From its beginnings in 1933, the sport of Midget racing created a strong following in the United States. Its developing history is compiled here by Ed Watson, his wife Sue and friends, listing Club Champions results for the year 1934 to 2002 from the many events run by such clubs as: National Midget..
"In those days, the Ferrari factory was small. In a long assembly hall, there were a few ordinary stands holding three 250GT chassis, none of which was in the same state of build. One was a beautiful white Cabriolet Series 1. It was one of the very first Pininfarina Cabriolets and it looked stu..
HFS Morgan's first runabout, a single-seater built in 1909, was an inspired design. It comprised little more than three wheels, a few lengths of tubing, a pair of bevel gears and transmission chain together with a large motorcycle engine. It gave a performance equal to the best sporting cars of the ..
Although many may think that it was only the Austin 7 which was campaigned in competition , this publication sows the seed with the early years of Austin 1906-1912 and illustrates the 1908 100hp Grand Prix racer, Miss Muriel Thompson at the wheel of ‘Pobble’, Percy Lambert’s &lsquo..
An early racing driver, car and boat manufacturer and a man who loved life and activity, Noel Macklin was involved in two of the most famous names of 1920s and 1930s motoring; Invicta and Railton, but even before then he had been involved with the Eric Campbell and Silver Hawk light cars. By the lat..
Robert Neal was first struck with the idea of producing a work devoted solely to the story of the involvement of Packard built power in the performance of various vehicles, when he visited the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum in Seattle and saw Gar Wood's Miss America VIII. This was indeed an impres..
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