The Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series is coming to the U.K. for the first time in 2005. On...
Recognized as Australia’s first professional racing driver, David McKay died on Boxing Day, December 26, 2004. Starting out racing MGs...
While long known for record sales of muscle cars and hot rods, this past January’s annual Scottsdale, Arizona auctions also saw strong hammer prices for historic racecars. At the Russo and Steele Sports and Muscle in Scottsdale Collector Car Auction, a wild bidding frenzy arose for a 1963 Shelby Factory...
A well-established fixture on the annual calendar each February, the Southern Festival of Speed covers four weekends on New Zealand’s...
Tom Wheatcroft, 82, owner of the Donington Park circuit and the Donington Grand Prix Collection, recently received an honorary doctorate...
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted the late Grand Prix and sports car driver Masten Gregory into its Hall of Fame on February 13. Gregory was the first successful American-born driver in Formula One. He scored the first podium finish by an American in a World Championship Grand...
Close racing, the largest field in the history of the series and great weather combined to create an exciting start...
Tour Britannia, an exciting new race tour for historic cars, was recently announced by the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC)....
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association and the Vintage Racer Group have announced that the Ford Mustang will be the featured marque at the July 9–10, 2005 Historic Races at BeaveRun. The Ford Mustang was introduced in 1964 as a 1965 model, making this the 40th anniversary of Ford’s “Pony”...
The Historic IMSA Registry is a new group of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving and racing the cars campaigned in International...
Sports car and Porsche racing legend Milt Minter passed away at his Sanger, California home on December 23, after a...
Titan Motorsport NA and the Titan Registry have announced that a 2005 Titan Reunion is planned for April 29–May 1 at HSR-West’s Thunderhill event in Northern California. According to Titan Motorsport NA president Andy Antipas, this three-day event will feature a reunion of more than 20 Titan open-wheeled racecars, as...
If you want to revel in unadulterated self-indulgence, perhaps you should consider a membership at the Ascari Race Resort. It...
Chaparral, one of the truly great names in American racing history, will be the Featured Marque of the 32nd Rolex...
In honor of this year’s 40th anniversary of Derek Bennett’s founding Chevron Cars, a group of dedicated enthusiasts is organizing a 2005 Chevron Tour. This series of race weekends will feature special Chevron-only races, as well as dedicated paddock displays, parties and race souvenirs. The tentative schedule of events is...
On March 6, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston will unveil 16 classic European sports cars drawn from the...
Monoposto Racing, one of North America’s finest open-wheel vintage racing organizations, has announced that Barry Durham and Joe Blacker have...
It had to be at least one of the biggest gatherings of Ferraris and Maseratis of all time: 250 racing cars and 650 road-going thoroughbreds. All 900 of them descended on the Monza racing circuit, just up the road from Milan, Italy, to help 40,000 race fans celebrate the Prancing...
An Argentinean senator slipped into the cockpit of Michael Schumacher’s 2004 Formula One World Championship–winning car at Ferrari’s private Fiorano...
Legendary racecar driver Phil Hill was honored at a special event at the Petersen Automotive Museum on November 11, 2004....
The Friends of Triumph (FOT) and the MG Racers Group have announced that both will come together at HSR’s “Walter Mitty” event, April 28–May 1, for the MG-Triumph Challenge. This year’s Mitty at Georgia’s Road Atlanta will play host to both the national gatherings of the MG racer’s annual “Focus...
Grand Prix Masters, the international race series for historic Formula One cars from 1966–1978, is expanding its role in historic...
Historic Grand Prix (HGP) has announced that it will serve as a support race for two 2005 IRL road course...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours, have announced the eligibility criteria for entries in the 2005 event. On Saturday, June 18, 2005, Le Mans cars of 1935 to 1955...
After a couple of laps of the Murwillumbah Showground, it’s out for a timed run through the streets of the...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for,...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the form of a 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT “Zagato” Coupe. One of only 19 ever built, this particular car is the 1962 Brands Hatch race winner, driven by sports car...
On October 16 at Northern California’s Thunderhill Raceway, HMSA hosted a celebration of racecar builder Joe Huffaker’s 50 years in...
Michigan’s Concorso d’Italia, established three years ago to showcase Italian high performance and classic cars, now takes place at Meadow...
Congratulations go out to VRJ’s Walt and Louiseann Pietrowicz who were this year’s recipients of the MG Vintage Racers’ “Spirit Award.” The “Spirit Award”—also known as “The Big Copper Bucket” is awarded during each year’s Collier Cup all-MG race to the person who best represents the true spirit of MG...
