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Jim Sitz Remembers Phil Hill Part 2

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Phil Hill, World Champion. 60 years ago this week Phil entered the British Grand Prix for Ferrari. We celebrate his championship year. Photo of Phil Hill at the LA Times Grand Prix by Jim Sitz courtesy IMRRC.

Jim Sitz’s first tribute to Phil Hill, Jim Sitz Remembers Phil Hill was published on June 14 and received a great number of very complimentary comments. Jim’s recollections and insights illuminate a rarely seen side of the champion. This week, as we celebrate the British Grand Prix (held on July 15, 1961) of Hill’s championship year, Sitz recalls seeing Hill at Torrey Pines and Sebring, 1956 as both gain in stature in their respective careers. [Read more…] about Jim Sitz Remembers Phil Hill Part 2

Lancia’s Balancing Act

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The Lambda was the first in a long line of narrow angle V4 Lancias. Did the V4 generate more vibration than the standard four? And how were they balanced? Geoff Goldberg wanted to know. Photo by Jonathan Sharp

By Pete Vack with Geoff Goldberg and Jonathan Sharp

NOTE: To order either of Geoff Goldberg’s books and avoid confusion, go directly to the author at gg@g2a2.com. He will provide the method best for you and apply the VeloceToday discount.

The display of Lancia Lambdas at the London Classic was a wonderful outing for this rare Lancia. In a serendipitous moment, while ace photographer Jonathan Sharp was snapping at every Lambda he could, back in Chicago Geoffrey Goldberg emailed and asked if we would like a copy of his latest publication, a booklet entitled Balancing the Lancia V4. Since the Lambda was the first production V4, a good opportunity. [Read more…] about Lancia’s Balancing Act

Milano Monza Auto show, Part 2

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Bandini Dora by Giugiaro, 2020

By Alessandro Gerelli
text by Staff

Last week Alessandro Gerelli sent us his report on the MILANO MONZA Auto, held on 10-13 June 2021, a unique event in which spectators walked from the Piazza San Babila to the Castello Sforzesco while viewing the latest in supercars, hypercars, and regular production cars. For this second MIMO feature, we highlight a couple of the cars that seemed interesting. The first was the Pambuffetti, which is striking even among today’s hypercars. [Read more…] about Milano Monza Auto show, Part 2

Milano Monza Auto 2021

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Bugatti Chiron Supersport

Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli

Milano Monza Auto (MIMO) is an event that has been on the agenda for a few years, involving Milano and the circuit of Monza with displays and testing of cars and motor bikes.

The pandemic compelled the organizers to review the program, concentrating the car exposition outside in the city center of Milano where they were on display for the public; the tests on the road and driving on the Monza circuit were invitation only. [Read more…] about Milano Monza Auto 2021

An Unusual Look at the Porsche Museum

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Some lesser known items from the Porsche Museum

By Graham Gauld

We live in an age where we have created almost an obsession about electric powered cars, but the concept is not new. Over one hundred and twenty one years ago at the 1900 Paris Expo the German coachbuilding company Lohner exhibited the Lohner-Porsche Mixed Hybrid. It was a car developed by their 24-year-old engineer Ferdinand Porsche who had joined the company with no particular qualifications as an engineer but who, from an early age, had been fascinated by electricity and electric power.

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London Classic Car Show, 2021

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Letting loose in the Delage.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

After missing 2020 for the usual reason, the London Classic Car show was back for 2021 and took place June 25 – 27. Not at the London Excel exhibition center as before, but in West London at Syon Park, and out in the open! [Read more…] about London Classic Car Show, 2021

The Ferraris of Ed Hugus Part 1

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Pittsburgh, 1956. On the back of the photo, Hugus wrote, “Chet Flynn bought this 4.1 Mexico from Chinetti, I believe it was the one Luigi drove in the Carrera. (probably S/N 0224AT, Ed.) I bought it from Chet, and drove it from New York to Pittsburgh. I drove it quite a bit to the races but never actually raced it.”

Frome the Archives, May, 2017

Story by Pete Vack
Photos courtesy of the Ed Hugus Collection

The history of racing is populated with rich young men from well-bred families who have the time and money to indulge in sportscar racing. The list is endless and yet interesting; they are the fortunate ones of whom most of us can only dream to be and never become.

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Elitch on Model Car Collecting

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Story by Brandes Elitch

“There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell them” – Louis Armstrong

Why would a person in their fifties, sixties, or seventies still collect model cars, spending perhaps hundreds of dollars on an individual model? Well, if I have to explain it to you, this quote from Louis Armstrong is right on the money.

Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? Collecting is so widespread that there is even a “psychology of collecting,” which says that “this allows people to relive their childhood, and connect themselves to a period or time that they feel strongly about.” Collecting “helps people to relieve insecurity and anxiety about losing a part of themselves and to keep the past to continue to exist in the present.” Someone once said that collectors have “a genetic defect.” These comments are beyond psychobabble – they are nonsense, of course.

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Charles (CH.) Pozzi, Ferrari Importer for France

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Review by Pete Vack

Ch. Pozzi, Importer- Ferrari 1969-2003 THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH FERRARI IMPORTER AND RACE TEAM
By Arnaud Meunier
291 pages, hardbound
Eau Rouge Publishing
ISBN 978-0-9573978-9-7
Translated from French by Marc Sonnery

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After Luigi Chinetti departed France for the New World in 1951, a French race driver, importer and dealer by the name of Carlos Alberto “Charles” Pozzi (1909- 2001) took on selling Ferraris from an old building in Paris. The story of Pozzi and his dealership which became, from 1969 to 2003, the main importer and distributor for Ferraris in France, is told here for the first time. [Read more…] about Charles (CH.) Pozzi, Ferrari Importer for France

Mystery Bandini: It’s the Readers, not the Car!

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Is this Jim Pauley’s car at Watkins Glen in 1953? Or is this Wayne Chapman, at his home in Fayetteville N.C. in 1957? Photo submitted by Dale LaFollette

In the end it is all about our fantastic readers, not the Bandini. First, we heard from José Ramón Arce, who lives in Spain. José seemed to know his stuff, and wrote in very good English. In a well reasoned and well reseached opinion, José believes that the mystery car is the one entered at Watkins Glen in 1953 by Jim Pauley. As can be read in last week’s VeloceToday, research on our part backed that assertion up, although we could not find other photos which would have verified this. Then we heard from Walt Carroll, who had a completely different take on our mystery Bandini. So we engaged both to tell us more about themselves. [Read more…] about Mystery Bandini: It’s the Readers, not the Car!

Bill Pollack, Remembered

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Pebble Beach, 1956. Bill Pollack in the Stovebolt Chevy HWM leads Phil Hill in a Ferrari 860, Ernie McAfee in a Ferrari 121LM, then the Jag D-Type of Pierce Woods, Bill Murphy’s Kurtis 500X, and the Aston of Jack Graham. Photo by Jim Sitz.

West Coast racer Bill Pollack passed away at the age of 92 on July 16, 2017. We originally published this appreciation on August 25, 2017, and a week later published a second article with material sent by our readers. We have combined the two articles for our Archives feature this week.

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