Veteran Cobra and sports car racer Ed Leslie passed away in early April after complications from a series of strokes....
French Formula One racing legends Alain Prost and Jean-Pierre Jabouille recently made their respective returns to active competition when the...
Famed Italian carrozzeria Bertone has announced the opening of a new workshop, Bertone Classic, which will now offer restoration work on any Bertone-bodied vehicle. Based in Turin, Bertone Classic will be a service aimed at allowing collectors of Bertone vehicles access to restoration services certified by Bertone, which make use...
From March 10–13, Florida’s Amelia Island played host to what, over the past 10 years, has become perhaps the East...
The American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) will be holding its annual national convention in Seattle, Washington this year, from...
Long-time British saloon and sports car driver Gerry Marshall died at Silverstone on April 21 of a heart attack, while driving an ex-IROC Richard Petty Camaro. Born in 1941, Marshall was considered one of the winningest U.K. drivers on record. His professional driving career spanned four decades, having started winning...
Nico Rosberg, son of World Champion Keke Rosberg, took a major step in his father’s footsteps in early May when...
America’s highest-altitude road racing course, Aspen Raceway, has announced the creation of The Aspen Racing & Sports Car Club. This...
Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions will offer another historically important Shelby factory Cobra racecar at its August 20 auction in Monterey, CA. This will be the second Factory Team racecar offered in 2005 by the Scottsdale-based company, and it will be sold at no reserve. Shelby Cobra chassis CSX2138...
Gooding and Company will be offering the first 275 GTS/4 Ferrari built during its August 21 auction following the Pebble...
Exactly 37 years to the month after Jim Clark was tragically killed in an F2 car at Hockenheim, the FIA...
On April 16, the Fabulous Fifties Association staged a reunion of cars and participants that competed at Southern California’s Paramount Ranch road course in 1956 and 1957. Part of the festivities included a Concours d’Provenance that saw more than 50 cars and 200 attendees take part. Some of the personalities...
Historic Formula Atlantic cars will once again be racing on the streets of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. After a very successful inaugural...
On August 19, at Bonhams & Butterfields Quail Lodge sale, the last Alfa Romeo TZ2 ever built for Alfa’s Autodelta...
Thirty-five years after Jochen Rindt won the Formula One World Championship title posthumously for Team Lotus, two of his most famous racing cars from that 1970 season are set to hit the tracks again. The Formula One Lotus 49 and Formula Two Lotus 69 have been hidden away out of...
Former World Rally Champion Bjorn Waldegard will be the latest in a long line of star drivers at Rallyday 2005,...
The Mille Miglia Storica becomes more unbelievable as each year passes. To begin with, its patrons now include the President...
The annual Autumn Italian Car Day has a new venue for 2005. It will be held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire on Sunday, September 11th 2005. This autumn celebration will offer a huge variety of classic, historic and current cars from the major marques, including Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini,...
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) will honor the 50th anniversary of the MGA at its October 7–8 vintage...
Will Bowden of Orlando, Florida was chosen for this year’s Bill Parish Award. Supported by MGVR and Parish-Heacock Insurance, it is annually...
An original 1939 Auto Union V-12 D-Type Grand Prix racecar will appear at Shelsley Walsh on Sunday, August 21st as the famous hillclimb celebrates its 100th anniversary. Shelsley Walsh and Auto Union are inextricably linked after Hans Stück raced up the hill in June 1936 as part of the prestigious...
The Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation‘ is holding the “Win-A-Shelby” Raffle, the Foundation’s largest fundraising project to date. One lucky ticket...
Fifties road racing legend Bill Murphy passed away on July 17; he was 93. Though born in Sitka, Alaska on...
The Healey Museum™, commemorating the life of Donald M. Healey and the production of his automobiles, was recently announced at VIRginia International Raceway. The 20,000-sq.ft. museum will showcase significant and unique automobiles, trophies and memorabilia. In addition to specific milestone cars, the Bill Wood Collection of Healey production documentation obtained...
On July 3rd, the newly formed ACG (Les Amis du Circuit de Gueux) held their first official event honoring the...
The grounds of Goodwood House in Sussex once again shook to the sound of racing engines as “The Party of...
Motor Racing Legends has announced a new race for pre-war sports cars, to be held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit on Saturday, September 10, 2005, in support of the Britcar 24 Hour Race. This brand new event will take place immediately prior to the start of the 24...
On September 3-4, the VSCC will host its second annual See Red event at Donington Park racecourse. Billed as the...
In one of those aberrations of good taste not uncommon in Italy, a local authority has installed a permanent speed...
From June 3–5, Michelin and the the Automobile Club of Auvergne hosted an elaborate celebration and track festivities to honor the 100th anniversary of the final Gordon Bennett Cup race held in the Auvergne region of France in 1905. The Gordon Bennett Cup was a series of annual motor races...
