“The best motoring all-rounder in the world,” So opened John Sprinzel’s Autosport reports of the 1963 and ‘64 Tour de...
The vintage motor racing world of northern Italy mobilized itself impressively on June 11 to commemorate Enzo Ferrari’s last victory...
Gooding & Company announced it has been chosen to conduct the sale of the Otis Chandler Collection of classic automobiles, motorcycles and automotive memorabilia. The auction will take place October 21 at the Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife in Oxnard, California. The collection encompasses approximately 50 classic cars, 40...
Waiting the two years before the Monaco Historique rolls around is always worth it. There is always a sensational array...
On Saturday, June 10, 2006, the Canadian Motorsport Museum and Hall of Fame officially opened at their new premises on...
A new scrutineering bay and VIP center was recently opened at Snetterton race circuit. Jonathon Palmer head of Motor Sport Vision, the company that owns the circuit, was assisted by Brian Lister, former team manager, and Jack Sears, one of Scott-Brown’s former teammates. All three gave tribute to the bravery...
The Manilla Sports Car Club is the top classic car association in the Philippines. The Mercedes Benz SL Register, MG...
The Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC) made its first visit to VIRginia International Raceway over the weekend of June 30–July...
The MG Vintage Racers (MGVR) celebrated their 25th anniversary this past June, with three full days of “MG-only racing” at Oklahoma’s Hallett Raceway—the first all-MG race weekend held in North America. Founded with 38 MG vintage racers in 1981, as a newsletter, MGVR now has 250 members. Although not a race-sanctioning organization, it...
The Le Mans Classic is now one of the most difficult historic motor racing events to obtain an entry for....
San Francisco Bay Area vintage car enthusiasts and select members of The Guardsmen, a charitable organization which sponsored a series...
With three days of racing on December 1–3, organized by the Historic Sports and Racing Car Association, the Tasman Revival at Sydney’s Eastern Creek raceway promises to be an event not to be missed. Of course it won’t be all racing as there will be a huge Tasman Cup memorabilia...
Goodwood Festival of Speed debutant, Richard Petty, proved that there is much more to being a star than merely winning...
The Silver Flag Hillclimb won the award for Best European Historic Event in 2005, and that accounted for the entry...
Former racing driver and race-school owner Jim Russell was reunited with his 1958 F2 Cooper at the Silverstone Classic weekend in July. Aussie racer Scotty Taylor bought the chassis of the car last October. Taylor commented, “The history of the car, since Jim had it, is that it went from...
Rallying legend Ari Vatanen headed a star-studded cast at Rallyday 2006 on July 22. The “Flying Finn,” who won the...
A bronze statue was unveiled in July at the Mallory Park circuit in Leicestershire, England as a tribute to the...
With wild excitement the crowd rose as one, cheering and clapping their new motor racing hero. He had traveled north from Melbourne to compete in the then- popular night racing at Sydney’s Oran Park Raceway. It was February 1970 and I remember it with some affection as if it were...
Victory Lane LLC, the creator of a new lifestyle development for motor sports enthusiasts, announces that it has engaged American...
Over 5,000 people came to the County of Fife, Scotland, to witness a gathering of various motor sport clans celebrating...
This year’s Monterey Historics weekend saw five separate auctions, spread over four days, sell an utterly astounding $100,370,000 worth of collector cars. Just to give the gravity of this sale some scale, if the five Monterey auctions were a country, they would rank 169th in the world for Gross National...
There was something for everyone at the Silverstone Classic festival over the July 28–30 weekend. Two Masters Grand Prix races...
The two Grand Prix Masters races for Formula One cars were a reminder of just what contemporary Formula One appears...
This year’s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, held August 18–20, was the 33rd running of what has arguably become the world’s largest gathering of the classic car faithful. With a diverse 400-car field and a star-studded collection of famous drivers and automotive personalities, this year’s Historics paid tribute to the...
Phil Hill was the honored guest at the Goodwood Circuit Revival Meeting held September 1–3. The 1961 World Drivers Champion...
Vicenzo Lancia’s eponymous company is 100 years old this year and, after much planning, a week of celebrations took place...
Cyril Terrence “Tom” Delaney, the World’s oldest licensed racing driver, passed away on September 1, he was 95. Earlier this year his long-time companion, Lulu, died and Tom’s health quickly declined from then on. Tom was synonymous with the Lea Francis Hyper his father first purchased for him in the...
As many as seven rare and important racing Porsches from the company’s museum in Stuttgart, Germany, are expected to be...
Europe’s premier winter show for historic motorsport is back, at the same venue—Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry—but with a new date...
A new department has been opened in the foundry of the old Maranello factory called Ferrari Classiche (Ferrari Classics). Its purpose is to maintain and restore road cars built by the company before 1986 and Ferrari racing machinery from any year. On paper, that covers about 250 different models and...
