Blogs

Driving a GT40

Ultimate Ford GT40 author Mark Cole recalls his one-and-only Ford GT40 drive, more than 50 years ago During my time as sports editor of Hot Car magazine in the 1970s I had the chance to drive so...

Johnny Dumfries 1958-2021

Above: Johnny hustling the Formula 3 Team BP Ralt RT3/83 to victory at Thruxton in 1984. (Steve Rendle) Sadly, last month we lost another popular motorsport figure – Johnny Dumfries, probably best ...

Ralph Broad, The Wizard of Brum - Part 2

Read Part 1 first During this time, a young Formula Ford driver called Andy Rouse asked Broad for an engine for his Dulon; he came away with both an engine and a job as a Broadspeed mechanic to pay...

Ralph Broad, The Wizard of Brum - Part 1

The Mini was not only a style icon; it provided some of the best racing of the 1960s: ask anyone who followed the sport in those days. Reputations were made behind the wheels of the little buzz-box...

Butch Cassidy the Race Driver - Part 2

By Mark Cole Click here for 'Butch Cassidy the Race Driver - Part 1' Being disenchanted with Haas, in 1981, on Green’s advice, Paul Newman (PLN) switched to March-Chevrolet, and Teo Fabi took four ...

Butch Cassidy the Race Driver - Part 1

Mark Cole looks back at the career of PLN Butch Cassidy came late to motor racing. He was, along with Steve McQueen, Hollywood’s top-grossing movie actor during the 1960s and 1970s. But unlike McQu...

Maverick The Car Thief - Part 2, by Mark Cole

Read Maverick The Car Thief - Part 1 Mark Cole continues his fascinating story of actor James Garner and the making of the iconic motor racing movie - Grand Prix  Frankenheimer’s filming at Monaco ...

Maverick The Car Thief - Part 1

Mark Cole on actor/racer James Garner and the making of the the iconic motor racing movie - Grand Prix Hollywood actor James Garner had always been one of my boyhood heroes through his Maverick TV ...