Mike Hawthorne

Book Review: Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machines by Brock Yates

January 8, 2024 by Leave a comment

The movie Ferrari, which will make its debut in theaters on Christmas Day, is based upon Brock Yates book, Enzo Ferrari, published in 1991. Like the movie Ford v Ferrari, the movie is a small slice of a larger history. The book is aptly named as it covers the entirety of Enzo Ferrari’s life. During his ...

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The Crisis in Auto Racing

January 6, 2024 by Leave a comment

Auto racing is inherently dangerous. The 1955 Championship racing season was particularly bloody and brought things to a head for the AAA Contest Board, which was the sanctioning body not only for championship racing but also for sprint cars, run on one-half mile tracks, midgets run on one-quarter mile tracks, ...

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