Drivers, designers, engineers, founders…The people who shaped motorsport ando those changing it now. No protocol.
Sabine Schmitz: The Queen of the Green Hell Over 30,000 laps of the Nordschleife. Two outright victories at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. A Ford Transit van pushing the 10-minute barrier at the most dangerous circuit on Earth. And a driver who never needed anyone to hand her anything. Born Inside the Circuit Some drivers discover … Read more
Carroll Shelby: The Chicken Farmer with a Borrowed Heart Who Humiliated Ferrari His Los Angeles Times obituary summed him up in a single sentence: “He raced cars. He had a heart transplant from a Las Vegas gambler in 1990 and a kidney transplant from a son in 1996. He was married seven times.” That sentence … Read more
Lotus: The Brand That Made Weight the Enemy In May 2026, Lotus CEO Feng Qingfeng sat down at the Financial Times Future of the Car Summit and admitted the strategy that was supposed to conquer the world had hit a wall. His words were that the plan had been aggressive and that the company moved … Read more
Life Is a Gift — The Story of María de Villota, the Spanish Woman Who Broke Every Barrier in Motorsport and Paid With Her Life There are stories that aren’t told to fill a feed. They’re told because if they’re not told, we deserve them a little less. María de Villota Comba. Madrid, Spain. January … Read more
De Tomaso: The Argentinian Who Built Italy’s Most Underrated Supercar Empire De Tomaso: The Argentine Who Humbled Ferrari with Ford Power There are brands that are born to last. And there are brands that are born to burn everything down. De Tomaso belongs firmly in the second category. An Italian company founded by an Argentine, … Read more
Jeff Gordon: The California Kid NASCAR Loved to Hate and Couldn’t Stop Admiring NASCAR had a problem with Jeff Gordon. Not because he was bad. Because he was too good in the wrong way. He was young in a sport of veterans. He was Californian in a sport rooted in the Deep South. He was … Read more
Dale Earnhardt: The Intimidator Who Died Protecting His Son on the Final Lap at Daytona There are names in sport that transcend numbers. Names that mean something deeper than victories and championships. Names that divide the history of a sport into a before and an after. Dale Earnhardt is that name for NASCAR. 76 victories. … Read more
Richard Petty: 200 Wins, Seven Crowns, and the Man Who Was Bigger Than NASCAR Itself There are drivers who win races. There are drivers who win championships. And then there’s Richard Petty. 200 Cup Series victories. Seven championships. Seven Daytona 500 wins. 123 pole positions. 1,184 career starts. 27 wins in a single season, including … Read more
