Giorgio Pianta started racing in the 1950s, raced and rallied at international levels through the 1970s, and has held important...
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From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
November 2003 Alfa Romeo TZ—The Cars, the Race Results By Philippe Olczyk It came as something of a surprise to find myself pictured behind the wheel, on page four of Olczyk’s TZ book, in a picture that has never been released of a totally nonexistent car! Become a Member & Get...
Carroll Shelby International Inc. and AC Motor Holdings Ltd. have recently announced that they have buried their past differences and...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Aston Martin recently announced that it will return to sports car racing in 2004 with a racing version of its...
The Grand Prix Alfa Romeo: Alfetta 158/159 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 158/159. Photo: Peter Collins As a long-term Alfa “person,” I...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first world driver’s championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re lucky?” I said. “Do you realize how many timeless classics were created the year you were born?” The truth is, 1954 was one of the most amazing watershed years in...
The legendary Mario Colucci has died at the age of 78. He was the man who converted most of the...
September 2004 Lotus Seven & The Independents By Dennis Ortenburger In 1957, Colin Chapman introduced the Lotus Seven and, in...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
Organizers of the 10th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance have announced that their 2005 event will feature the cars of...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as co-driver). By age 40, two of his novels had been made into major motion pictures. By age 70, when most men are retired, he was the world’s leading spokesman against...
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 It’s a bit of a euphemism to say that cars have personalities… of course they don’t....
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
My career started many years ago, in 1974. I was born in 1962, but I did my first racing in karts in 1974. I spent many years in karting, and I won three Italian titles, one European title and one World title in 1984, which was when I started racing...
Achille Varzi, in the Alfa Romeo 158 “Alfetta”, set the 2nd fastest time for Heat 1 behind the Alfa 158...
April 2005 The Lotus Book—Series 3 By William Taylor For almost 60 years, the Lotus name has been synonymous with...
Most commonly known among the general populace for its oil-squirting, rocket-launching DB5 of the ’60s James Bond movies, the Aston Martin Car Company actually boasts a very long history of sports and competition cars dating back to the company’s founding in 1919. This month’s Web site is an unofficial site...
1939 2-Liter Monoposto Speed Model Back in 1966 I bought the second serious car I ever owned, a 1958 Aston...
The American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) will be holding its annual national convention in Seattle, Washington this year, from...
Alfa Romeo’s place at the heart of motor racing for more than 90 years has not just been down to their official factory participation but, very often, to the enthusiastic amateur or semi-supported effort, matching an Alfa Romeo engine to a different single-seater chassis. While some were clearly more successful...
The Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation‘ is holding the “Win-A-Shelby” Raffle, the Foundation’s largest fundraising project to date. One lucky ticket...
The Sunbeam Alpine has always had a slight stigma regarding its competition career. Early on it was labeled the “British...
From July 27–31, the city of Seattle was invaded by one of the largest gatherings of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts ever assembled in the U.S., when more than 600 members of the American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) attended the club’s national convention in Bellevue, Washington. Dubbed “Alfa Potlatch” for the...
