In October 1966, John Wyer was visiting New York on business when he took a call from Gulf Oil Executive Vice President, Grady Davis. The two men had met for the first time at the Sebring 12 Hours…
Read MoreFor 1966, dramatic rule changes were made to the World Sportscar Championship. The main event, known as the International Manufacturers Championship, would no longer be decided by…
Read MoreFerrari had campaigned two different types of Sports racing car during a successful 1961 campaign that had seen the Scuderia take victories at four out of five World Sportscar Championship events en…
Read MoreAfter a self-imposed year in exile, Scuderia Ferrari returned to the World Sportscar Championship for 1969 with the all-new 312 P. Ferrari’s absence from the 1968 campaign had come about as a result of…
Read MoreOne day after the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours had seen all previous records broken, the FIA announced a three-litre engine limit would be imposed on top flight Group 6 Prototypes from 1968. The drastic…
Read MoreHaving dabbled in a variety of motor sport disciplines since his company’s 1959 inception, Alejandro de Tomaso’s first production model, the Vallelunga Coupe, entered the final throes of development…
Read MoreFor 1966, new Appendix J motor racing regulations came into effect that split machinery into one of seven categories. Groups 1, 2 and 5 were for Touring cars. Group 3 was for Grand Touring cars and…
Read MoreBeginning in 1962, the governing body of motor sport decided the de facto World Sports Car Championship would be decided by cars from the Grand Touring category. By contrast, purpose…
Read MoreFor 1965, Ferrari developed a revised top flight prototype, the P2, to contest the International Trophy for GT Prototypes. The International Trophy for GT Prototypes ran alongside the International…
Read MoreDespite an upturn in speed and reliability, Ford had still been easily defeated by Ferrari during the 1965 season. For 1966, a new regulatory framework came into effect which saw the de-facto World…
Read MoreHaving vowed to defeat Ferrari at the Le Mans 24 Hours following the collapse of a takeover bid, Ford’s debut campaign with the GT40 in 1964 had seen the car show a devastating turn of speed…
Read MoreOver the winter of 1964-1965, Ferrari developed a new top flight sports racing car to meet the increasingly serious threat posed by the Ford GT which was now being jointly developed by Shelby…
Read MoreWhen Milanese industrialist Renzo Rivolta decided to expand his empire into the lucrative market for high end motor cars, he recruited two of the most respected names in the business: renowned…
Read MoreWhen Renzo Rivolta decided to end his association with Giotto Bizzarrini in August 1965, the Iso boss got his hands on the Grifo trademark that should rightfully have belonged to him from the outset.
Read MoreAfter a one year absence from the World Sportscar Championship in protest at the implementation of a three-litre engine limit that made his existing cars obsolete, Enzo Ferrari decided to return with…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche’s competition programme was mainly focused on Sports Protoypes during the mid 1960s, a modest campaign with the newly launched 911 was embarked upon beginning in 1965.
Read MoreFor 1962, the World Sportscar Championship had undergone a series of important changes. Most significantly, the main event shifted focus to production-based GT cars. Such vehicles would contest…
Read MoreFor 1962, the World Sportscar Championship organisers broke with tradition and split the contest into two categories: the International Championship for GT Manufacturers and the Coupe des…
Read MorePowered by Squarespace.
