Watch this video of the last 10 laps of the 1983 Indianapolis 500 and you’ll quickly realise why the climax to America’s biggest race that May is remembered as one of the best.
The 67th running …

As NASCAR’s Sprint Cup daredevils get ready for this weekend’s season-opener, the Daytona 500 at the fearsome Florida Speedway, it’s worth wallowing in a bit of stock car nostalgia.
The blue-riband 500 has been the most …

January’s AUTOSPORT International show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham is the ultimate Christmas/New Year hangover cure for race fans of all ages and tastes. Organised for the past 20 years by the world’s …

With the annual Dakar Rally having just been won by the legendary Carlos Sainz in a VW, I’m reminded of the year – almost a quarter of a century ago – when Porsche turned up …

Few images from the halcyon days of 1980s American Indycar racing are as evocative as those featuring Rick Ravon Mears in a Pennzoil-liveried Penske.
Thanks to his status as one of only three drivers to have …

Generations of sportscar racing fans recall – no doubt with shivers down their spines – the day, back in April 1970, when one of the category’s biggest stars literally walked on water. And this superb …

Having digested Piero Comanducci’s fabulous aural treat in the shape of the 1977 RAC Rally, rally fans really ought to check out this other Piero masterpiece. This one showcases the Group B formula of the …

A quick scan through 60 seasons of world championship Formula 1 statistics – there are 820 races to choose from – reveals very few grands prix have taken place in November. Between 1950, when the …

Everyone has a shortlist of favourite competition cars – evocative machines that capture the imagination, stir the soul or bring back certain memories. Is it the way they look or the way they go? Invariably, …

Hatzenbach, Flugplatz, Adenau, Bergwerk, Karussell, Wippermann, Pflanzgarten. Names that for over 80 years have put the fear of God into the very bravest of single-seater, sportscar and touring car aces.
Yet these famous corners form just …

The second round of America’s prestigious sportscar championship for 1984 sticks in the memory. Firstly, former double Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi would be on the grid for the IMSA Camel GT Championship qualifier …

The death of Pentti Airikkala at the end of last month reminded me of the time I cheered him on to an historic and hugely popular maiden world championship rally victory in one of the …

As aficionados of Australian touring car racing prepare for this weekend’s blue riband event, the Bathurst 1000 enduro at Mount Panorama, I am reminded of the great Peter Brock. It’s just over three years since …

Sunday March 24 1985 marked an important milestone in international single-seater motorsport. Converging on celebrated grand prix venue Silverstone were 17 drivers keen to boost their reputations as they fought to reach the final rung …

“The fact that I had a shunt here is incidental. It has always been such a friendly, social place. Actually there is nowhere else with atmosphere like it.”
Sir Stirling Moss perfectly summed up the feelings …