They are back, and with a vengeance. Thirty-seven years after Pedro Rodriguez won the 1967 South African Grand Prix in...
The 2nd annual Quail Motorsports gathering, held on August 13, quickly proved itself to be one of the “must do”...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Peter Auto joined forces to create the second Le Mans Classic held over the full 8.48-mile (13.65-kilometer) circuit from July 23–25. Since 2002, some changes have been made to bring in a compulsory pit stop and optional driver change in each of the six...
The 31st Rolex Monterey Historic Races were again the feature event at a very busy weekend in Northern California, where...
With six collector car auctions taking place over the course of this year’s Monterey Historics weekend (August 12–15), there was...
A world-record price of £4.18 million paid for a 1929 Mercedes-Benz sports car boosted the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale on Friday, September 3, to a new British record as the most valuable car auction ever held in the U.K.—totalling £7.7 million. This broke the 15-year-old existing record set in 1989...
Ray Heppenstall, creator of the innovative Howmet TX turbine-powered sports car, has passed away at the age of 73. Born...
A speed hillclimb at Harewood in Yorkshire, England was the climax of a week’s celebration by the Vintage Sports Car...
After a 15-year hiatus, organizers have recently announced a four-race Healey Challenge series will take pace in 2005, pitting American Austin Healeys against a team from Australia. Open to any car—common, specials, limited production, small bore, big bore, etc.—carrying the Healey name, the AUHC will comprise races at: Road America...
The 2004 Goodwood Revival set records for attendance and was completely sold out well before the September 3–5 event....
The final round of the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series 2004, held at Spa September 17–18, was narrowly...
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale, which will take place in Maranello at Ferrari’s Logistics building, next to the Fiorano track, will include historic and modern racecars, including the F2004 that was driven by World Champion...
The Brighton National Speed Trials is probably one of the oldest surviving race event on the British calendar. This year...
The West Coast historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely passing of historic racer Ron Huber on...
Congratulations go out to VRJ’s Walt and Louiseann Pietrowicz who were this year’s recipients of the MG Vintage Racers’ “Spirit Award.” The “Spirit Award”—also known as “The Big Copper Bucket” is awarded during each year’s Collier Cup all-MG race to the person who best represents the true spirit of MG...
Michigan’s Concorso d’Italia, established three years ago to showcase Italian high performance and classic cars, now takes place at Meadow...
On October 16 at Northern California’s Thunderhill Raceway, HMSA hosted a celebration of racecar builder Joe Huffaker’s 50 years in...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the form of a 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT “Zagato” Coupe. One of only 19 ever built, this particular car is the 1962 Brands Hatch race winner, driven by sports car...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for,...
After a couple of laps of the Murwillumbah Showground, it’s out for a timed run through the streets of the...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours, have announced the eligibility criteria for entries in the 2005 event. On Saturday, June 18, 2005, Le Mans cars of 1935 to 1955...
Historic Grand Prix (HGP) has announced that it will serve as a support race for two 2005 IRL road course...
Grand Prix Masters, the international race series for historic Formula One cars from 1966–1978, is expanding its role in historic...
The Friends of Triumph (FOT) and the MG Racers Group have announced that both will come together at HSR’s “Walter Mitty” event, April 28–May 1, for the MG-Triumph Challenge. This year’s Mitty at Georgia’s Road Atlanta will play host to both the national gatherings of the MG racer’s annual “Focus...
Legendary racecar driver Phil Hill was honored at a special event at the Petersen Automotive Museum on November 11, 2004....
An Argentinean senator slipped into the cockpit of Michael Schumacher’s 2004 Formula One World Championship–winning car at Ferrari’s private Fiorano...
It had to be at least one of the biggest gatherings of Ferraris and Maseratis of all time: 250 racing cars and 650 road-going thoroughbreds. All 900 of them descended on the Monza racing circuit, just up the road from Milan, Italy, to help 40,000 race fans celebrate the Prancing...
Monoposto Racing, one of North America’s finest open-wheel vintage racing organizations, has announced that Barry Durham and Joe Blacker have...
On March 6, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston will unveil 16 classic European sports cars drawn from the...
In honor of this year’s 40th anniversary of Derek Bennett’s founding Chevron Cars, a group of dedicated enthusiasts is organizing a 2005 Chevron Tour. This series of race weekends will feature special Chevron-only races, as well as dedicated paddock displays, parties and race souvenirs. The tentative schedule of events is...
