After a great fight between Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes W154 and the Delahaye 145 V12 of René Dreyfus in...
Ken Miles in the Shelby Cobra, with Shelby’s personal racing number, leads Jim Hall in the Corvette Grand Sport. Ken...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to 2nd place by lap 19. As the rain began to fall more heavily, he was reeling in leader Alain Prost by three seconds per lap. The race was stopped at...
This 1970 Targa Florio-winning Porsche 908/03 was piloted by Brian Redman and Jo Siffert, used by the John Wyer-led Porsche...
The David Piper driven Ferrari 412 P, in Ecurie Francorchamps’s livery (Belgian national racing team), as raced at the 1968...
The Jaguar XJR-11 was designed by Briton Tony Southgate and was introduced for the 1989/’90 FIA Group C Sports Prototypes European Championship. It also ran, with some aerodynamic modifications, in the IMSA GTP Championship. The car was run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) and was driven by Andy Wallace (GB)...
I photographed this car during the 1997 Vintage Festival at Lime Rock Park. When my eyes came upon the car...
1960 Porsche 718 RS60 Jo Bonnier and Hans Herrmann drove this Porsche 718 RS60 to victory at the 1960 Targa Florio. Before winning the 1960 Targa Florio, Jo Bonnier and Hans Hermann – along with Olivier Gendebien – won the 12 hours of Sebring in another Porsche 718. _______________________ Arthur...
“…several thousands of blue eyes stared incredulously at the remains of the red racing car… they searched in vain among...
1968 Porsche 908 LH (long-tail) The number 64 Porsche 908, driven by Hans Herrmann and Gérard Larrousse, won the prototype...
The Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 was a dominant car in Grand Prix racing’s pre-war era. It was the first true single-seat Grand Prix car, and to artist Cook it captures the Alfa magic with its beautiful lines and deep red paint. He saw a photograph of this car in...
In 1966 Ford made good on the early promise of the GT40, winning both LeMans and the Constructor’s Championship for...
“I find Richie Ginther interesting. Good, competent, intelligent and safe. He can drive big cars and small cars and it...
The Lancia D24 was the dominant sports racing car of the mid-1950s and was driven by some of the greatest drivers in the history of road racing. It was, ironically, the last great sports racing car built by Lancia before their star-crossed entry into the world of Formula One with...
James Duncan Hamilton was the epitome of the 1950s racing driver, fast and full of joie de vivre. A fighter...
Nothing is quite as dramatic as the sight of an endurance racecar prancing on during the night portion of an endurance race. Pedro Rodriguez is pictured here putting his Gulf-liveried Porsche 917 through its paces. The dreamy quality of this image is in sharp contrast to the barking song that...
Spencer Martin first came to prominence in Australia when racing a variety of cars, including his early model Holden sedan....
One of the most beautiful front-engined Grand Prix cars ever built, the Maserati 250F carried Juan Manuel Fangio to his...
Right from the company’s beginnings in 1924, Chrysler built powerful and advanced automobiles. The B70 was a 70-mph car with an in-line six-cylinder engine, four-wheel hydraulic brakes and front and rear shock absorbers. In 1925, a Model 70 ran the 24-hour race at Le Mans, finishing 7th overall. In 1928,...
1938 German Grand Prix It had been 15 years since a British driver had won a full-scale Grand Prix race...
The Jaguar D-Type made its public debut at the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans, where four cars were entered...
Like many of his compatriots of the pre-corporate days of racing, Ireland lived and raced for the same reason – to have FUN. Capable enough to have defeated Stirling Moss in fair fights twice in the same day, he gave Team Lotus its first Grand Prix victory and knew the...
This portrait of the legendary John Surtees, by mixed media artist Jonathan (Joff) Carter, commemorates the unique, astounding, achievements of...
Carroll Shelby may be best known for his FIA-winning Cobras, SCCA championship GT350s and the GT40s that triumphed at Le Mans, but his proudest moment came as a driver. In 1959, Shelby won the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a driver for Aston Martin, becoming only the second American...
There have seldom been races which have been held under such atrocious conditions that they remained in the imagination of...
It’s probably to the good that Innes Ireland, Duncan Hamilton and Augie Pabst were never at a party together – the world would doubtless be configured differently if they had been – a matter of critical mass. I never met Ireland or Hamilton, but I’ve thought for some time that...
