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Racing History
Websites
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| Classiccars.com
features very useful race results & car chassis number databases, as
well as books & cars for sale. |
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| Nick England's site features the fascinating
history of Virginia International
Raceway(V.I.R.). |
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| Meadowdale
was a legendary race course near Chicago. It was 3.27 miles long
and featured the high-banked "Monza Wall" and a 4000' foot straight.
Webmaster Ross Fossbender has added memorial sites for three more historic
midwestern courses:
Wilmot
Hills Lynndale
Farms State
Fair Park |
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| John Coelho's "Coldplugs"
site features photos & memories of early 1960s road racing in Connecticut.
He has great pictures from Lime Rock & Thompson. |
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| Cumberland
was a major stop on the East Coast tour rivaling Watkins Glen and Sebring
during the mid 1950's. Penske, Hansgen, Holbert, Donahue and others
raced here. |
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| William Edgar created the "Edgar
Motorsports Archive" to celebrate his father John Edgar's contribution
to American road racing. William Edgar is a successful author and
filmmaker in his own right. |
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| Frank Sheffield
shares photos & memories of his days as a flagman at Riverside &
elsewhere. Especially valuable is his listing of programs.
Find under "Covers". |
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| Chuck
Porter created the Mercedes
SLS from a wrecked 300SL. Tribute site by his daughter, Debby. |
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| Deep history is available at the Watkins
Glen Motor Racing Research Library. |
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| The racing history of the Arciero
family. |
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| Russell Jaslow's excellent
"Racing
History" site: Interesting things here and good links. |
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| Al
Long's site! See his photos at "Nostalgia Sports Car Racing 1950s
& 60s". Also, check out his Indian jewelry -- beautiful work! |
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| A December holiday attending the "Nassau
Speed Week" was the traditional end to the racing season in the 1850s
and early 1960s. |
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| Site for the Donington collection of
Grand
Prix cars. |
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| Leif Snellman's astoundingly good website
on 1930s Grand
Prix racing. Don't miss this one. |
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| Dennis A. David's very thorough and
valuable site on Grand
Prix racing history . If you need Grand Prix info, here's the
place to find it. |
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| The British "Motor
Racing Archive" is a facility dedicated to the preservation of the
UK's rich history of motor sport. |
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| Formula
One photo gallery. |
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| Some CanAm
history. |
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| The
Indianapolis 500's official website. Very thorough. |
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| Bill
Vukovich was killed in this terrible accident at the 1955 Indianapolis
500. |
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| The "Miller/Offenhauser
Historical Society" site is also off-topic, but it's so good and so
interesting that I have to include it. |
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| An interesting page on the history of
McCulloch
superchargers. |
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| Ardun
cylinder heads -- News & History of
the conversion for flathead Ford V8s. |
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| For 60 years the
Southern California Timing Association has sanctioned land speed record
competition on California's dry lake beds and at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Here's their website, with info on straight-line racing at El Mirage dry
lake and elsewhere. |
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| More straight-line racing at this "Land
Speed Racing" site. |
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| And even more straight-line racing,
on land and water: The
Donald
Campbell tribute page. |
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| Gasser
Madness! Drag racing sports cars! |
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| Extreme
turbo drag race car! Bizarre how far this can go! |
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| "The aim of Malcolm Mitchell's
"The
Programme Covers Project" site/project is to gather as many programme
covers from any racing series, however big or small together, to form one
vast collection." |
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| Pal Negyesi's "KTUD
Archive" is a treasure chest of obscure and interesting cars, many
from Eastern Europe. |
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| Historian Ron Cummings contributed this
link to photos from the 1954 "Carrera
Panamericana". |
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| "Von
Dutch" was a legendary SoCal car customizer. Here's his bio.
(Written by Bob Burns) |
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