The 28th running of the Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races, to be held July 9–11, will feature racing legend...
Grand opening festivities for Jim Hall’s Chaparral Gallery at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas, have been set for the...
Alan Brown, influential British racer and team owner, died of a heart attack on January 20 in Spain. Brown was 34 years old when he became the first driver to race the Vanwall—or Vanwall Special as it was first known—at the International Trophy Race at Silverstone in 1954. Prior to...
On January 16, writer, former BRM chairman and Formula One safety advocate Louis Stanley passed away at the age of...
Sebring International Raceway’s Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced its 2004 inductees, which include Sir Stirling Moss; Mario Andretti;...
The Historic Formula Super Vee Register will hold its 2004 Reunion Event at the June 25–27 International Vintage Racing Festival at Mosport Park, east of Toronto, Canada. Both air-cooled and water-cooled cars from between 1970 and 1979 are invited to race on the challenging Mosport track. As at past reunion...
After nearly 40 years since its last appearance in an International sports car race, Maserati has recently unveiled its new...
American road racing pioneer John von Neumann died on Christmas night, 2003. Born December 16, 1921, he had just turned...
Monoposto Racing, North America’s premiere open-wheel vintage racing series, recently crowned two new champions for the 2003 season—Bobby Brown in Formula 70 (F70) and Bob Goeldner in Formula Classic. Champions are named based upon their best results in six races of the Monoposto series and within one of two categories:...
Denise McCluggage, the renowned automotive journalist and pioneer female auto racer, has been named Grand Marshal for the 2004 Gold...
Many special events are being planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in...
Racecars will headline the H&H auction to be held Feb. 21st in conjunction with the first annual International Historic Motorsport Show in Stoneleigh, England. Some of the many historic racecars to be offered include an ex-Mika Hakkinen Lotus Type 107 F1, an ex-works 1959 Sunbeam Rapier MkII Saloon that competed...
Aston Martin recently announced that it will return to sports car racing in 2004 with a racing version of its...
The Petersen Automotive Museum, in Los Angeles, California, is currently paying tribute to the cars and career of Carroll Shelby...
On Nov. 2–6, noted Jaguar expert Terry Larson and his wife, Darlene, hosted their 6th annual Arizona tour for Jaguar C- and D-types. This year’s event saw four C-types, two D-types, two XKSSs and a Lister-Jag take part in four days of spirited driving through Arizona and New Mexico. As...
This year marks the 70th birthday of the famous Napier Railton. Commissioned and driven by John Cobb and designed and...
On March 20–21—40 years to the day after a team of Qvale-owned MGBs finished 17th and 22nd overall in the...
On October 30, the historic racing community was saddened to learn that vintner and historic racer Gil Nickel had lost his courageous battle with cancer. He was 64. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1939, Gil served in the military for a number of years, before returning to Oklahoma to help...
Morgan will be the featured marque at the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, hosted by the Vintage Sportscar Drivers Association (VSCDA)...
In early December, Miles Morris and Malcolm Welford, guiding lights in Christie’s Auction House’s U.S. motoring department, announced that they...
Australia’s Phillip Island Classic, to be held Feb. 28-Mar. 1, looks to be even bigger and better after a successful event in 2003 brought more than 300 single-seaters, sports racing and production cars from Australia, the USA, New Zealand, and the UK. A grand total of 33 races will provide...
Three-time Indy winner Bobby Unser will serve as honorary chairman of the 9th annual Amelia Island Concours to be held...
On September 5–7, a “Tribute to Mark Donohue” was held during SVRA’s Zippo Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This...
Patrick Peter, organizer of the immensely popular Le Mans Classic historic race event, has announced that he will be staging the second such event, to be held July 24–25, 2004. The inaugural event, held in 2002, saw 30,000 spectators witness 300 historic racecars take to the track for 24 hours...
Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. (HSR) and Watkins Glen International Raceway have announced that HSR’s Chemung Canal Trust Historic races June...
A new European race series for prewar sports cars has been launched by Duncan Wiltshire, organizer of the Le Mans...
Carroll Shelby International Inc. and AC Motor Holdings Ltd. have recently announced that they have buried their past differences and have forged a new strategic alliance. Under this collaboration, the two companies will begin working together in all areas of marketing, sales, manufacturing, distribution and product development. In recent years,...
Steve Earle and General Racing Ltd., organizers of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque...
It was another good year to be at the Goodwood Revival…sunshine for four days, some of the best racing in...
Famous host of “The Tonight Show”, Jay Leno, recently made an appearance at VARA’s Goldenstate Classic race at Fontana driving a wild car that he has nicknmaed “The Tank.” At 22-feet long and weighing in at 9000lbs, “The Tank” derives its name from the 1790 cu.in., aircooled, V-12 engine sourced...
