A documentary film that offers an inside look at the Indianapolis 500 through the eyes of the race’s 1963 winner,...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will commence a 100-day countdown to the landmark 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, presented by...
Jim Travers, who first rose to prominence along with his partner Frank Coon as the “Whiz Kids” behind Bill Vukovich’s success at Indianapolis, and later founded famed engine house Traco Engineering, has died at the age of 95. Collaborating with constructor Frank Kurtis, Travers (at right, above) and Coon built...
Masters USA has announced a series of five North American races for its Historic Grand Prix cars, kicking off with...
The Historic Motor Sports Association is inviting Formula B cars to take part in its annual Spring Club Event at...
For the third year, Vintage Racecar magazine has supported the British Women Racing Drivers Club by offering awards and trophies to those who excel in three disciplines of motorsport, Racing, Speed Events and Rallying. From the winners of those three categories (above) a Champion of Champions is selected. At the...
Artcurial Motorcars has claimed to have broken the all-time record for an automobile sold at auction (based on Euros or...
The Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA), in association with ZOOM Motorsports and the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, has announced that...
Competitors preparing for this summer’s Silverstone Classic, set for July 29-31, are being offered an opportunity to test their cars in advance for free. The Silverstone Classic is not only the world’s largest classic motor racing festival, but also the world’s biggest race meeting. The packed program features a full...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) has announced its 28th class of inductees, continuing a long-standing tradition of...
Five-time Grand-Am Prototype champion and five-time Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner Scott Pruett has been named as the 2016...
Next July’s Silverstone Classic has announced plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Can-Am Series with a pair of special commemoration races at its annual summer event, set for July 29-31. The two races will be the culmination of a three-round Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge being organized by...
The two-time British National Hillclimb Champion who also gave five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell his initial international opportunity to...
A four-race 2016 calendar has been announced by Formula 5000 Drivers Association President Seb Coppola. Also revealed was a 2018...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that owns and operates the international motorsport park at Taupo, New Zealand, has renamed the multi-purpose facility Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. McLaren is, of course, the Kiwi-born racecar designer, driver and...
The theme for Goodwood’s 2016 Festival of Speed, set for the weekend of June 23-26, will be “Full Throttle—The Endless...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Porsche 924, the car that would ease Porsche out...
• The Fabulous Fifties held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner in early December at the Proud Bird restaurant near Los Angeles International Airport, where it honored George Follmer with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Follmer is, of course, the only driver ever to win two major U.S. professional racing championships...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced that sportscar racing legend Bob Tullius will serve as Grand Marshal for...
The Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee has unveiled a new temporary exhibit — Sun, Sand, and Speed–Florida Auto Racing...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced that its inaugural Classic 12 Hours of Sebring, Pistons and Props, Presented by Alan Jay Automotive Network — a celebration of the 12 Hours of Sebring and historic Hendricks Field — will debut this December at Sebring International Raceway. The event will follow the...
The Cooper Car Club USA has announced that it will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Cooper cars with back-to-back events...
When a racing season is over, the thrill of victory may have faded a bit and the money has likely...
This year marks a very special landmark for the Historic Sports Car Club, which opens its Golden Jubilee season with a weekend at Castle Combe Circuit on April 16-17. It was at this same Chippenham venue where the Griffiths Formula race — run within a Frazer Nash and Porsche-themed meeting...
Bob Harkey, an Indycar regular during the ’60s and ’70s, has passed away at the age of 85. Born and...
Dunlop’s range of classic bias-ply racing tires will finally be widely available in North America this year. Previous production runs...
The Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) and Bonhams have announced a new series for under-two-liter sports racing cars built between 1950 and 1962 that will appear at both the HMSA’s Barber Historics and The Sommet des Legends in 2016. The new U2 series will feature the “giant killer” sports racing...
The 74th Goodwood Members’ Meeting, set for March 19-20, will feature perhaps the most fabulous sportscars of all time —...
Maria Teresa De Filippis, the first woman to contest a World Championship Grand Prix, has passed away at the age...
Included on the Queen’s New Year Honors List this time around is the name of John Surtees, who has been made a Commander of the British Empire for his services to motor racing. The 81-year-old Surtees remains, of course, the only man to win World Championships on both two wheels...
