Morning Qualifying – Ford vs. Porsche edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.In 1969, Porsche set out to dominate endurance racing and win the International Championship for Makes. After a hiccup at…
Morning Qualifying – The Prancing Horse's Last Ride edition
1965 saw an escalation of hostilities between Ford and Ferrari. Carroll Shelby had been asked to take over racing and…
Morning Qualifying – Disaster at Le Mans edition
The 23rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans arrived with great fanfare. For the 1st time, the race…
Morning Qualifying – History Lesson, Part VII
Good morning, students. I am Professor Van Helsing, and I hate vampires...all kinds of vampires. Christopher Lee vampires, chocolate vampires,…
Morning Qualifying – A Sequel of Sorts edition
With the withdrawal of Mercedes-Benz from motor sport at the end of the 1955 campaign, the World Sports Car Championship…
Morning Qualifying – Beauty Contest edition
I think it was Smokey Yunick who said, "a thing of beauty is a joy forever". And while we all…
Morning Qualifying – From The Savoy Grill to Sydney Australia edition
It was late 1967, and Great Britain's economic fortunes had hit the skids. The pound sterling had been devalued,…
Morning Qualifying – History Lesson, Part VI
Good morning class. I know you might think the architect of New Orleans rhythm and blues, Henry Roeland Byrd aka…
Morning Qualifying – You say Sarti….I say Surtees edition
Arguably the best depiction of auto racing in Hollywood history, John Frankenheimer's 1966 film, "Grand Prix" is much beloved in…
Morning Qualifying – A Mad Russian in the Noonday Sun edition
Bill Vukovich broke into auto racing driving midgets for Vic Edelbrock's dirt track team; Right our of the box, "Vuky"…