Morning Qualifying – Makinen Maximizes Mini edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.In the 1960's, no rally team was more talented than the BMC works team of Rauno Aaltonen, Paddy Hopkirk, and…
Morning Qualifying – HMS Jaguar meets USS Galaxie edition
The early years of the British Saloon Car Championship were dominated by Jaguar's Mk1 and Mk2 saloons. Raced by privateers…
Morning Qualifying – Stirling Silver Arrows edition
Mercedes-Benz owned the world of international motor sport in 1955. The W196 grand prix car, introduced at the 1954 French…
Morning Qualifying – History Lesson, Part VIII
As the effects of the Second World War slowly receded, auto manufacturers in Europe were anxious to gain whatever market…
Morning Qualifying – It's 3! 3! 3 kinds of racing in 1! edition.
Question: What race combined time-speed-distance rallying, circuit racing and hillclimbs into a single event? The answer, as the photo…
Morning Qualifying – Welcome to Brands Hatch edition
In 1964, the British Ground Prix, designated that year's European Grand Prix, found its way to a new home at…
Morning Qualifying – Can-Am…azing edition
In July of 1971, Watkins Glen hosted, on the same weekend, the final race of the 1971 International Championship for…
Morning Qualifying – Paranormal Activity edition
In 1971, Pontiac engineer Herb Adams wanted to build on the racing development work that he'd done with Jerry Titus…
Morning Qualifying – 3 is a Magic Number edition
1961 was shaping up to be an especially fine vintage for Scuderia Ferrari. In Formula 1, the 156 Dino…
Morning Qualifying – Bittersweet edition
By 1972, Graham Hill and Joakim Bonnier were nearing the end of their illustrious racing careers. Both men broke into…