Tag: classic motorsport

77th Goodwood Members’ Meeting

The British springtime planned its moment perfectly, breaking cover in time to kick off the historic motoring calendar. Amongst the daffodils of West Sussex, the Duke of Richmond hosted the 77th Members’ Meeting at the nostalgic Goodwood Motor Circuit. The annual, limited-entry gathering serves up period racing and modern machinery alike, allowing near-boundless access from […]

Roy Scorer – technical illustrator

Scorer Cologne Capri

Technical drawings have always allowed those unlikely to get their hands into the oily innards of a race car to get a look at what goes where, and does what. We had a quick chat with technical illustrator Roy Scorer about these incredible works of art. Or engineering. Or both. Influx: How did you realise […]

Chaparral: Formula of One

Chaparral 2

Active aerodynamics, the automatic gearbox and side-mounted radiators are all features of the 21st Century racing machine and features that you would expect to have been first found in Formula One. In fact they emerged from just one racing team in the 1960s. Conceived by Dick Troutman and Tom Barnes but made famous by Jim […]

Death From Above: Classic Motor Racing

photos: Michael Fordham Motorsport is all about colour. This set of pics from this year’s Silverstone Classic reminds us of that. With the sheer weight of great cars to photograph, we forgot about this little edit that we captured from above the Silverstone pit lane. We were lucky enough to have great access in and […]