When it comes to dramatic feature films with characters based on real people and storylines based on real events, Ron Howard has seemingly had the directing market cornered for the last 20 years or so....
Tag Archives: Motorsports
These days, developing and building any car is a complicated process. But this is even truer of the most sophisticated racing cars on earth: The cars that contest the Formula 1 World Championship. Each of...
It’s no secret that attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed should be on every petrolhead’s bucket list. Yes, it’s a long-ass way away for anyone not from the U.K. or Western Europe, but folks on...
In case you missed the memo and showed up at work today only to be greeted by an empty parking lot and locked door, today is Labor Day here in the U.S. of A. It...
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Today’s Izod IndyCar Series is putting on some of the best racing no one is watching. In the 15 races run so far this season, 10...
It’s one thing to read about the formative days of Formula 1, or to look at still photography. It’s a completely different thing to watch video footage of the World Championship’s early years. Only then...
The dog days of summer are starting to grow scarce, and you know what that means, right? Well, yes, the womenfolk will soon start wearing less revealing clothing, but that’s not what we were getting...
There are many fascinating forms of motorsports that few people have heard about, but time attack has to be one of our favorites. Rather than racing other cars and drivers directly, participants race the clock,...
Formula 1 is a sport full of extremes: The biggest budgets. The quickest, most agile cars. The most exotic venues (Monaco, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, etc.). And oh yes, the fastest pit stops. Four-tire changes under...
If you owned a 1972 Porsche 917/10 – a.k.a. the car that won that year’s SCCA Can-Am championship with driver George Follmer, and evolved into the even-more-fearsome 917/30 the following year – you probably wouldn’t...