The Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation has announced the election of historic racer and Los Angeles attorney, Steve E. Young, as...
Respected Indianapolis Crew Chief, Howard Gilbert, passed away on February 4, 2008, at his home in Payson, Arizona. He was...
Belgian, Christian Vanhee, will challenge the Grand Prix Masters Series in a car that could qualify as the first Ron Dennis F1 car, the Rondel RJ02. Rondel Racing, the former Formula 2 outfit run by Dennis and Neil Trundle, sold the Ray Jessop–designed car to Tony Vlasspoulo and Ken Grob...
The year 2008 marks the 50th Anniversary of this unique and famous marque, the founder, Major Arthur Mallock, having sold...
The Australian National Motor Museum is currently featuring an exhibition devoted to Australia’s famed Elfin Sports Cars. Elfin Sports Cars...
Engineer, racing driver, author, and motoring journalist Paul Frère died in Brussels on February 25 at the age of 91. He was best known for his win in the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa with fellow Belgian and one of the great long-distance...
Following an extremely successful inaugural season in 2007 the GT & Sports Car Cup race series for Pre-66 GTs and...
British racing veteran Anthony Gordon (Tony) Dean passed away on January 17, 2008, after a long illness. He was 75....
Two iconic names, Aston Martin and Gulf Oil, straight out of the Le Mans history books have united to challenge for the 2008 crown. Unveiling the GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 resplendent in its light blue and orange livery, Aston Martin chairman David Richards said: “Endurance racing is ingrained in the...
Classic Grand Prix Ltd in association with French motorsport promoter, Ingrid Cholot, have announced the launch of The Yankee Series...
In honor of the recent passing of Alpine founder Jean Rédélé, Renault has unveiled an exposition of Alpine history, at...
From June 28 to August 3, 2008, at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, near Minneapolis, Minnesota, a very special exhibit of automotive fine art will be on display. Velocity: The Art of Motion, sponsored in part by the Guild of Motoring Artists will showcase over 50 automotive fine artists...
RAF National Service entrance examination papers, completed by Mike Hawthorn in the 1950s, were sold by COYS at the Autosport...
The Aston Martin Owners Club has announced its competitions schedule for 2008 which includes five key race meetings and eight...
Christmas may come but once a year, but for Porsche-philes it comes but once every three years. As such, Christmas came a little early this year when 350 Porsche racing cars and thousands of owners, fans, and famous drivers gathered at the Daytona Motor Speedway on November 2–4, 2007, for...
And now for something completely different—an endurance rally for microcars! In July 1958, the Royal Motor Union of Liège organized...
The famous Monza banking is not to be bulldozed or even just preserved. Under a new, 19-year agreement between the...
If ever a race meeting at Kyalami captured the essence of the circuit’s most memorable races, the Classic Car Africa Kyalami 9-hour Revival managed that and then some. Everyone who was at Kyalami on Saturday November 17, left thrilled by a stunning day’s classic racing to commemorate those legendary races...
Jimmy Stewart, elder brother of three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, has passed away. He was 77 years old....
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has unveiled a special, international series of 10 events to commemorate this year’s golden...
Maverick, land-speed record-holder Art Arfons passed away on December 3, 2007. He was 81 years old. An accomplished drag racer with his “Green Monster” dragsters, Arfons turned his attention to land-speed records in the early ’60s when he created a jet-powered version of the Green Monster. After building his jet...
The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is “Hawthorn to...
Accomplished American historic racer John Delane recently notched up another remarkable racing achievement by winning both the Class A FIA...
There is a brand-new look to the 80-year-old Mille Miglia. The 2008 retrospective was announced in Brescia at the end of October by its equally new president, Alessandro Casali, head of a consortium comprising Mac events, Meet Communications and the San Remo Rally, together with the city’s mayor, Paolo Corsini....
Motor Racing Legends has been invited by the organizers of the Coppa Intereuropa, the highly prestigious historic race meeting at...
Down in the Republic of San Marino, close to Italy’s Adriatic resort towns of Rimini and Cattolica, Sandra and Alessio...
On October 25, 2007, state officials joined the developers of Oregon International Speedway to break ground for Pacific Northwest Motorsports Park, just off I-84, in Boardman. The first motor-sports country club in the Pacific Northwest is expected to open to members and enthusiasts in the fall 2008. The construction of...
Former Works rally driver, successful team manager, and lately managing director of Safety Devices, Tony Fall has passed away of...
Robert McCormick Holbert, one of the first Porsche dealers in the U.S. and a prominent Porsche racecar driver in the...
A 1935 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Spyder that competed in the Mille Miglia and was once owned by Benito Mussolini will be auctioned by H&H at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse on February 27, 2008. Of historical importance, the stunning dark red two-seater carries an estimate of £600,000–800,000. Chassis 700635,...
