Blogs

BRP's Indianapolis Swan Song - Part 6

By Ian Wagstaff We return to what now remained of the two BRP Indy cars. The colourful Carroll Horton, who had been a mechanic on Bobby Marshmann’s Lotus at the 500 in 1964 and on Al Miller’s simil...

Period Delights from Michael Cole

In this issue we have another selection of period photos from top tennis photographer and E-type owner, Michael Cole. We are sharing them because they are rather different and have a delightful per...

Première Night, part 4 - PDK and 4WD

By Serge Vanbockryck With the arrival of Group C in 1982, extreme engineering, wandering to and from the boundaries and frontiers of the technically achievable and regulatory permissible, eased off...

The Richard Heseltine Column - Celebrating Tony Crook

Over the past 25 years or so, I have been fortunate enough to interview umpteen car designers, racing drivers, motor moguls, and more besides. Of these, almost all have been men and women I have li...

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...

BRP’s Indianapolis Swan Song - Part 5

By Ian Wagstaff Even though BRP itself was no more, the Indy cars continued to appear on the USAC trail. George Bryant’s crew chief Howard Gilbert modified them for the 1966 season with Quinn Epper...

Winning Pebble Beach 2019, by Stephen Archer

For nearly 70 years, Pebble Beach has been the ‘Everest’ of Concours D’Elegance events worldwide. Getting to base camp is an achievement but getting to the peak first is very, very difficult. To wi...

Parts Bin DIY for the Motoring Enthusiast, by Martin Port

I am equal parts proud, but also ashamed, to admit that I have always been a bit of a hoarder. I was brought up to save every scrap of wood, metal, old fixing, etc., safe in the knowledge that one ...

Première Night - part 3, by Serge Vanbockryck

Biofuel and Ground Effects The mid-’70s were not only marked by technical innovations, but also by the first global oil crisis. The Western world suddenly realised it was too dependent on oil and s...

BRP's Indianapolis Swan Song - Part 4

Monday, May 31, 1965 was a beautiful day. The temperature was in the high 70s, the sky was almost clear and there was just a faint breeze. Indianapolis owner, Tony Hulman issued his familiar comma...