Go to a Race
by Jake Grubb Firmly strapped into your racecar and sitting still in your assigned spot on the pre-grid, the five-minute whistle prompts the countdown to race time. Adjusting the firmness of your helmet strap and...
Stormin
B-Production Racecar
B-Production racecars are commonly dominated by classic “American Iron” high performance cars, such as Ford Mustangs, Camaros, Pontiac Firebirds, Plymouth Barracudas Mercury Cougars and 289 cubic Inch V8 Cobras, as well as American V8-powered British...
Ford vs Ferrari – Motor Sports Cinema For All Time
In an early scene of director James Mangold’s expansive film, “Ford v Ferrari,” racer Ken Miles (played by an inspired Christian Bayle) calmly suggests; “well, let’s have a cup of tea” amid the unfolding maelstrom...
Feeling Fast vs Being Fast
The year was 1964, I was 23, and my daily driver was a 1960 Triump TR3. Playing in the rain and on dirt, I fashioned myself as quite adept at sliding through turns and smoothly...
Tracking The Ghosts of Sebring
Reports on vintage auto racing’s classic competition events from the USA and around the world by Jake Grubb What more compelling venue to end the vintage racing season on than the venerable Sebring, a storied...
A-Production Racecar
A-Production racecars are generally referred to as the “Big American Iron” 1960s to early 1970s ground pounders with “big bore” V8 engines such as 427 cubic inch Cobras and other American super-muscle cars with 350-400+...
D-Production Racecar
D-Production racecars are commonly mid-1950s to late 1960s 1.5 liter to 2.0 liter British, European or Japanese sportscars such as MGBs, Triumph TR6s, Alfa Romeo Giulettas, Datsun 2000s, Fiat 124s, select Jaguars, Austin Healey 3000s,...
C-Production Racecar
C-Production racecars generally include 2-liter to 2.5 liter Porsche 911s, Porsche 914s, Ginettas, Datsun 240 Zs, Ford Escorts with Cosworth and/or BDA twincam engines and other “medium bore Production” cars, mostly British, European or Japanese....