Story and photos by Jeff Allison
Jeff Allison continues the series looking at Ferraris he photographed – this time in 1960. [Read more…] about Behind the Fence: Ferrari, 1960
Pedro Rodriquez
Behind the Fence: Ferrari, 1959 Part 2
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
Behind the Fence: Ferrari, 1959 Part 1
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.
Aldo Zana at the Monaco Grand Prix, 1968
The beauty that didn’t fly: the Eagle 1G Weslake by Dan Gurney. He qualified 16th and last, 1.32.9, and lasted 9 laps only in the race.
Story and photos by Aldo Zana
From the VeloceToday Archives, May 2020
If you are suffering from Grand Prix abstinence you might be interested in remembering the Monaco F1 Grand Prix from so many decades ago, now akin to a fictional tale of times bygone. It was May 1968 when France and, later, the whole of Europe, were on the verge of profound social, economic, and cultural changes: students in Paris had started what went into the history books as “La revolte de mai”, the May revolution. The whole country was either on strike or shut down.
Jeff Allison: Head Shots Part 1
The author getting fancy with a self-portrait using the mirror of an open-wheel vintage racer at the Daily Express International Trophy at Silverstone, England on April 7, 1974.
Story and photos by Jeff Allison
I recently finished a project to put my “head shots” of drivers in one place and thought maybe the readers of VeloceToday might enjoy seeing some. I began photographing races in 1959 with my last “real” race, i.e., not vintage, in 1997. I didn’t take many “head shots” in my early years as I thought it was an affront to the drivers. However, as time went on, I loosened up (a telephoto lens helped) and began to photograph drivers as well as cars. Most were photos of opportunity while wandering the paddock and pits when I wasn’t out on the track.
Here are some of my favorites…
Sports Car Confidential
A young Pedro Rodriguez sits nervously in the Kjell Qvale #166 Genie MK VIII wondering what the chica joven voluptuosa de pelo grande quiere.*?
Story and photos by Allen R. Kuhn
October 13, 1963, Riverside Races. When I first met Lori Campbell I thought, now here is someone I would like to photograph. With the upcoming Riverside races that would be a great place to showcase Lori, who was a budding actress and model with a small uncredited, role in the John Wayne classic, McClintock. I would have her pose as, “Miss California Sports Car Magazines,” with some of our American and a few European drivers. It made a great story then, as it does now. And there was a kicker which occurred when a few of these photos were shown at Goodwood some 43 years later. Do read on.
Monaco Grand Prix, 1968 in Color
The beauty that didn’t fly: the Eagle 1G Weslake by Dan Gurney. He qualified 16th and last, 1.32.9, and lasted 9 laps only in the race.
Story and photos by Aldo Zana
If you are suffering from Grand Prix abstinence you might be interested in remembering the Monaco F1 Grand Prix from so many decades ago, now akin to a fictional tale of times bygone. It was May 1968 when France and, later, the whole of Europe, were on the verge of profound social, economic, and cultural changes: students in Paris had started what went into the history books as “La revolte de mai”, the May revolution. The whole country was either on strike or shut down. [Read more…] about Monaco Grand Prix, 1968 in Color
Monaco Grand Prix, 1968 in Black and White
Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P133, on the final straight iduring his 15th lap of the race. Note how “light” the car appears on the tires. It was a hint of things to come; read on!
By Aldo Zana
We present Aldo Zana’s black and white photography from Monaco 1968.
The Race