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The Porsche 908 was a race car from Porsche, introduced in 1968, to continue the 906/907/910 series of models designed under Ferdinand Piëch. It was successful in all endurance races around the world till 1981, making this model one of the most successful and long standing race cars in endurance history. In 1975 (picture) some 908s were […]

Johnny Servoz-Gavin’s career in Formula One was meteoric: brilliant in F3 then in F2 with Matra, he was then recruited full-time by Ken Tyrrell for the 1970 season. However, hampered by an eye injury sustained in an all-road rallye during the winter, he couldn’t anymore drive at his highest level, and decided to retire from […]

Indianapolis 1965. It was definitely Jim Clark’s year, with a convincing victory for Team Lotus, and a total of 190 laps led. The “British Invasion” as the Americans called it, finally broke through as Jim Clark and Colin Chapman triumphed with the first rear-engined Indy-winning car, a Lotus 38 powered by Ford. Young Mario Andretti […]

Andy Wallace, Johnny Dumfries and Jan Lammers (picture-above) won the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours in a TWR Silk Cut Jaguar-entered Jaguar XJR9-LM. They are accompanied by team principal Tom Walkinshaw (on the right), in the podium celebrations.

Twenty one years ago, Juan Pablo Montoya won the 2000 Indianapolis 500. Chip Ganassi Racing entered two Target-sponsored cars for Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya. Both drivers were quickly up to speed with the IRL regulars, and expected to be favorites. Montoya led 167 laps, and cruised to victory, becoming the first rookie winner since Graham Hill […]

Belgian Marc Duez, one of the most versatile drivers in history, won the Zolder F3 Grand Prix in a Ralt RT3-VW, at Zolder in 1983.

This Sunday will be the 105th running of the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, the famous Indy 500. As always, it will be a very exciting race, with a very interesting field, with both talented rookies and very experienced IndyCar stars. On the front row we find from right to left: Scott Dixon (Ganassi), Colton Herta (Andretti) […]

360 degrees, to illustrate the double spin done by futur winner Danny Sullivan during the 1985 edition of the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, at the wheel of a Penske-entered March 85C: he thus entered in the legend of the Speedway for his “spin and win”. “Hollywood Danny” (who will later appear in TV series Miami […]

Héctor Rebaque is a former racing driver from Mexico. The son of a Mexico City wealthy car dealer, Héctor Rebaque arrived in Europe having just won an IMSA race. With his father’s pesos, he paid to make his Grand Prix debut with Hesketh in 1977. Missing valuable racing experience, he was not fast enough, and […]

In 1980, Honda asked John Judd to develop an engine for Formula 2, which would be used by the works Ralt team of Australian Ron Tauranac. The Ralt-Honda’s proved very successful between 1980 and 1984, winning 20 championship races and the 1981, 1983 and 1984 championships with Geoff Lees, Jonathan Palmer and Kiwi Mike Thackwell. […]