Photo: Jim Hatfield The 6th annual Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion (PIBRRR), scheduled for August 25-27, 2014 on South Bass Island...
Photo: Dan R. Boyd Legendary car builder A.J. Watson, whose front-engined roadster designs helped define an era at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, passed away in mid-May, just four days after celebrating his 90th birthday. Watson’s very first roadster won the 1956 Indy 500 in the hands of Pat Flaherty (above),...
Canadian racer Al Pease passed away in early May at the age of 92. Pease, who was elected to the...
Photo: Hal Crocker Motorsport enthusiasts in Australia and throughout the world were saddened to hear the news of the passing...
Lynn St. JamesPhoto: Jim Hatfield The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced an “Indy Legends Pro-Am” race that will feature as many as 25 former Indianapolis 500 drivers, as a special feature of its June 6–8 Indy Historics vintage race weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Legends Pro-Am...
Photo: Michael Oliver Classic Team Lotus has completed the restoration of the chassis and running gear of the Lotus Type...
• As it marked the 40th running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach this April, the city made three new additions to its LBGP Walk of Fame as Dario Franchitti, 2009 LBGP victor, four-time Indycar champion and triple Indy 500 winner, Gerry Forsythe, former LBGP- and championship-winning team...
The 1964 Ford GT40 lightweight prototype (chassis GT/104) that finished 3rd in the 1965 24 Hours of Daytona, has sold...
Photo: Getty Images Tony Gaze street and corner were christened at Melbourne’s Albert Park during this year’s Australian Grand Prix...
Great Britain’s National Motor Museum has opened a multi-media display of four legendary British Land Speed Record cars as part of its permanent “For Britain and for the Hell of It” exhibition. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full...
Photo: Allen Kuhn American road racing star Jim Jeffords has passed away at the age of 87. Jeffords was a...
Photo: Jens Torner The Porsche Museum in Stuttgart has opened a special exhibition highlighting the company’s long and successful involvement...
Photo: Tony Todd England’s Croft Autodrome is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a full schedule of events capped by the prestigious mid-summer Nostalgia Weekend. Croft Autodrome hosted its first motor racing event on August 3, 1964, a Daily Mirror Trophy meeting for touring cars, GTs, sports cars, single-seaters...
Former Jordan Grand Prix Team owner Eddie Jordan OBE has requested that his collection of historically important cars and memorabilia...
The Historic Racing Drivers Club is anticipating a bumper season in 2014, as it has already received a record number...
Drino Miller has lost his long battle with cancer at the age of 72. An early off-road racing legend—his Baja Boot was the first purpose-built off-road racecar—Miller later expanded his influence into sports car and Indycar racing. He was one of racing’s great innovators, choosing to pursue the sport after...
Gary Bettenhausen, oldest of the three racing sons of two-time Indycar National Champion Tony Bettenhausen, has died at the age...
Daytona Cobra coupe of Jo Schlesser/Allen Grant at speed. Photo: Ford Motor Company The prototype Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (CSX2287) designed...
The Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC) has announced that the 27th annual British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) will be held August 16 and 17, 2014, on the road course at Mission Raceway Park in Mission, British Columbia. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Photo: Pete Austin Vintage Racecar’s European team was kept busy at the 2014 edition of Race Retro. “It’s great for...
The Louwman Museum in Den Haag, Netherlands, is presenting a major exhibition of cars from the legendary Martini Racing team. Set to run until May 4, 2014, the exhibition will showcase many of the cars that carried the distinctive colors of the famed Italian drinks concern, Martini & Rossi—most of...
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Maserati, Motor Racing Legends and the Maserati Club UK are staging a historic Maserati...
Photo: Dan Boyd The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) have announced the Brickyard Vintage Racing...
Photo: Radu Repanovici Canada’s famed Mosport Park, now being called Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, will host an all-new “Celebration of Speed” this June 27-29. Called Glory Days, the event will offer attendees the spirit and style of England’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, but in a Canadian setting, with the intention...
Photo: Hal Crocker C.L. “Charlie” Earwood who rose to prominence as a driver, promoter and official in the top levels...
• On the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of his 1969 Indianapolis 500 victory, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will honor...
Photo: Brian Cleary Hurley Haywood and Peter Sachs have been honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the annual RRDC banquet preceding the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Haywood was recognized with the club’s Phil Hill Award, while Sachs was presented with the RRDC’s Bob Akin Award, both in recognition...
