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Ferrari Dino 246 F1 (Chassis 0004), United States Grand Prix, Sebring, Florida, December 12, 1959, jeff-allison
Story and photos by Jeff Allison
VeloceToday continues the series inviting readers to send in their photos to share with the readers. Jeff Allison continues his photographic journey – this time with part 2 of a two-part look at Ferraris photographed in 1959.
USAC/FIA 1000KM race at Daytona International Speedway on April 4-5, 1959
A free year’s subscription to the first who can correctly identify this lovely lady.
Text by Robert Birmingham
Photos by Glen Glendenning
The 1957 NASCAR race weekend attracted a less than hoped for crowd and rightfully so. To put it bluntly, the two-race program was too short, and the large American cars were not interesting. Therefore in 1958 Road America returned to what by now had become known as the June Sprints and three months later, the Road America 500.
Giulio Alfieri at his desk in Modena. (Photo Grand Prix Library/Gauld)
Story and photos by Graham Gauld
The great Maserati engineer Giulio Alfieri was a studious and interesting man born in Parma, trained in Milan, and his first job was with Innocenti working on the original Lambretta scooters. As was often the case he was able to work on a variety of projects but one of them is rarely talked about these days, the Maserati Birdcage.
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Photos by Jonathan Sharp
From the VeloceToday Archives, September 2019.
Count Trossi’s Maserati Summer of 1936
Lead photo: Ewen Sergison in the cockpit of Nigel Griffiths’ Maserati s/n 1532 at Goodwood, April 6-7, 2019. See below for much more.
Recently we republished an old story by Ed McDonough about Count Felice Trossi, which prompted a reply from Nigel Griffiths, who told us he owned the ex-Trossi 6CM Maserati and would be at the 2019 Goodwood Members’ Meeting in April with the very same Maserati, s/n 1532.
Now isn’t that coincidental, I said, as Jonathan Sharp would also attend and could he get some photos of 1532? Of course, said Nigel. Jonathan checked the program and found that the 6CM is car 58 entered into race 4 with practice is on Saturday morning, and the Parnell cup is the first race at 9am on Sunday morning. We are good to go.
1958 250 GT LWB Spyder California (Chassis 1085GT), Twelve Hours of Sebring, March 21, 1959-jeff-allison
Story and photos by Jeff Allison
VeloceToday extends the series inviting readers to send in their photos to share with the readers. Jeff Allison continues his photographic journey – this time with part 1 of a two-part look at Ferraris photographed in 1959.
Anticipating the arrival of a new issue of SPORTS CAR ILLUSTRATED, my sports car buddy Jack Leete and I raced (well, it was in an MG TD!) to his house after school to check the mail. A new issue was there, and I remember it as though it was yesterday. There on the cover of the September 1958 issue of SPORTS CARS ILLUSTRATED was the one-off Ferrari 4.9 Superfast. Describing its acceleration, Stephen Wilder wrote, “Blasting once on the Marchal Stridor air horn, we fled the scene at full throttle, rending the air with not-so-quiet thunder and leaving a faint trace of abused rubber on the concrete.” This was possibly the moment I caught this unrelenting disease, and I’m sure many VeloceToday readers can tell a similar story.
A touch screen instrument panel in 1970? Well, the idea of one anyway. The multi-jointed steering wheel and front entrance makes one wonder who at Bertone was driving a BMW Isetta…Photo by Evan Klein
Review by Pete Vack
Photos by Evan Klein/@evankleinfilms
Hard to believe, but apparently Lancia Stratos Zero: The Eternal Futurist by Gautam Sen is the only published book about the Lancia Stratos HF Zero, and the author is by far the best person to write it, with impeccable and impressive credentials. A Vice President with FIVA, Gautam Sen has authored several award-winning books: Marcello Gandini: Maestro of Design, Ballot, The Bertone Collection, Tom Tjaarda: Master of Proportions, Lamborghini: At the Cutting Edge of Design, Bugatti: The Italian Decade, and Alfa Romeo SZ Coda Tronca: The Art of Conservation, When Wedge had the Edge (all by Dalton Watson Fine Books).
A day of glory at home for the Belgian team WRT, and for BMW, who achieved a fantastic double victory for the BMW M Hybrid V8 thanks to the #15 of Magnussen/Marciello/Dries Vanthoor, who finished second.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
On May 7-9th, three weeks after the first round at Imola, the World Endurance Championship held its second event at the Francorcorchamps circuit in Belgium with the 6 Hours of Spa, the final rehearsal before the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, which will take place on June 13th and 14th.
The years go by, but they are not all the same. The Ferrari 296 #21 triumphed last year. This year, although it crossed the finish line first, it was penalized 5 seconds for an unsafe restart in the pits and was therefore classified fourth.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
And the coverage of the Spa LMGT3 class….
1,300 mph against say 50 mph, only at Brooklands could you get a Fiat Gamine and Concorde in the same shot.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
I certainly cannot be accused of being elitist, having only just returned from Rome and the amazing and exotic Anantara Concorso, it was time for a trip up to Brooklands in Surrey on May 2nd for their annual Italian Car day with Auto Italia magazine. Such a contrast to Rome but just as fantastic. The event attracts lots of exotics so plenty of shouty Ferraris and Lamborghinis, but it is the more everyday stuff which you used to see all the time but now rarely do that piqued my interest. Well, perhaps one or two exotics sneaked into my selection.
St Mawes Harbor (Gauld photo)
Story by Graham Gauld
Very few motoring events take place near my new homestead in Cornwall, but on Thursday, May 7, there was a Concours d’Elegance taking place as part of the St Mawes motoring festival.
Review by Pete Vack
More than ten years ago, S. Scott Callan published his massive, expensive, leather-bound Alfa opus, Alfa Romeo: View from the Mouth of the Dragon, 1900-1940 which in turn was derived from a CD ROM. Now, an expanded and more affordable softback edition (at only $125) is available. [Read more…] about Alfa Romeo: View from the Mouth of the Dragon Softbound Edition
