The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Now Auto Union’s number one driver after replacing the dead Bernd Rosemeyer, Tazio Nuvolari and his Auto Union Type D on full song at the Nürburgring on 23 July 1938. The great Italian came 4th after crashing his own car and taking over H.P. Muller’s Type D.Photo: Fiat Few would...
E.D. Martin’s all-conquering Ferrari 315S awaits the start of the Feature Race in April of 1958.Photo: Benita Lane The revised...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
Next Wednesday, October 21, 2015, The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia is presenting “90 Years of Italian Design Excellence,” a unique, live demonstration featuring some 20 excellent examples of Italian sports cars produced since 1925. Each car represents a landmark design embodying the evolution of Italian designers, and visitors...
Sex, infidelity, theft, intrigue, a lightly raced car, a tragic airplane crash and a pack of lifelong friends…some famous, some...
The Oldtimer Grand Prix at Nürburgring is a great historic race event, and here, in his characteristic style, artist Ehret...
My first race was a small event at a BARC Goodwood Members Meeting, at the wheel of my Jowett Jupiter. Although my father enjoyed cars, there was no history of anyone in my family competing, so I was on new territory and learned as I went along from personal mistakes...
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism” that was sweeping across other forms of motorsport began to exert its influence at Le Mans. With increased money and prestige now flowing through professional racing, the caliber of teams...
Sometimes, automotive life imitates art I’ve just come back from my once a year foray into the modern automotive industry—the...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Storm Frank, which battered and flooded many parts of the UK at the turn of the New Year, didn’t deter nearly a thousand hardy souls attending the first of the Bicester Heritage Brunch Scrambles of 2016. Held on a Sunday, the informal “Scramble” mornings are a way for enthusiasts to...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
“Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance, 1945–1975,” will celebrate the visual dynamism and spirit of innovation embodied by Italian coachbuilt cars,...
The Alfa Romeo Owners Club will hold its annual National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning on June 15. Alfa Romeo aficionados will descend on Nashville from all over the U.S., Canada and several other countries for five days of automotive fun and frolic to be known as Citta della Musica,...
The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic 25 took place in Palm Beach, Florida, on the weekend of January 20-24, celebrating automotive...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
Today, Franco Cortese is, perhaps, one of motor sport’s forgotten stars—and he shouldn’t be. He was the driver who put Ferrari on the map. All in a career spanning 156 races and 20 victories in 36 years of racing in his own cars and those of the cream of the...
Imagine driving your homebuilt special, powered by a modified production car engine, in two World Championship Grands Prix and finishing...
On the weekend of May 28-29, 2016, the tenth annual pageant of French motoring excellence – La Vie en Bleu...
The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance has announced that the Honored Marque for its 15th annual event will pay homage to the 1925-1948 era of European Classics. With the 2016 events scheduled for October 28 to November 6, the HHIMF is one of only a few national...
It seems almost unbelievable that an example of one of the great pre-war cars, a straight eight supercharged Alfa Romeo...
The Alfa Romeo Owners Club will hold its annual National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning on June 15. Alfa Romeo...
Hermann Lang Vittorio Jano 1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper (1964). 3 Peter Bryant, designer of the Ti22, Shadow MkII and Shadow MkIII Can-Am cars, born in London, England (1937). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Dozens of books and thousands of articles have been written about Enzo Ferrari and the Scuderia he founded in 1929,...
For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with...
At the Alfa Revival Cup Classica held April 2-3 on the Circuit Enzo and Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy, fastest qualifier Roberto Arnaldi took victory in the one-hour feature contest, leading all the way with his Group 5 Alfa Romeo GTAm. He was chased hard by eventual runners up Francesco Pantaleo...
