The West Coast historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely passing of historic racer Ron Huber on...
The Brighton National Speed Trials is probably one of the oldest surviving race event on the British calendar. This year...
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale, which will take place in Maranello at Ferrari’s Logistics building, next to the Fiorano track, will include historic and modern racecars, including the F2004 that was driven by World Champion...
The final round of the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series 2004, held at Spa September 17–18, was narrowly...
The 2004 Goodwood Revival set records for attendance and was completely sold out well before the September 3–5 event....
After a 15-year hiatus, organizers have recently announced a four-race Healey Challenge series will take pace in 2005, pitting American Austin Healeys against a team from Australia. Open to any car—common, specials, limited production, small bore, big bore, etc.—carrying the Healey name, the AUHC will comprise races at: Road America...
A speed hillclimb at Harewood in Yorkshire, England was the climax of a week’s celebration by the Vintage Sports Car...
Ray Heppenstall, creator of the innovative Howmet TX turbine-powered sports car, has passed away at the age of 73. Born...
A world-record price of £4.18 million paid for a 1929 Mercedes-Benz sports car boosted the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale on Friday, September 3, to a new British record as the most valuable car auction ever held in the U.K.—totalling £7.7 million. This broke the 15-year-old existing record set in 1989...
With six collector car auctions taking place over the course of this year’s Monterey Historics weekend (August 12–15), there was...
The 31st Rolex Monterey Historic Races were again the feature event at a very busy weekend in Northern California, where...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Peter Auto joined forces to create the second Le Mans Classic held over the full 8.48-mile (13.65-kilometer) circuit from July 23–25. Since 2002, some changes have been made to bring in a compulsory pit stop and optional driver change in each of the six...
The 2nd annual Quail Motorsports gathering, held on August 13, quickly proved itself to be one of the “must do”...
They are back, and with a vengeance. Thirty-seven years after Pedro Rodriguez won the 1967 South African Grand Prix in...
Organizers of the 10th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance have announced that their 2005 event will feature the cars of famed Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo. The show will be held March 11–13, 2005 at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida. “We are extremely excited at the expanse of Alfas that will...
1964 Formula One World Champion John Surtees was honored at a charity dinner held near Northampton, England on June 29....
On June 30th, the truck, trailer and racecar of historic racer Louie Shefchik, were brazenly stolen from the parking lot...
The 9th edition of the Silver Flag Hillclimb in early July was the largest and best yet of the historic event revived by Club Piacentino in Piacenza, Italy, organized by the enthusiastic Claudio Casale and his committee which spends an entire year getting many of the best historic cars in...
The main drive through the park of Lord March’s Goodwood House once again echoed to the sound of a wide...
The 5,000 enthusiasts who attended this year’s 17th annual ‘Eyes on Design’ car show, in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, were...
Racing his green MGA Coupe, Bill Bartlett won this year’s prestigious “Simms Cup” for MG racers, at Mosport, Ontario, in June. It’s awarded annually by the “Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada” at their Vintage Festival race. Bartlett is from Atlanta, Georgia, but his roots go back to Toronto where he grew up, not far from the Mosport track....
A great deal of work by Jim Graham and the Group C/GTP Racing Group resulted in an entry of 37...
Legendary racecar driver Mario Andretti has accepted the invitation to be the Grand Marshal of New York City’s 60th Columbus...
The legendary Mario Colucci has died at the age of 78. He was the man who converted most of the standard production Fiats and Simcas into Abarths that won over 7,300 races and hillclimbs between 1956 and 1971. Active until the last, Colucci, a self-effacing genius, had recently formed a...
The 4th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, held May 15–16, was again over-subscribed and Jean Sage, former team manager for...
A Bugatti feast is to be savoured on the roads of the Targa Florio, Sicily, where Ettore’s famous cars won...
On July 5, Rodger Ward, two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the oldest living winner of the 500, passed away at a hospice in Anaheim, California. He was 83 years old. Born on January 10, 1921, Ward started racing midgets in Kansas, while serving as a P-38 fighter instructor...
A new vintage racing club has been formed, the Vintage Racer Group, with the intent of serving the growing demand...
Australian motorsport enthusiasts were saddened to hear of the death of 1949 Australian Grand Prix winner John Crouch on May...
The Vintage Sports Car Club will organize SeeRed an ambitious program of races at Donington Park on September 11–12. The program will pay tribute to the long, prestigious racing record of Ferrari. The event coincides with the Italian Grand Prix, but the VSCC promises that there will be more Formula...
