On May 9th, 1992, Roberto Guerrero earned the pole position for the 76th running of the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Piloting...
Driver Profiles
Profiles of past and present automotive personalities. The drivers who risked their lives in the early days to the engineers who creatively changed the world of automobiles, this is a celebration of the people who played a major role in the world we love.
Feature Image via Ignite Media For our latest episode of automotive personality interviews, we caught up with Parker Thompson, who...
If you are in any way, shape, or form a fan of Formula One, you were probably as surprised as everyone else after the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July. This was when four-time World Driver’s Champion Sebastian Vettel posted a short one minute video to the internet,...
1998 was a transition year in sports car racing in the United States. IMSA was in the process of being...
The sport of vintage racing is enjoyed by thousands of spectators and participants around the world. It attracts people of...
The first time I ever saw Daijiro (Dai) Yoshihara was on a circa 2008 episode of Best Motoring, where he and fellow drifter Tyler McQuarrie took turns putting a Mine’s Nissan GT-R and Spoon Honda NSX Type R GT through the paces at California race track, Willow Springs. This was...
Bob Bondurant (1933–2021) I met Mr. Bondurant in the autograph line at Carroll Shelby’s Roast in Palm Springs, 1990. I...
Jeff Herbert is an interesting guy. Art Center-educated in Industrial Design, he never was, nor intended to be a car...
The 48 Best Grand Prix Drivers in Formula One History This website since its inception has covered The history of Grand Prix Motor Racing through the lives of its greatest drivers, people and events with a special focus on the history of Formula 1. At its core is the Grand...
Mercedes have an unparalleled motorsport history. Throughout the years, the German manufacturer has been continuously innovating, testing, and retesting. From...
Rene Dreyfus, great Pre WWII Grand Prix champion and world-class restaurateur, famously entitled his autobiography My Two Lives. The late...
The passing of Sabine Schmitz has brought with it overpowering grief and dismay around the globe. Motorsport has lost a Nordschleife icon: her lively and quick-witted style inspired so many of us, both on and off the racetrack. Following a long battle with cancer, Sabine Schmitz was taken from us...
In a letter dated March 1970, Ferry Porsche congratulated Steve McQueen and his co-driver Peter Revson on their impressive performance at the 12 Hours...
Paddy Hopkirk’s strength and wit at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964 launched the Northern Ireland racing driver into the...
The legendary Porsche engineer Hans Mezger passed away June 10, 2020 at the age of 90. Porsche owes him not only the Porsche 911’s air-cooled, six-cylinder boxer engine but also the overall construction of the 917 and its twelve-cylinder engine as well as his creation of the TAG Turbo Formula...
The former Porsche works driver Kurt Ahrens celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday, 19 April 2020. Kurt Karl Heinrich “Kurti”...
It was 35 years ago, in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first Formula 1 victory...
British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss passed away following a long illness on Easter Sunday at his Mayfair, London home at the age of 90, with his wife Susie, the Lady Moss, by his side. Stirling Craufurd Moss was born into a motorsport family. His father Alfred, a wealthy...
Colin Chapman Biography Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was born on 9 May, 1928 in a suburb of London. He grew...
Ferdinand Piëch died on 25 August 2019 at the age of 82. Born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, Piëch...
Manfred von Brauchitsch Biography He was called die Pechvogel, the unlucky bird. He was known more for the races that he lost than those that he had won, but to dismiss him as a journeyman driver would do him a great disservice. While not at the level of his teammates Caracciola, Fagioli...
Lewis Hamilton Biography Few drivers have entered Formula One racing with as big a bang as Lewis Hamilton and a...
David Bruce-Brown Biography Born in 1887 to wealthy merchant parents, he attended the Allen-Stephenson School in New York City, and...
Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most famous sportsman. Holding dual citizenship Chiron joined the French army prior to his 18th birthday, serving as an artilleryman during World War I. He later became the personal driver to...
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari, the son of Alfredo and Adalgisa, was born in Modena, Italy on 18 February 1898. As a...
Racing great Daniel Sexton Gurney has died at the age of 86. Gurney passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018...
Rudolf Caracciola Biography Rudolf Caracciola was born in the town of Remagen, Germany on January 30, 1901 the son of parents whose family it was said originally came from Italy. When still a trainee at the Fafnir-Automobilwerke in Aachen, he started in the 1922 Avus race in Berlin and finished...
Giuseppe Nino Farina Biography Born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy on October 30, 1906. Nicknamed “Nino”, Farina...
He remains to this day an established name in the world of motor racing: Jochen Mass. He recorded numerous victories...
Luigi Bazzi Biography He was called the soul of Ferrari. He had been there from the beginning and Enzo Ferrari recalled his trusted friend as “the founding member of the old guard of collaborators. Working at Ferrari till he was over eighty when health finally forced him to leave Ferrari’s side. Due...
