The saying the eyes are the window to the soul is particularly apt when peering into the eyes of racing...
Month: February 2010
RM Auctions announced that it is representing the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO (chassis no. 4675 GT) for private treaty sale....
The last hour at the 24 Hours of Daytona is a nail biter: the cars are tired, ailing machines with...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association’s vintage racing schedule for 2010 builds on the success of the last two years by...
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that...
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
Like a large number of enthusiasts in the historic racing community, I was at first startled and then fascinated by...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early...
I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the...
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many...
The Aston Martin DB5 was made famous in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and from then on it has...
Ken Smith (Lola T430) has won some important races and trophies in his long and successful career, but his victory...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1964. Peter Arundell in the second works Lotus leads Richie Ginther’s B.R.M....
When asked by my good friend Rick Roso to write a piece on how “to do” one of my favorite...
Russo and Steele was scheduled to hold its 10th annual Sports & Muscle in Scottsdale auction January 20-24, 2010 in...
The Ferrari 195 Inter was introduced in 1950 as a roadgoing machine to replace the 166. According to Stanley Nowak...
Steve Earle, creator and organizer of the Monterey (Calif.) Historic Automobile Races, was named the recipient of the 2009 Bob...
Bobby Unser François Cevert 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
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February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...