HAVING written a number of articles on different makes of sports-car, the last of which dealt with the 20 / 70 h.p. Crossley, the thought arose, which was the first sports-car? Several contenders come to mind, and have been cited by others — the 27 / 80 h.p. Prince Henry Austro-Daimler, the Prince Henry Vauxhall, the 15T Alfonso Hispano Suiza, even' the E-Type 30/98 Vauxhall itself. Yet all these...
The economic recession resulting from the prevailing astronomical oil prices has turned thoughts in the direction of electric cars, steam propulsion and all manner of new styles of economy car. We were able last month to sample a three-wheeler that comes in the last-named category. It might have been conceived in the 1920s but was, in fact, designed eleven years ago by Bob Collier, who used to...
A road trip to remember
The historic weekend at Road America in Wisconsin is one of my favourite events in the American racing season. It’s known these days as the Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman and this year there were celebrations of Lola’s 50th anniversary, of Formula 5000’s founding 40 years ago, and of the Scarab marque. A tremendous turnout of competitors helped attract a...
On the 40th birthday of the biggest big-bangers ever, Gordon Kirby joins the party while Pete Lyons gets to grips with a monster from the past
By all accounts, Road America’s annual mid-summer Brian Redman weekend – now formally known as the Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman – has established itself as one of America’s leading historic racing weekends. Historic racing is booming in...