From Vintage Motorsport issue 07.3-May/Jun 2007Photo: Watkins Glen, Oct. 7, 1979—Clay Regazzoni (red jacket) watches as Alan Jones' pit stop goes all wrong with the right rear wheel nut not secure, Jones losing the wheel half a lap later.Working out of my home office these days, I am more covert...

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...

Phoenix, AZ -- Nov. 3 marks the opening of Phoenix Art Museum’s first major exhibition of racing cars -- Legends of Speed -- showcasing a selection of more than 20 cars spanning six decades and driven by some of the greatest drivers in the history of racing, including A.J. Foyt,...

The 25th Anniversary of RACER magazine happens to coincide with our annual Heroes Issue. So who to celebrate on our cover for such a milestone? The discussion was a short and conclusive one: Mario Andretti.Revered within racing, Andretti transcended our sport and crossed over into the “real” world in a...

Pro racer Gunnar Jeanette shares his Elva-Porsche visor cam from the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion where he uses all 183hp from the 1.7-liter twin-cam flat-four Porsche engine to chase V8-powered Can-Am cars and other small-displacement prototypes in his 1963 Elva chassis.More Monterey Motorsports Reunion In-Car:Lotus 79 Formula 1 Visor CamPorsche...

Take a brief ride with American sportscar racing legend (and factory BMW driver) Bill Auberlen in a 1996 McLaren F1 GTR powered by BMW's sonic masterpiece of a 6.0-liter V12 engine.Starting last, Auberlen tears through the field before a mechanical issue intervened. Despite the tight fit in the cockpit, and...

Pro racer Gunnar Jeanette wields the 1969 Porsche 908/02 and puts all 350hp from its 3.0-liter flat-8 to use in a wild sprint with a Porsche 917 during practice for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Thanks to Jeanette’s visor cam and a rear-facing camera, we get to see the Porsche...

Take Mario Andretti's Formula 1 world championship-winning Lotus 79, install pro racer Duncan Dayton with a visor cam, place a microphone six inches away from the V8 Cosworth DFV's inlet trumpets, add wicked amounts of oversteer, and you have video and audio insanity at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the...

Ferrari's Carlos Reutemann won the 1978 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen ahead of Williams's Alan Jones and Wolf's Jody Scheckter. Mario Andretti, who'd already clinched his first F1 world championship driving the wonderful Lotus 79, started from pole and led the first two laps before his Cosworth DFV...

Colin Chapman and Lotus revolutionized Formula 1 with the ground-effect Type 79. Suddenly, the little teams had a massive performance advantage – and F1’s grandee manufacturers didn’t like that one bit. Lotus 79 hit the ground sticking. The skirted, black and gold beauty caught the rest with their pants down...