After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
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After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
A 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 (above, Tim Scott photo courtesy of RM Sotheby’s) will be offered for public sale for the first time in more than a decade at RM Sotheby’s upcoming Paris sale on February 8, 2017, the beginning of the city’s famed Rétromobile week. This particular...
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its...
Ercole Spada was one of the most prolific sports car designers of the post-war era. Though his name is not...
You sense the elements of Italian style long before you see the first machine in the museum. Even the entrance to the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (“Alfa Romeo Historical Museum”) is elegant. Inside the distinctive display area, the cars are arranged chronologically from oldest to newest since the beginning of...
Louis Renault Colin Chapman 2 Tom Green drives Walt Arfons’ “Wingfoot Express” to a World Land Speed Record of 413.20...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A Mille Miglia Photo: Peter Collins The Alfa cockpit has a number of refined details for a race- car including side bolsters for the legs, a clock, a cockpit light and even an upholstered grab handle for the passenger! Photo: Peter Collins For those of you who...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago. Heading up the...
Jack Brabham Francois Cevert 2 Frank Griswold drives an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 to victory in the Junior Prix, the first road race through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York (1948). 3 Brian Redman drives a BRM-Chevrolet to victory in the Interserie race at Hockenheim, West Germany (1971). Become...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier...
Rick HallPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first part of this interview, Rick Hall told of his initial foray into the...
This week’s look back at old classified advertisements features a Alfa Romeo race car offered for sale in the May 1972 issue of Road & Track magazine for $6,750. The original Tubolare Zagato or TZ, currently referenced as TZ1 to differentiate from the later TZ2, was developed with Alfa Romeo’s...
An impressive parade of cars and motorcycles provided a dazzling classic weekend on the banks of Lake Como on May...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, which was first run in 1911 and is still going strong. Next comes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first of which was in 1923. And the...
I have to confess to you that I am the worst classic car owner. Trust me, I take no pride...
Fundamentally, the development of the Brabham “fan car” was due to the introduction of the Lotus 79, and in a...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be familiar with Fabulous Fifties columnist Art Evans and his previous books on both the drivers and the tracks of ’50s American sports car racing. In his latest work, Racing Sports...
Alfa Romeo will return to Formula 1 after more than 30 years away from the sport. The Italian brand owned...
Viva Veloce! was an apt slogan for the 18th Goodwood Festival of Speed on the first weekend of July as...
Amelia Island, Florida March 13-15, 2015 David Sydorick’s 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato Spider. John Campion’s assembled collection of Lancia works rally cars. 1975 Ferrari 312 T2, Chris MaCallister. BMW celebrated the 40th anniversary of winning the 12 Hours of Sebring. 1956 Arnott Sports 1100 Climax, Leah and Robert...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Lance...
Vittorio Jano Biography Born on April 22, 1891 as Viktor János in San Giorgio Canavese to Hungarian immigrants, Vittorio Jano was the son of the Technical Director at one of Turin’s two arsenals. At 18, after completing instruction at the Instituto Professionale Operaio in Turin he took a job as...
