Great Read Archive Ivinghoe: Britain’s lost racing circuit Micky Burn did not realise the controversy and mayhem his words would cause. While his were the words, they were the thoughts of Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin, for Burn was… August 2023 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive Britain’s own green hell Micky Burn did not realise the controversy and mayhem his words would cause. While his were the words, they were the thoughts of Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin, for Burn was… Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive British Racing Partnership — pushed out by the establishment? During 1964 Brabham, BRM, Cooper and Lotus formed the Formula 1 Constructors’ Association, or F1CA as it was then referred to. Ferrari did not join, but then that was Ferrari.… May 2022 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive Hughie who? His name is seldom – if ever – mentioned when British drivers’ contribution to Indianapolis history is discussed, but Hughie Hughes was a Speedway pioneer Writer Ian Wagstaff Four of… May 2015 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive Slapped wrist, red mist It is 45 years since Pedro Rodriguez put in one of racing’s great drives, fuelled by fury after a lecture. We spoke to the official who ‘inspired’ him Writer Ian… April 2015 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive "I only have golden memories of Jimmy" A couple of evenings before this year's Long Beach Grand Prix the phone rang in the Rolling Hills, California home of Ed and Sally Swart. On the other end of… July 2009 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive Kop Hill celebrates its hillclimb history It was appropriate that there were three Brescia Bugattis among the 250 car and motorcycle entry for September’s Kop Hill 99th anniversary celebration. In 1925 Francis Giveen, an undergraduate who… December 2009 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive When Britain swept the 'Yard When Britain swept the 'Yard ...and we don't mean 1965. By the 1980s every car on the Indianapolis grid was built in the UK – and that goes for the… May 2011 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive Private view Not many people get to see this collection, so when Indy hero Parnelli Jones invited us in we couldn’t resist. By Ian Wagstaff Vel Miletich, long-time business partner of archetypal… April 2008 Issue By Ian Wagstaff
Archive Kop Hill Revival Initially held in 1999 and then regularly since 2009, the Kop Hill Climb ‘revival’, near Princes Risborough, has gained rapidly in stature. That was underlined this year with milling crowds,… December 2013 Issue By Ian Wagstaff