The Petersen Automotive Museum, in Los Angeles, California, is currently paying tribute to the cars and career of Carroll Shelby...
Aston Martin recently announced that it will return to sports car racing in 2004 with a racing version of its...
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...
Many special events are being planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in...
Denise McCluggage, the renowned automotive journalist and pioneer female auto racer, has been named Grand Marshal for the 2004 Gold...
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:...
American road racing pioneer John von Neumann died on Christmas night, 2003. Born December 16, 1921, he had just turned...
After nearly 40 years since its last appearance in an International sports car race, Maserati has recently unveiled its new...
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...
Sebring International Raceway’s Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced its 2004 inductees, which include Sir Stirling Moss; Mario Andretti;...
On January 16, writer, former BRM chairman and Formula One safety advocate Louis Stanley passed away at the age of...
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...
Grand opening festivities for Jim Hall’s Chaparral Gallery at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas, have been set for the...
The 28th running of the Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races, to be held July 9–11, will feature racing legend...
The American historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely death of racer and car preparer Charlie Gibson on February 4th. Police reports indicate that Gibson was disconnecting a tractor-trailer rig when the tractor rolled backwards, killing Gibson. Gibson started racing a Sprite in 1959, but eventually graduated...
Cosworth Racing has announced that it is to remanufacture the most successful engine in the history of Formula One, the...
Roy Woods, a competitor and team owner in the Trans-Am from 1969–1982, died January 29 due to complications from leukemia....
The first annual International Historic Motorsport Show, held Feb 19–21 at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, proved to be a resounding success. Over 16,000 paying visitors attended the three-day show that included over 400 vendors, an H&H Classic Auction, and special seminars on everything from obtaining FIA Hsitoric licensing to the...
The Monoposto racing organization has recently announced the expansion of their racing categories to accept Formula Fords manufactured between 1973...
Sir Stirling Moss was recently reunited with the diminutive OSCA MT4 that he and Lloyd Ruby drove to an astounding...
In an unlikely turn of events, the historic GTP cars brought by HSR to support this year’s 24 Hours of Daytona proved to be faster than the fastest professional Grand-Am prototypes for the main event. In the GTP/Group C race, 3rd place finisher Stan Wattles in a 1992 Lola T92/10...
Forty Years ago this October, John Surtees added the Formula One Drivers Championship to his already impressive list of World...
On September 11–12, Britain’s Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) will celebrate its 70th anniversary with its Vintage and Historic Festival...
On March 2, Louis Unser passed away at the age of 72. Unser was the older brother of Bobby and Al Unser, Sr. and followed the family tradition of racecar driving until 1964 when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. After retiring from active driving, Unser went to work for...
On April 7, the 1952/’53 Clairmonte Special Formula 2 car was sold at H&H Classic Car Auctions’ Buxton sale for...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed will take place between June 25–27, and the Revival Meeting will be held on September...
The International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen is welcoming two highly distinctive and historic racecars to the Center this year. A rare Cunningham C4R has begun a four-month stay at the Center, with its arrival on March 14. The C4R was the most successful of the American racecars...
The Assi Club has announced the dates for the 10th Anniversary of Le Mitiche Sport A Bassano which will be...
The regal-sounding Baron Nick Shrigley-Feigl has built a two-seater F5000 car based on the Lola T192. Some 6000 man hours...
Five legendary names from the Indianapolis 500 will assume their place among racing legends May 21 at the 2004 Auto Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. The event is taking place at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown in conjunction with the annual “500” Oldtimers’ Club Banquet. The Auto Racing Hall of...
