My memories of actor/racer Steve McQueen are just two: the first came during a Sebring 12-hour race when a colleague pointed him out. I wasn't a movie fan in those years so his presence meant...

Felipe Massa, one of the fastest drivers in the world, races for Ferrari's F1 team. He's paid millions and can buy any car he wants. How nice, then, to see Felipe with a new Fiat 500 as his...

Paddy Hopkirk? Now there's a name to recall if your memory reaches back to European rallying in the 60's as mine does. But even if it doesn't, listen here, friends. This talented racer...

It was, in its day, the world's most grueling road race. Now Hemmings calls it "the world's most grueling amateur road rally." It's La Carrera Panamericana, formerly known (in...

When I was a young man, keen on becoming a race driver, I purchased a book called "The Technique of Motor Racing" by Piero Taruffi. Nicknamed The Silver Fox because of his prematurely gray hair, the...