Jochen Rindt delivering a master class of wet weather power sliding in 1969
Jochen Rindt delivering a master class of wet weather power sliding in 1969 on his way to winning the last ‘F1’ Tasman C...
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The Targa Florio
First run in 1906, the Targa Florio was one of the longest running motorsport events in the world.
The 1967 Daf Formula 3 car.
The clue here is in the rubber straps that cling snugly and taughtly around his exposed back-end. This is the 1967 Daf F...
GRAHAM HILL DUTCH GRAND PRIX 1964
Here we see Graham Hill assuming the correct position for proper chaps at Zandvoort in 1964 with the BRM P261.
Andre Moynet
This stern looking lad is Andre Moynet. A proper chap, if ever there was one.
Mallocks!
Back in 1958, Arthur Mallock first came up with the idea of building a low-cost, but properly engineered racing car that...
Alma Cacciandra at the 1965 Monza 1000 kms
This is Alma Cacciandra, properly equipped for some serious track action, and getting ready to climb aboard her Scuderia...
Mr. Boissy racing a Lion-Peugeot Voiturette at Brooklands in 1910. How about that then!
Robert Peugeot decided that he wanted to do his own thing, rather than join the family firm, and created Lion-Peugeot, w...
Things not to say before a race - Number 1
José Estrada was one of Mexico's top drivers. Nicknamed 'Ché' he had started racing in the 1930s. Married with two child...
Felice Nazzaro at the wheel of the Fiat S76
Nicknamed “The Beast of Turin”, this was definitely a vehicle of LARGE proportions. The radiator cap was five foot from ...
Bob Osiecki was a NASCAR team owner who, in 1960, took up the challenge to set a new closed course record of 180 mph in Mad Dog IV.
Bob Osiecki was a NASCAR team owner during the mid to late Fifties, entering two 1957 Plymouths in the 1957 Daytona 500 ...
Here we have Karl Kling (right) and Hans Klenk in their Mercedes-Benz 300SL on the 1952 Carrera Panamericana
Of all the mad races that ever were, the Carrera Panamericana ranked amongst the maddest. A nine-stage, five day road ...
Archie Frazer-Nash
Chap of the week: Archie Frazer-Nash; Properly (and according to our previous research, it would appear conventionally) ...
The 1954 Mille Miglia: Mario Cipolla in his factory entered Isetta, spreading joy wherever he goes.
The winner that year, Alberto Ascari, completed the thousand mile journey from Brescia through Pescara, Rome, Pisa, Flor...