1 The Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD is homologated for Group A rallying (1992). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
At the Prescott Closed Meeting in 1939, a Bugatti T59 assaults the hillclimb course. Note the dual rear wheels for added traction capability. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
1939 2-Liter Monoposto Speed Model Back in 1966 I bought the second serious car I ever owned, a 1958 Aston...
In January 1933, Pierce-Arrow revealed a new design at the New York Auto Auto Show. The official announcement, of January...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931 by a motorcycle racer, Donington became the UK’s second permanent race circuit—Brooklands being the first in 1907—and the UK’s first permanent “park” circuit. Donington went on to host its first...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field...
Nine-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winning driver, Tom Kristensen, managed to get behind the wheels of a 1930 Blower...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t Monaco, the first significant race of the 1933 season, a new Grand Prix team made its debut: Scuderia CC,...
Photo: Ian Welsh Heavy rain, corrugated iron roof and a cup of tea! You really can’t get more Australian than that. However, I had come to suburban Brisbane to see a very atypical, non-Australian pre-war car. Built in 1936, this MG TA is reputedly the only one in existence fitted...
1934 advertisement for the Pierce-Arrow “Silver Arrow”, available as either a 175-hp, 12-cylinder or a 140-hp, 8-cylinder model....
This is the debut showing of Reed Railton’s land speed record car, its tire fairings here removed, in front of the Thomson & Taylor showroom at Brooklands in April 1938. It was called the Railton Special and was powered by two Napier Lion W12 airplane engines. The Special broke the...
The 1936 Duesenberg SJN (Supercharged) and the 1968 Ford GT40 “#1075” won the Best In Show honors on Sunday, March...
Prince Birabongse Bhanutej, Prince of Siam, first came to Europe in 1927 to complete his education at Eton and Cambridge University. At Brooklands in 1935 “Bira,” as he was known, had his first experience in motor racing driving a Riley Imp with White Mouse Racing, his cousin’s Prince Chula Chakrabongse’s...
May 2009 At the Donington Grand Prix in England on October 22, 1938, Silver Arrows pilot Dick Seaman applies the...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
February 2011 During the J.C.C. International Trophy race at Brooklands, U.K., on May 6, 1939, Kenneth Evans is shown at full speed in his Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 Grand Prix car, leaving a great wall of spray behind him. He would finish 4th, one lap down to Prince Bira’s winning...
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting...
Morgans were regularly used in England before World War II in Rallies, Trials and Speed Tests. This is a Morgan...
Tommy Ivo’s career in Hollywood spanned nearly two decades. The pocket-sized actor/singer/dancer appeared in more than 100 movies and 200 television shows. Often cast as a brainy teen, the studios had no idea of the thundering power hidden within this wee man’s frame. Over the span of his drag racing...
Creating his own car company was “an old idea of my father’s,” Ferry Porsche recalled. The idea dated back at...
2023 dawned fair and mild in the UK, perfect for a drive in the countryside and where better to head...
This car, which ran as the Multi-Union and was quite modern in look, was actually built up from an Alfa Romeo P3 Grand Prix car and enjoyed a long history of success in private hands, in England, before WWII. Here, it is being driven by Chris Staniland, in the August...
1934 Riley Nine MPH Le Mans Special If not the dream of everyone with any interest in motor racing, it...
Tony Valadez’ elegant 1939 Pontiac convertible is everything later Pontiac muscle cars are not. The later cars were brash, flashy...
July 3, 1938; French Grand Prix; Reims-Gueux Hermann Lang, in the Mercedes-Benz W154, at full speed across the fields of Eastern France. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: info@klemcoll.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com...
