Fifty years ago next month, Graham Hill scored a surprise win in the 50th Indianapolis 500. Driving one of John Mecom’s Lola-Fords prepared by master Indy car chief mechanic George…
Roger Penske defies all superlatives. His race team celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and has long been considered America’s definitive and most successful team. With a record of more…
Between 1968-94 the Unsers – Bobby, Al and Al Jr. – won nine Indy 500s, an incomparable record unlikely ever to be equalled. Older brother Bobby won three times in…
Rick Mears stands with A.J. Foyt and Al Unser as one of only three men to win the Indy 500 four times, taking victory in 1979, ’84, ’88 and ’91,…
Parnelli Jones started racing in the rough and tumble world of jalopy and modified stock car racing in southern California in the 1950s. He made his mark by winning in…
A.J. Foyt cemented his place in motor racing history in 1977, when he became the first man to win the Indianapolis 500 four times. Foyt scored his first three Indy…
To buy the lead image click here. Dan Gurney There’s no doubt in my mind that Dan Gurney is America’s greatest racing driver. Dan’s career is one of the few…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
To buy the lead image, click here Jean Behra was born 95 years ago this week, a childhood hero of Nigel Roebuck and a man who 'never knew the meaning…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
US racing category nominee #8: Rick Mears The remarkable Mr Mears Vol LXIIX No.2 – February 1993 Indycar racing may have gained Nigel Mansell and entranced Ayrton Senna, but its…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
