Lovers of the fantastic “Group C” period will be thrilled to hear that Group C/GTP Racing, the club running these...
Long Beach celebrated 30 years of racing on its famous street circuit with a full weekend of fierce competition that...
Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art will open a special exhibit called “Art of the National Sports Car” on June 13. This exhibit is made up of five sports cars from the collection of historic racer Thomas Mittler. The focus of “Art of the National Sports Car” is to underscore...
HSR-West has announced that it will be holding a special round of the BOSS Super Cup Series at Sonoma, California’s...
Millions of roadside spectators had cheered the 2004 Mille Miglia Storica and its 375 cars and crews from 30 different...
Former Formula Atlantic champion Bill Brack (1974–1975) has announced the formation of a new Historic Formula Atlantic Association, which will be devoted to organizing historic Atlantic support races in conjunction with modern professional racing events. According to Brack, “There are enough vintage race organizations in North America already holding races...
The two-car historic Mustang GTP effort of Americans Richard and Benton Bryan made their European debut at the Group C/GTP...
Hundreds of enthusiasts attended the Donington Grand Prix Collection on May 1st to witness circuit owner Tom Wheatcroft and his...
The third round of the FIA World Championship for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars was held at England’s undulating Donington Park Circuit on May 3rd. The series received a huge shot in the arm with the success of the first round support race for the Bahrain Grand Prix. To ensure close...
On August 13, Bonhams and Butterfields will offer two very rare Italian single-seaters for sale at their Quail Lodge auction....
The largest gathering of Porsche racecars—more than 550 from around the world—descended on Daytona International Speedway on April 23–25 for...
Douglas James “Doug” Shierson, who owned the Indy car that Arie Luyendyk drove to victory in the 1990 Indianapolis 500, died May 26 at his Mooresville, N.C., home. He was 62. Shierson was born on Aug. 29, 1941 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan and...
This September the 50th Anniversary of the “Collier Brothers Memorial Trophy” MG race at Watkins Glen will be celebrated. Two...
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...
Australian motorsport enthusiasts were saddened to hear of the death of 1949 Australian Grand Prix winner John Crouch on May...
A new vintage racing club has been formed, the Vintage Racer Group, with the intent of serving the growing demand...
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 Bugatti feast is to be savoured on the roads of the Targa Florio, Sicily, where Ettore’s famous cars won...
The 4th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, held May 15–16, was again over-subscribed and Jean Sage, former team manager for...
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...
Legendary racecar driver Mario Andretti has accepted the invitation to be the Grand Marshal of New York City’s 60th Columbus...
A great deal of work by Jim Graham and the Group C/GTP Racing Group resulted in an entry of 37...
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....
The 5,000 enthusiasts who attended this year’s 17th annual ‘Eyes on Design’ car show, in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, were...
The main drive through the park of Lord March’s Goodwood House once again echoed to the sound of a wide...
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...
On June 30th, the truck, trailer and racecar of historic racer Louie Shefchik, were brazenly stolen from the parking lot...
1964 Formula One World Champion John Surtees was honored at a charity dinner held near Northampton, England on June 29....
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...
