your boss rushes in, hands you… Read More...
Toyota 87C at Le Mans 1987
Uli Ehret’s latest watercolor artwork shows the Group C Toyota T87C—a racecar designed and built by Dome—roaring past the pits during the early minutes of… Read More...
Fast Exposure
April 2017 Away from green at the Labatt’s 200 Can-Am race at Mosport on June 13, 1971, Jackie Stewart’s Lola T260 outpaces the pack before… Read More...
1965 Abarth Simca 2Mila Longnose (Chassis #136-0117)
If you’re reading this magazine, you’re probably passionate about vintage racecars. You love the sounds they make, the smells that waft from them, the sensation… Read More...