In 1978, Brabham’s Gordon Murray needed something big to beat the Lotus 79. His eureka moment came with the BT46B “Fan Car,” a Formula 1 legend that raced – and won – just once.This story appears in the Oct./July 2021 ‘Great Cars Issue’ of RACER magazine alongside other great features...

We usually come up with a loose theme when we start to put RACER’s annual Great Cars Issue together. This time around, and for reasons that escape me, we were taken with the idea of machines that enjoyed brief, but spectacular careers. Short, sharp and (mostly) successful...Leading the way in...

Ask a bunch of motorsports enthusiasts what defines a great car, and you'll get a whole range of replies. Many may go for "one that dominates," but is it really so simple? There are so many factors, so many intangibles involved, that greatness really is in the eye of the...