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Motor Sport Magazine
''Motor Sport'' is a monthly motor racing magazine, founded in the United Kingdom in 1924 as the ''Brooklands Gazette''. The name was changed to ''Motor Sport'' for the August 1925 issue. The magazine covers motor sport in general, although from 1997 to 2006 its emphasis was historic motorsport. It remains one of the leading titles on both modern and historic racing. The magazine's photo library is currently managed by LAT Images, which founded as Motor Sport photographic division by Wesley J. Tee in the 1960s and later spun-off as a stand-alone affiliated company. The magazine's monthly podcasts have featured Christian Horner, Mario Andretti, Patrick Head, Sir Frank Williams, John McGuinness and Gordon Murray. In 1939 the magazine incorporated its rival ''Speed'' (the organ of the British Racing Drivers' Club). Editors * 1936–1991: Bill Boddy * ? – December 1996: Simon Arron * April 1997 – ?: Andrew Frankel (acting editor January 1997 – March 1997) * Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Dunn (editor)
Joe or Joseph Dunn may refer to: Sports *Joe Dunn (baseball) (1885–1944), American baseball player *Red Dunn (Joseph Dunn, 1901–1957), American football running back *Jake Dunn (Joseph P. Dunn Jr., 1909–1984), American baseball player *Joe Dunn (footballer) (1925–2005), Scottish football player and manager *Joe Lee Dunn (born 1946), American football coach Others *Joseph Dunn (entrepreneur) (1746–1827), English priest and entrepreneur *Joseph Dunn (shark victim), survivor of the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 * Joe Dunn (California politician) (born 1958), California state senator *Joe Dunn (Illinois politician) (born 1968), Illinois politician See also * Joe Dunne (other) {{hndis, Dunn, Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Nockolds
Harold Nockolds (1907–1982) was an English journalist, historian and business person. Harold Nockolds was the son of Walter Herbert Nockolds and Flora Mary van der Heyden. His brother was Roy Nockolds the artist noted for his depiction of racing cars and aeroplanes. He started his journalist career at ''Motor Sport'' as Continental Correspondent before moving on in 1936 to become the Motor Racing Correspondent for ''The Times''. In 1938 G. T. Foulis & Co published his book ''The Magic of a Name'', first definitive history of Rolls-Royce. He served in the Second World War, receiving a commission into the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) of the British Army on 15 February 1940. His service number was 119718. His service number was 119718. He later served in the North African campaign, for which he was mentioned in dispatches on 11 November 1943. He ended the war as an honorary major Major ( commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorsport News
''Motorsport News'' is a British weekly newspaper offering news, reports and analysis of circuit racing, rallying and other forms of motor sport. Its offices are in Richmond in Middlesex. History It was first published in 1955 as ''Motoring News'', a monthly publication aimed at domestic car owners, but was bought in 1957 by Teesdale Publications, the publishers of ''Motor Sport''. ''Motoring News'' was relaunched as a weekly newspaper focused on motorsport at all levels, from amateur hill-climbs and autotests to Formula One and world rallying. Following the death of its owner, Wesley J. Tee, Teesdale Publications was sold in 1996 to Haymarket Publishing. In 2000 Haymarket rebranded ''Motoring News'' as ''Motorsport News''. In 2016 the publication was sold along with other titles in Haymarket's motoring portfolio to Miami-based Motorsport Network to form Autosport Media UK Ltd. In January 2020 Motorsport News was acquired by Kelsey Media, who publish several other motorin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haymarket Media Group
Haymarket Media Group is a privately held media company headquartered in London. It has publications in the consumer, business and customer sectors, both print and online. It operates exhibitions allied to its own publications, and previously on behalf of organisations such as the BBC. The company expanded outside the UK in 1999. History Haymarket began in the 1950s, under the name Cornmarket Press. Clive Labovitch and Michael Heseltine – later a Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher and Deputy Prime Minister under John Major – who had met at university, started out with the 1957 ''Directory of Opportunities for Graduates'', and in 1959 relaunched ''Man About Town'', which was to become an influential (if unprofitable) men's consumer magazine. The company failed in its relaunch of the British news weekly ''Topic'', the title closing at the end of 1962, within three months of the takeover. The partners split in 1965, with Heseltine renaming his half of the business Haymar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Kirby
Gordon Kirby (born in Brighton, England) is a Canadian auto racing journalist. He is the United States editor for ''Autocourse'' since 1973 and ''Motor Sport'' since 2008. Kirby was raised in Toronto and began working in 1968 as Canadian correspondent for British magazine ''Autosport''. He was United States correspondent for ''Autosport'' from 1973 to 2004. Kirby also was co-founder of magazine ''OnTrack'', ''Indy Car Racing'' and '' Racer'', editor to ''AutoWeek'', and contributor to ''Car and Driver ''Car and Driver'' (''CD'' or ''C/D'') is an American automotive enthusiast magazine. In 2006 its total circulation was 1.23 million. It is owned by Hearst Magazines, who purchased prior owner Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2011. It was fou ...'' and other outlets. He also was ghostwriter for several Indy car drivers. Publications * ''Penske's Maestro: Karl Kainhofer & the History of Penske Racing'' (Racemaker Press, 2016) * ''Tony Bettenhausen & Sons: An American R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Jordan (racing Driver)
