Ex-Formula 1 driver and racecar constructor Howden Ganley is the epitome of New Zealand’s "She’ll be right" stereotype: laidback, competent, adaptable. Everybody, however, has a breaking point: McLaren’s fraught Formula 1 debut of May 1966 was his."I did Monaco with them – then resigned," he says. "I couldn’t see where...

The 2022 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas is nearly here and Formula 1 is riding a wave of popularity in the USA. While the future looks promising with three grands prix on the calendar next year, the history of F1 in America has produced many a...

Brabham designer Ron Tauranac, though somewhat more wary than Lotus’ Colin Chapman of unchecked development in an unexplored area, upstaged his rival at the Italian Grand Prix in September 1968. Not only did he introduce a radical new rear wing, but he also repurposed the old, lower item across the...

Dan Gurney’s favorite Indy car was the 1981 Pepsi Challenger, or the Eagle 8100, to give it its official nomenclature.A year earlier, Gurney had turned designer John Ward loose, and the result was a radical, striking piece that didn’t look like anything else in Gasoline Alley – and didn’t work...