IndyCar legend Dario Franchitti got the opportunity to test drive what Motor Sport Magazine considers as the ‘holy trinity of...
This fabulous-looking 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was sold by RM-Sotheby’s “Ferrari Legend and Passion” auction at the famous Fiorano...
Mike Lawrence There’s a general feeling that endurance racing is about to enter a new age. Porsche is back and Porsche tends to set the standard, and there have even been hints that Ferrari may return to Le Mans. The category has not looked so healthy for years, and that...
Sir Stirling Moss scored the first of his three Monaco Grand Prix wins in 1956 with this Maserati 250F, nipping...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965 The great Jim Clark drifting the works Lotus 25 on this “miniature Nürburgring” circuit in central France. Clark dominated the race, breaking the lap record 15 times, while going on to an easy victory. He wore a bandana covering his face,...
A new dawn is upon us in the land of super sports cars (supercars), as we are bearing witness to...
A joint venture between enthusiast Martyn Corfield and restorer Trevor Farrington has turned back the clock 75 years with the...
One sunny spring day in Spain, twenty-three Grand Prix drivers shut themselves into a van in a race paddock, refusing to come out and drive their F1 cars. The event promoters threatened to seize the cars and all other team assets. Feelings escalated almost to the point of guns. Tragically,...
It is true that without the cars there would have been no “Bentley Boys,” but it is equally true that...
Tom Cantrell’s world revolves around excellence, and it seems he will go to any length to achieve perfection on, and...
1958 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato Photo: Steve Natale There is much to love about the Italian “Etceterini.” The term broadly refers to low-production, small engine, tiny hand-made cars created by small and many times obscure, Italian manufacturers. The styling of these cars is often exotic and unusual, crafted by artisans...
Mike Lawrence We are seeing some quite extraordinary prices paid for certain cars, and some people have recalled the late...
I have been quoted as saying that I didn’t much like the Tommy Atkins Cooper-Maserati. Now, I don’t know if...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field in the morning is an impressive sight, but seeing a swoopy, coachbuilt, polished copper-clad Phantom such as this car, known among Rolls-Royce and classic car aficionados as “The Copper Kettle”...
During the fifties, Aston Martin produced sports cars with the designation, DB, which, of course, stands for David Brown. In...
It has already been two decades since Lamborghini introduced the new Gallardo at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show. This extraordinary...
1966 Eagle-Weslake It is a privilege to update and run my test of the Eagle-Weslake. At Vintage Racecar we were very lucky to be close to Dan and his family. Casey Annis and I sat in his office and he told revealing stories, and occasionally from the other room Evi...
This Uli Ehret painting displays the Eau Rouge corner at Spa-Francorchamps back in 1967. The setting is exactly as it...
In its relatively short two-year history, The Elegance at Hershey has gained a growing reputation as one of the more...
Photo: David Gooley I know the engine is running only when I rev it. I pull the gearshift lever into first and give the huge 142-inch-wheelbase classic a nudge. Shifting is silent and silky smooth, with synchromesh in second and high gears. The magnificent old Packard pulls away effortlessly with...
This is a little-known story, but the real father of Riverside Raceway was Jim Peterson. I thought this would be...
Prepare to be mesmerized by the power, elegance, and exclusivity of the 1-of-1 Ferrari 250 GT Drogo as we get...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to scrutineering for the Mille Miglia Storica, to enjoy some of the most magnificent road racing cars in the world. All 375 of them are ready to set out on yet...
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Prototype I have to confess that we sometimes get very carried away by some of the...
Photo: Chris Wynne Despite heading further north for this year’s Flying Scotsman Rally, it was a team from the south...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive the 1979 March 79V Super Vee that Dennis Firestone drove to that year’s USAC “Mini-Indy” championship. I have a certain affinity for Super Vees, both in having raced a Ralt...
Delahaye, for those who recognize the name, conjures up a mixed vision of large and long French Grand Prix, sports...
We open the smallish front doors, typical of open cars of the 1920s, and climb in. Chris Kidd pulls down...
History lauds volumes of praise to those who are first. Thinking back to 1964, many will recall a short wheelbase, two-seater with British origins delivered to the U.S. where a 289 high output engine was installed and it sold worldwide – the Shelby Cobra. But there was another car that...