Andrew Jordan (born 24 May 1989 in Sutton Coldfield) is a British auto racing driver, who has driven in the British Touring Car Championship. He was the 2013 British Touring Car Champion. Racing career Rallycross Jordan first started racing in rallycross. In 2003, he entered the Ford Rally Academy, and went on to win the Winter Junior Rallycross Championship. The next year, he was the BTRDA Junior Rallycross Champion, and won the title of best newcomer in the British Junior series. In 2005, he won four different titles, the Junior Rallycross title, the BTRDA Rallycross title, as well as the Super Series Junior and the Ginetta Winterseries titles. In 2006, Jordan was the youngest ever driver and race winner in the British Rallycross Supercar class, in a Team Eurotech Ford Focus. The protégé of 1992 European Rallycross Champion Will Gollop made it to runner-up in the 2007 British Rallycross Championship, claiming three wins. Jordan made a one-off return to rallycross in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BTCC
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as the British Touring Car Championship for the 1987 season.BTCC History 1958-1990 Retrieved from www.btcc.net on 13 August 2012 The championship, currently running regulations, has been run to various national and international regulations over the years including , |
Sébastien Buemi
Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss professional racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship for Envision Racing. He competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One from 2009 to 2011. After leaving Formula One, Buemi became a reserve driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso's sister team, Red Bull Racing from 2012 to 2013. He returned to Red Bull Racing in 2019 as a reserve driver. Buemi has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing (formerly Toyota Racing) since 2012. He became the 2014 World Endurance Champion in the LMP1 class. He won both the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans and, subsequently, the 2018-19 WEC Championship. He also won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. Buemi has raced FIA Formula E Championship with e.dams Renault (now Nissan e.dams) since 2014. He won the Formula E Championship in 2015-16. Buemi also became part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange. Early career Formula BMW Born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Franchitti
George Dario Marino Franchitti, MBE (born 19 May 1973) is a British former racing driver and current motorsport commentator from Scotland. He is a four time IndyCar Series champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2007, 2010, 2012) as well as a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (2008). Franchitti started his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, competing in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Three and was also the winner of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1992. After Franchitti did not secure a single-seater drive in 1995, he was contracted by the AMG team to compete in touring cars in the DTM and its successor – the International Touring Car Championship. Despite two seasons with relative success, the series folded at the end of the 1996 season, again leaving Franchitti without a drive. Mercedes placed Franchitti in CART in 1997 with the Hogan Racing team. Franchitti spent six seasons in CART, where he won ten races ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Di Grassi
Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E World Championship for Mahindra Racing. He became the FIA Formula E Champion in 2016–2017, achieved three overall podiums at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and won the Macau Grand Prix in 2005. Born in São Paulo, di Grassi began racing karts at the age of ten, and achieved early success in the regional and later national kart series. He progressed to car racing in 2002 and was the runner up in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil and Formula 3 Sudamericana championships. Di Grassi took two consecutive victories in the 2004 British Formula Three Championship and progressed to the Euro Series the following year which saw him clinch a solitary race victory and was the winner of the non-championship Macau Grand Prix. After that, he spent the next three years in the GP2 Series where he won four races and finished the runner-up in 2007 to Timo Glock. Di Grassi d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hughes (journalist)
Mark P. Hughes is the Grand Prix editor for ''Motor Sport'' magazine, a position he has held since the start of 2014. He is also an F1 correspondent for ''The Sunday Times'' and technical editor for the renowned motor racing annual, '' Autocourse''. Hughes also provides analysis for British television coverage of Formula One, currently working in the role of technical analyst for Sky Sports following his previous role as commentary box producer for the BBC's coverage, in case commentators David Coulthard and Martin Brundle miss anything on track. He worked in a similar role for ITV when they had the rights to F1, assisting Brundle and James Allen. He has also written articles that have been published in ''The Daily Telegraph''. When Hughes worked for ''Autosport'' his Formula One race reports were widely acclaimed for their combination of cockpit insight, technical understanding and vivid prose; veteran motorsport author Eoin Young has described Hughes as "a talent with an am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Mille Miglia
The 1955 ''Mille Miglia'' was a 1,000 mile motor race held on a course made up entirely of public roads around Italy, mostly on the outer parts of the country on April 30-May 1, 1955. Also known as the ''22. edizione Mille Miglia'', the 992.332 mile (1597 km) route was based on a round trip between Brescia and Rome, with start/finish in Brescia. It was the 3rd round of the 1955 World Sportscar Championship and for the Coppa Franco Mazzotti. As in previous years, the event was race against the clock, as the cars were released at one-minute intervals. In the Mille Miglia, the smaller displacement slower cars started first late in the previous evening, and the large-bore professional cars started last early the next morning. Each car number related to their allocated start time. For example, Luigi Musso’s car had the number 651, he left Brescia at 6:51am. Some drivers went with navigators, others didn't; a number of local Italian drivers had knowledge of the routes being us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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