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All guts, no glory
Ray Harroun won the first ever Indy 500, right? Well, yes and no. In fact it was a man by…
Ray Harroun won the first ever Indy 500, right? Well, yes and no. In fact it was a man by…
Recently we've almost become used to seeing auto unions in action again. What we've never seen is Ferdinanand Porsche's prototype,…
The newspapers didn't sensationalise; the facts were hideous enough. 'Grand Prix Ace in Helicopter Crash' read the headlines. 'Life not…
I have chosen the Lotus 78, or JPS 15-16, of 1977, which was a bit after my time in Formula…
When Lotus made their first tentative Formula One steps, Cliff Allison and the Nimble 12 scored the first points for…
The one that got away Ivan Capelli 1990 french Grand Prix one can only speculate what path Ivan Capelles career…
Markku Alen was the Ronnie Peterson of rallying - a true genius who was never rewarded with the championship. That's…
Some time ago I recalled the 344cc Jappic, which at first amused, then impressed, the Brooldands spectators back in 1925.…
I have had a letter from Zimbabwe, from a reader who went out to Africa in 1952. In Johannesburg a…
Sam Robert's book Ford model Y-Henry's Car-for Europe (Veloce, ISBN 1-901295-88-5, 129.99) certainly deserves a place in every historians' bookcase.…
Reviving a heading I used to use, "The things they say", a topical one came during the Rover crisis, regarding…
Armstrong Siddeleys, advertised as being 'of Aircraft Quality', were wellmade cars of dignified appearance. C G Grey, editor of The…
I have never ceased to enthuse over Karl Ludvigsen's studious and complete coverage of the technical aspects and history of…
My Shuttleworth piece having been well received, may I add what space left out, and say I do know a…
The sports rally which after a long hibernation was discovered in December 1999, and was found to have nearly completed…
Kevin Harvick took his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in style by scoring his fifth win of the year in the season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Harvick…
Sabine Schmitz 1969-2021 Alongside Fangio, Surtees, Clark, Stewart, Ickx and the other legends of the Nürburgring Nordschleife sits the name of Sabine Schmitz. The 51-year-old, who died on Tuesday, is…
F1 returns this weekend with the Bahrain Grand Prix. Will world champion Max Verstappen continue from where he left off in 2021?
Lewis Hamilton predicted Imola was going to deliver a boring race, and for 48 laps he was generally right. But it’s not just overtaking that leads to excitement and the…