The 10th edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed continued its tradition of bringing huge crowds onto the grounds of...
Readers may recall that last month we brought you the story of John Fitch’s planned attempt to break an existing...
A life-size statue of John Surtees, the only man to have won the World Championship on two and four wheels, was unveiled at Mallory Park in the U.K. on July 14, as a tribute to the great motorcycle and Formula One star. Surtees was in humble mode as Sir Jack...
Motorsport comes in many forms, but perhaps the oldest variation is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which this...
An unusual bridge in American racing history was crossed this past August when British racer Lorina McLaughlin became the first...
The “Matiche” is a hidden treasure, one of the best classic car events we have come across. It is open only to barchettas— two-seater, open sports and sports racing cars built through the early 1960s. This three day event, with scrutineering on Friday at Bassano del Grappa in northeastern Italy,...
Another new event appeared on the Monterey calendar this year, with the arrival of the “Quail” featuring a selection of...
Famed British racing engineer Tony Rudd died on August 22 at the age of 81 following a heart attack and...
The 2003 “Monterey” weekend was, again, a jam-packed period of several days of diverse automotive events, with the celebration of 100 Years of Ford the prominent theme at auctions, concours and racing activities. At the Mazda Laguna Seca circuit, the usual Friday qualifying and Saturday practice and racing featured no...
Bonhams On Friday evening, Quail Lodge hosted the Bonham’s sale, but it wasn’t a racecar market. The closest thing to...
Bobby Rahal has won more Champ Car races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as a driver and team owner than...
Audi Tradition—the division responsible for preserving the brand’s colorful automotive heritage—has just undertaken its most complex restoration project since the replica of the Auto Union Type C “Silver Arrow” racing car. It has breathed new life into three Wanderer “Streamline Specials” entered by Auto Union for the 4,700-kilometer Liège-Rome-Liège race...
Kiwi racing star Graham McRae, who competed in F1, F5000 and the Indianapolis 500, was hospitalized on September 2, after...
Keeping a promise to America’s Porsche owners and racing fans made in 2001, Porsche Cars North America, in conjunction with...
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...
It was another good year to be at the Goodwood Revival…sunshine for four days, some of the best racing in...
Steve Earle and General Racing Ltd., organizers of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque...
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,...
A new European race series for prewar sports cars has been launched by Duncan Wiltshire, organizer of the Le Mans...
Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. (HSR) and Watkins Glen International Raceway have announced that HSR’s Chemung Canal Trust Historic races June...
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...
On September 5–7, a “Tribute to Mark Donohue” was held during SVRA’s Zippo Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This...
Three-time Indy winner Bobby Unser will serve as honorary chairman of the 9th annual Amelia Island Concours to be held...
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...
In early December, Miles Morris and Malcolm Welford, guiding lights in Christie’s Auction House’s U.S. motoring department, announced that they...
Morgan will be the featured marque at the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, hosted by the Vintage Sportscar Drivers Association (VSCDA)...
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...
On March 20–21—40 years to the day after a team of Qvale-owned MGBs finished 17th and 22nd overall in the...
This year marks the 70th birthday of the famous Napier Railton. Commissioned and driven by John Cobb and designed and...
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...
