The Fastest Man on Wheels
If you were a hot rodder, Southern California was the place to be in the 1950s. Gasoline was cheap, the junkyards were flush with all the...
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- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Dan Gurney, an appreciation
Grand Prix great Dan Gurney died January 14, 2018. He was age 86. Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart described him as, “The...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 1 min
Porsche Photo Op
It was always about cars, as far back as I can remember, American cars with serious big-bore V8 engines. Then came the shift, first to...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 7 min
Joyride
It began with a joyride. A couple of teens stole a car and spent the better part of an afternoon joyriding through the green hills of the...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 4 min
Corvette-Mustang: An Appreciation
Two Reviews: CORVETTE—FIFTY YEARS, by Randy Leffingwell My brother, a car enthusiast extraordinaire, has driven them all—Porsches,...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Porsche Mystique
Incredible but true. Porsche is a German car that owes its popularity to California. Being a native Californian, it seems only fitting....
- Mar 12, 2022
- 8 min
Roger Corman makes a racing movie
Filmmaker Roger Corman wrote a book some years back entitled, “How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime.” Roger...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 5 min
Midnight Ride
October 1973 — We turn left and head east on Imperial Highway, away from the ocean: two Porsches, one a canary-yellow Coupe, the other a...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 4 min
A Gearhead's Devotion
If you’re into cars, the following three book reviews should kick-start your engine. CARS AT SPEED, by Robert Daley — When "Cars at...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 10 min
How Lee Iacocca Changed Ford’s Image and Saved the Company
Lee Iacocca could be abrasive, impatient, and obstinate. But he also could be a good listener and open to new ideas. He wasn’t...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 10 min
Suggestions for summer reading (vroom!)
Looking for a book to add to your summer reading list? How about a racing novel? Chances are you’ve never read one before, and yet a...
- Mar 12, 2022
- 8 min
Viva Hollywood
What do Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, Paul Newman, James Garner, and Jeff Bridges have in common? Yes, they’re all actors....
- Mar 9, 2022
- 13 min
The Cosmic Wheels of Jim Clark-- The 1967 Dutch Grand Prix
It’s the sand that gets to you. It blows in from the North Sea and gets in the sandwich you’re eating, inside your collar, up your nose,...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 10 min
Sorting the men from the boys at circuit Spa-Francorchamps
You’re riding with F1 driver Jensen Button at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. He’s about to enter Eau Rouge, a combination left-right-left...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
The Best Race Car Jackie Stewart Ever Drove
Back in the day, no one was ahead of Colin Chapman on the F1 design curve. Beginning in 1960 with the Lotus 18, Chapman led the way and...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 4 min
Starry Night
Summer, 1967. We're sitting inside my brother Charles' 356 Porsche Coupe, facing downhill into the darkness. Somewhere beyond the reach...
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