Segrave’s record-breaking anniversary
29/03/12
Eighty-five years ago today, March 29, 1927, Major Henry Segrave became the first man to exceed 200mph on land. Aboard …
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The King’s praise for Johnson
14/12/09
Richard Petty is known as the King of NASCAR, and rightfully so. Over 25 years between 1960-84 Petty won 200 …
Rahal’s love affair with Europe
26/10/09
Bobby Rahal is one of racing’s most accomplished men – Indy 500 winner, three-time CART champion, successful Indycar team owner, …
Who’s flying the stars and stripes?
21/10/09
It’s a painful truth for US race fans that 31 years have passed since Mario Andretti scored the last Formula …
Video podcast – Monterey 2009
27/08/09
The very first Motor Sport podcast from the other side of the Atlantic. Motor Sport‘s US editor Gordon Kirby shows …
Formula 2 under the microscope
19/08/09
Donington Park hosted round five of the new Formula 2 championship on August 15/16 and inevitably it was the most …
Revival for Goodwood, but not for Schumacher
11/08/09
As the rain and stifling humidity of August pass us by, we edge ever closer to the Goodwood Revival. As …
Clark’s bun fight at the Glen
06/07/09
During last weekend’s IRL race at Watkins Glen I had dinner every night at the Glen Motor Inn. It’s always …
A Rondeau reunion with added Spice
15/06/09
Le Mans has history, a wondrous heritage, and for me that is a big part of the spell under which …
La Vie en Bleu
29/05/09
In all the times I’ve visited Prescott the sun has always shone, so if any of you are planning to …
Growing up trackside
23/02/09
John Hugenholtz called me last week. The name will ring bells if you’ve been to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland. …
How Jim Hall started racing’s aero revolution
25/11/08
Last week I enjoyed a long chat with Jim Hall, the creator of the legendary Chaparral Can-Am (below with Jim …
Knockhill Speedfair
23/06/08
After working out that we could do quite a large number of races in Britain, and indeed buy a new …
The road to Nazareth
13/06/08
On Monday after the Canadian Grand Prix, our editor in chief Nigel Roebuck and I drove south from Montreal through …
Parnelli Jones’s radical ideas
02/05/08
Parnelli Jones is one of the living legends of American racing, up there in the pantheon with Mario Andretti, AJ …
California Dreaming
25/04/08
The inaugural Formula 5000 race in 1975 at Long Beach. I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of covering all thirty-four Long Beach …
Audi v Peugeot – the gloves are off
12/03/08
(1971 Le Mans 24 Hours, Pedro Rodriguez & Jackie Oliver (Porsche 917 LH) leads Gerard Larrousse & Vic Elford (Porsche …
Big things in Littlehampton
13/02/08
I went to Littlehampton this week, a little town by the sea that has many good memories for me. At …
£20 a minute? That’s ridiculous…
28/01/08
Having not made it onto a racetrack at all last season I am in the throws of doing my medical …
