This site bills itself as “a celebration of motorsport,” and that just about says it all. Now in its fifth...
Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its beginnings in 1950 as the 500-cc cars until the Dallaras became the de facto spec car in 2000. F3 has always been a training category where drivers with their sights...
There can be no doubt about the focus of this site as it’s all right there in the url. Aimed...
With Sir Frank Williams as our interview subject this month, we thought it might be a good idea to send...
Starting as early as 1903, the hills outside of Stuttgart, Germany were used for racing. First it was bicycles, followed by motorcycles and eventually automobiles. As time progressed, the track that came to be known as “Solitude” evolved from a hillclimb course to a full FIA-sanctioned road course. Between 1953...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the history of the Corvette, with an emphasis on its racing history...
If you dig through the internet long enough, occasionally you will discover an unexpected surprise. Such is the case with...
With this month’s main feature story looking at the Alpine Renaults that played a prominent role in the World Rally Championship during the early 1970s, we thought a good rally-based site might be of interest. This one, based in the Netherlands, allows you access to results and clarifications from the...
With Peter Collins’s remembrance from his early days at Germany’s Nürburgring serving as this month’s feature article, we thought it...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the long and rich history of the Sunbeam marque. Founded as early...
With this month’s Profile of Jackie Stewart’s BRM P261, we thought a deeper look into the workings of British Racing Motors might be in order. As the team has not been a functional entity for more than 30 years, however, there is no official team site, but this one seems...
The broadly experienced Bill McGuire, whose several careers in the automotive world include consultancy, troubleshooting, education, negotiations and, of course,...
Most readers should be familiar with the work of Bernard Cahier and his son Paul-Henri as chroniclers of the Formula...
This Web site is a cooperative effort between six Australian photographers who have pooled their respective archives that span some 40 years. The site includes over 3,000 images which span a broad spectrum of motorsport including Formula One, sports cars, drivers/personalities, circle track (U.S. and Australian), rallying, tracks, F5000, motorcycles,...
The first thing to say about www.autoracinghistory.com is that this is a text-heavy site where the word works more powerfully...
The subject of this month’s VR Profile, Bugatti, is one of the legendary names of automotive history, and this link will take you to the official company site’s history section. There you can either learn about, or refresh your knowledge of, this great French marque. As the page opens, beneath...
As outlined in this month’s Racecar Profile, the Formula Super Vee series served as an important rung on the racing...
This month’s featured Web site comprises a large collection of photography from East Coast road racing events in the 1960s....
If ever there were anything you didn’t already know about the Indy 500, this is the place where you would discover it. Want to know who the fastest and slowest qualifiers were for any given 500? Look here on the Speedway’s Historical Stats page, where the categories are well described...
The scheduled revival of Bahamas Speed Week, set for the end of November, has generated much interest in the history...
Few figures in American racing history have had as much impact as Harry Miller, builder of an incredible range of...
Seems unfathomable that we have never looked at this site (forgive us, Ferrari fans), but better late than never, and especially so given this month’s feature about the ex-Ascari Ferrari that enjoyed a long afterlife. In any case, this link will take you to the History section of the main...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the...
After reading this issue, and re-discovering the breadth and significance of Cooper racing cars to the history and progression of...
In the pantheon of British racing greats, few have attained the near mythical status of Britain’s first Formula One World Champion Mike Hawthorn. With the help of his father, Hawthorn began racing first with bikes and then cars in the late ’40s. Showing great talent in Rileys and an Ulster...
Anyone looking to learn about, service, purchase or sell a pre-war Aston Martin should find time to visit this site,...
Since this month’s Profile car is the March 761 with which Ronnie Peterson won the 1976 Italian Grand Prix, it...
The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held at Roosevelt Field on New York’s Long Island between 1904 and 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day. They were the first international automobile road races held in the United States, and they had a far-reaching impact on the development of American...
