Jim Hall: the Texan who understood the air while everyone else stared at the engine If you walk into the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas, you’ll find oil derricks, rock samples and a hall full of dinosaurs. You’ll also find, almost by accident, the most important collection of racing cars built in America. … Read more
Smokey Yunick: The Man Who Read the Rulebook Better Than NASCAR Did Daytona, February 1968. Joe Gazaway, NASCAR inspector, watches a skinny mechanic in a filthy hat and boots roll into the paddock with a black-and-gold Chevelle. Gazaway and his crew pull the fuel tank out to measure it. They find nine rule violations. They … Read more
Maserati: Seven Brothers, One Trident, and the Greatest Race Ever Run The family born for speed To understand Maserati, you need to start with a fact almost nobody knows: there weren’t six brothers. There were seven. Rodolfo Maserati was a locomotive driver for the Italian railways, based in Voghera, Lombardy. He married Carolina Losi, and … Read more
