Trans World Historic Rallying has announced the return of the epic London to Sydney Marathon Rally, last run in 2004,...
A Marmon V16 Convertible Coupe, owned by Aaron Weiss, captured three awards, including “Best of Show” at the 2012 U.S....
Ferrari’s record-breaking parade of 964 cars at Ferrari Racing Days at Silverstone on Saturday, September 15, has now been confirmed as an official Guinness World Record. Having previously set a record of 385 cars at Silverstone in 2007, the record then transferred to Japan in 2008 when Ferrari owners there...
• Paris’ famed Retromobile automobile exhibition has announced that its next event, February 6–10, 2013, will pay tribute to the...
As we have previously reported, Lola Cars International entered bankruptcy administration last May with debts of more than $23 million,...
Al Moss, known to almost everyone who reads this journal, died peacefully on September 25 at his home in Sedona, Arizona, of pneumonia following removal of a malignant brain tumor. Typically, two days after surgery Al joked, “Some will be surprised I had a tumor on an organ they thought...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the...
After some 15 years as founding European Editor of Vintage Racecar, Ed McDonough has elected to ease graciously into semi-retirement and hand over the baton to our own Mike Jiggle (left). McDonough will remain with Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar as Editor-at-Large and will continue to contribute the occasional behind-the-wheel profile that...
The U.S. motorsports community as a whole, and the profession of motorsports journalism in particular, suffered a great loss on...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers of the HANS Device Head And Neck Restraint System. HANS Performance Products, formed in 1991 by five-time IMSA driving champion Jim Downing and HANS inventor Dr. Robert Hubbard, will be operated...
Any questions about the virility of the collector car market were quickly vanquished during this August’s Monterey classic car week,...
The 10th annual The Quail—A Motorsports Gathering, proved another resounding success with a sellout crowd of 3,000 guests in attendance...
A special panel of “Junior Judges” organized by Hagerty Insurance made their way to the UK’s Cholmondley Castle on Sept 8-9, to select their favorites at Chris Evans’s popular CarFest. These judges, aged from 8 to 14 years old, were charged with voting for their favorite classic car on the...
The California Mille, America’s salute to Italy’s most famous open road race, The Mille Miglia, returns for its 23rd year,...
A 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680S Saoutchik Torpedo owned by Paul and Judy Andrews of White Settlement, Texas, was named Best of...
• McCormick’s Palms Springs Collector Car Auction will be held November 16-18, 2012. Among the early entries are a 1953 museum-quality Chrysler Town & Country, a ’32 Ford De Luxe with a flathead V8, a ’63 Porsche 356 B coupe and a ’92 Ferrari 512. For details visit www.classic-carauction.com •...
It’s been a very long time since Bill Pollack raced his Cadillac-powered Allard to victory through the forested road course...
The third annual Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 4-5, 2013, will celebrate the career of three-time Formula One World...
French racing driver Henri Greder, who focused his career around the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has died at the age of 83. Greder first attended the 24 Hours in 1952 and rejoined the festivities each year as a spectator until racing there for the first time in 1967, when...
Photo: RM Auctions During this year’s Classic Car Week in Monterey, 53 cars were sold at auction for prices above $1...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August,...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as a shock, and one of those was the news that David Loring had died in mid-September at the age of 62. Although he had endured and survived previous internal ailments,...
Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister Phillip Davis has confirmed his government’s continuing support for the Bahamas Speed Week Revival by pledging...
Now firmly re-established as one of the biggest and best historic racing festivals, the Silverstone Classic provided plenty of interest...
• It’s always nice when the CEO of a major automaker shows an interest in motor sport, and an excellent example of this phenomenon took place at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion when BMW North America chief Ludwig Willisch drove a 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL—one of the five team cars...
The 9th Annual Charity Challenge will be hosted by the Classic Sports Racing Group at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma,...
The Petersen Automotive Museum Chairman of the Board Steven E. Young has announced that Terry L. Karges has been appointed...
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Chevrolet’s Corvette, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has selected “America’s sports car” as the featured marque for next August’s edition of the annual vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. A large turnout of Corvette racers is expected to be on hand...
