Set against the backdrop of the Chiltern Hills, Kop Hill in the Parish of Princes Risborough, England, held the now...
Top seller at RM’s Monterey Auction was this exquisite 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster that drew a winning bid of...
The 38th renewal of the annual vintage racecar celebration at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, enjoyed another glorious weekend in mid-August, with drivers from 13 countries in some 550 cars taking part in races for 17 classes as the event honored the 50th anniversary of the...
With stopwatch in hand, as he gazed upon the action on the track, former Standard-Triumph competition boss R.W. (Kas) Kastner...
Betty Skelton, a pioneer in both aviation and auto racing who was once known as the fastest woman on Earth,...
Chris Lawrence, synonymous with names such as Lawrence Tune, Deep Sanderson, Monica and Morgan passed away in late August. While he could be described as a very talented engineer with an eye for design and “off the wall” thinking, his business acumen left a lot to be desired. As a...
Please excuse this shameless self-promotional moment, but I’ve recently joined the ranks of Bonneville racing legends Al Teague, Art Arfons,...
The 50th anniversary of Ferrari’s landmark 250 GTO will be celebrated with a special GTO class at the 17th annual...
Allan Tomlinson, winner of the 1939 Australian Grand Prix and perhaps Western Australia’s best racing driver, has passed away in Perth. While brief, his motor racing career was very successful. Just 12 months after joining his local car club in Perth during 1935, he was racing a Ford V8 at...
At its recent AGM, the British Racing Drivers Club unanimously elected Derek Warwick as its new president, replacing former F1...
Phil Hill, who became America’s first F1 World Champion 50 years ago, is the subject of a special exhibit at...
The Celebration of Automobiles that proved so popular with fans and participants in 2011 will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next May, as part of the festivities leading up to the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500. The event, scheduled for May 10–13, 2012, will honor “The Manufacturers of...
As the 38th annual vintage racecar weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca rolled to a close, the circuit’s general manager,...
Chic Vandagriff’s influence can be seen in many chapters of the history of motor racing in the United States. One...
The third annual New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing will take place next January 20-22 and 27-29 at the superb Hampton Downs circuit, and the event will celebrate a carmaker for the first time. Festival organizers have decided to focus the spotlight on German manufacturer BMW, so that the NZFMR...
Chris Bender scored back-to-back Historic Grand Prix victories with his March 821-Cosworth on consecutive July weekends, winning the feature races...
A.J. Foyt has been named Grand Marshall for next January’s 50th Anniversary running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The...
Following two years of planning and assistance from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, The Bahamas Speed Week Revival will take place from November 30 to December 4. Event organizers have already received more than 40 firm entries for the week-long Festival. Opening ceremonies will be on Wednesday, November 30, at...
After 7,241 miles accumulated across nineteen states, John Nikas and his battered 1953 Austin Healey 100 rolled across the stage...
Silverstone was also the venue for a massive Jaguar E-Type birthday party. Highlight of the weekend for many was the...
The organizers of July’s Silverstone Classic are claiming to have brought together the biggest gathering of Grand Prix cars ever seen in action at one meeting, with more than 120 examples competing in six races spanning an equal number of decades. In total, there were more than 1000 entries for...
Well. Me sir? Gosh sir. Writing an obituary of Bill Boddy is rather like an everyday cinemagoer writing the obituary...
Lyn St. James has been named Grand Marshal for the 8th Annual Charity Challenge of the Classic Sports Racing Group...
Showing more dedication than common sense, vintage racer and contributing writer John Nikas will try to avoid catastrophic fire while leaking oil and shedding parts as he drives a borrowed Austin-Healey 100 from Newport Beach, California, to Charleston, South Carolina, and then back to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in time...
In 1951 Froilan Gonzalez raced to victory at Silverstone to win the British Grand Prix. It was the first Grand...
Roy Winkelmann, probably best known for running the team with which Jochen Rindt rose to prominence by recording nearly two...
The 3rd annual Motorsports and Memories event, set for September 17 at historic Meadowdale Raceways in Carpentersville, Illinois, will feature the 1959 B Production National Championship-winning Purple People Eater MkIII Corvette team from Nickey Chevrolet. Nickey followed up a 1958 BP National Championship with an equally dominating performance in 1959...
The headline story from this year’s Le Mans Legends race, prelude to the main 24-hour event, was the announcement of...
A new partnership took its place on the vintage racing landscape in July as Cris Vandagriff’s Historic Motor Sports Association...
One of the most versatile drivers motor sport has ever known is to be honored at next year’s Amelia Island Concours, when Vic Elford will serve as Honorary Chairman for the annual affair. The Englishman known as “Quick Vic” by his contemporaries won major events and championships in both racing...
