Hector Cademartori, resident Nissan Z enthusiast, takes us on a journey in celebration of the Z car’s 50th anniversary with this exclusive four-part series. Tune in on WedneZday to follow along with our four-part ExtravaganZa series, celebrating 50 years of the Nissan Z cars! To see previous articles on the ExtravaganZa, click HERE! To give...
The Racers – Endurance Motor Racing 1963-1973 is a personal, fast-paced chronicle that covers 10 years of “Langstrekenrennen”, or German for “Long Distance Races”. The Racers Langstreckenrennen – Endurance Motor Racing 1963-1973 The Personal Scrapbook of Al Satterwhite By Al Satterwhite ISBN: 978-3-667-11856-1 Publisher: Delius Klasing Verlag Hardcover Pages: 192 Size: 9 in. x 10.5...
This is your chance to win a 2020 Corvette Stingray Z51 and help out one of the most prestigious motorsports preservation institutions on the planet. Hey! … Hi! this is LACar editor-at-large Doug Stokes with a fun note about a chance to own the first-ever rear-engine ‘Vette (how long have we been waiting for that?)...
Formula 1: Car by Car 1950-59 is a vibrant look into the Golden Age that bred some of the most famous names to grace the sport, and features 600 photographs. FORMULA 1: CAR BY CAR 1950-59By Peter HighamEVRO Publishing Group, UKwww.ervopublishing.comIBSN: 978-1-910505-44-1304 pages / 600 photosHardbound 11.25” x 9.50”$79.95 USD Yes, you read those specs...
In this book review, I examine the story masterfully written by Matt Stone detailing one of most obsessive speed-smiths I’ve ever known. (This is a reprise of a review that I wrote here in LACar a few years back, and today, July 10, 2020 is a bit of a signal day in the life of...
“It is great to see that our medical team in the Le Mans raceis so much involved in this fight against COVID-19”– Claude Meistelman MD, PhD Dr. Claude Meistelman is a longtime Stand 21 Safety Foundation Board Member who is most familiar to us as DCMO medical director at LeMans, CMO for the Paris Grand Prix...
Stand 21 Responds To Crisis…Converts Factory to Production of Surgical Masks By John Kilroy | www.eparttrade.com via Racer.com Stand 21, the worldwide supplier of driver safety gear, has put its factory in France to work making surgical masks to help address the shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Established in 1970, Stand 21 has been a pioneer in...
All sports fans love, NO … live by numbers: days, dates, scores, top speed, laps, and so on … you know, the hard facts and exact figures that make up the fabric of competition. LA CAR BOOK REVIEW: NIKI LAUDA HIS COMPETITION HISTORYBy Jon SaltinstallForward by John WatsonPreface by Doug NyeAfterword by Kurt BergmanERVO PublishingWestrow House, Holwell,...
Held this year on February 23rd at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, the Motor Press Guild’s annual Dean Batchelor Awards dinner was a great success. Automotive broadcaster Dave Kunz opened the evening with a heartfelt remembrance of Art Gould, the well-known car talk radio host, whom we lost in November of 2019. This year,...
LACar Book ReviewMEISTER BRAUSERHarry Heuer’s Championship Racing Teamby Tom SchultzForward by Jim HallPublisher: Dalton Watson Fine Books – 2019Deerfield, IL 60015 USA324 pages / 370 photosISBN: 978-1-85443-304-6$95 USD In a way, this handsome new book takes up and greatly expands the story of one of the most fabled American racing sports cars, the Reventlow Scarab,...