Mario Andretti was less lucky in the Daytona 24 Hours than he was at Sebring where he won three times in 1967, ‘70 and ’72. Andretti started eight long-distance races…
Brian Redman won the Daytona 24 Hours three times. He co-drove a John Wyer Gulf Porsche 917 in 1970 to win with Pedro Rodríguez and Leo Kinnunen, won for a…
The Grand-Am has made a wise choice in selecting Roger Bailey to be the new chief appellate officer of the American sports car series. Bailey replaces highly respected IMSA co-founder…
We reported a couple of months ago on the likelihood of Lola uniting with Multimatic in Canada and Carl Haas Auto in Chicago to revive the Lola brand. The deal…
I know NASCAR leaves many of you cold. You believe it’s a mere ‘show’, a subversion of motor sport’s true spirit. Show or motor race, it’s hard to dispute Tony…
In his understated way, Dario Franchitti scored one of the great achievements of the 2012 motor racing season when he won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time in the…
It was great to see the first United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin get off to a resounding start. Everyone seems to have enjoyed…
After reading Paul Fearnley’s excellent blog about David Bruce-Brown I thought, on the eve of Formula 1’s return to the United States, that I should add a few words about…
Twenty-five years ago I wrote a book with Emerson Fittipaldi called The Art of Motor Racing. It was a how to go racing book featuring Emerson’s discussion about the techniques…
Let’s get right to the point. Over the last third of a century America’s influence has vanished from international motor racing. Mario Andretti scored the last Grand Prix win by…
It’s been a rough year for Lola. Six months ago the venerable British racing car builder was forced into administration and a search for a buyer for its Cambridgeshire facility…
I had to chuckle when I read Paul Fearnley’s blog last week about Romain Grosjean and the need for bad guys - black characters - in motor racing. Paul’s examples…
