The Aston Martin Owners Club has announced its competitions schedule for 2008 which includes five key race meetings and eight...
RAF National Service entrance examination papers, completed by Mike Hawthorn in the 1950s, were sold by COYS at the Autosport...
From June 28 to August 3, 2008, at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, near Minneapolis, Minnesota, a very special exhibit of automotive fine art will be on display. Velocity: The Art of Motion, sponsored in part by the Guild of Motoring Artists will showcase over 50 automotive fine artists...
In honor of the recent passing of Alpine founder Jean Rédélé, Renault has unveiled an exposition of Alpine history, at...
Classic Grand Prix Ltd in association with French motorsport promoter, Ingrid Cholot, have announced the launch of The Yankee Series...
Two iconic names, Aston Martin and Gulf Oil, straight out of the Le Mans history books have united to challenge for the 2008 crown. Unveiling the GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 resplendent in its light blue and orange livery, Aston Martin chairman David Richards said: “Endurance racing is ingrained in the...
British racing veteran Anthony Gordon (Tony) Dean passed away on January 17, 2008, after a long illness. He was 75....
Following an extremely successful inaugural season in 2007 the GT & Sports Car Cup race series for Pre-66 GTs and...
Engineer, racing driver, author, and motoring journalist Paul Frère died in Brussels on February 25 at the age of 91. He was best known for his win in the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa with fellow Belgian and one of the great long-distance...
The Australian National Motor Museum is currently featuring an exhibition devoted to Australia’s famed Elfin Sports Cars. Elfin Sports Cars...
The year 2008 marks the 50th Anniversary of this unique and famous marque, the founder, Major Arthur Mallock, having sold...
Belgian, Christian Vanhee, will challenge the Grand Prix Masters Series in a car that could qualify as the first Ron Dennis F1 car, the Rondel RJ02. Rondel Racing, the former Formula 2 outfit run by Dennis and Neil Trundle, sold the Ray Jessop–designed car to Tony Vlasspoulo and Ken Grob...
Respected Indianapolis Crew Chief, Howard Gilbert, passed away on February 4, 2008, at his home in Payson, Arizona. He was...
The Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation has announced the election of historic racer and Los Angeles attorney, Steve E. Young, as...
The International Jaguar XK Club has announced that this summer’s XK 60 celebrations will feature one of the finest displays of Ecurie Ecosse cars ever gathered. Organizers of the event, which takes place at historic Goodwood Circuit and Cowdray Park, August 8–10, 2008, have already confirmed a number of significant...
A 2004 Ferrari F360 for €20,000, anyone? Or, if you prefer something a little more vintage: a 1985 328 GTB...
Open-wheel racing champion Michael Andretti, road racer Richie Ginther, and perennial drag-racing king John Force will lead a class of...
The recently formed Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced three main feature races for F5000 cars in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Formula 5000 in 2008. The first event will be held May 30–June 1, 2008, at Infineon Raceway, in conjunction with the Wine Country Classic. The second race...
The fragility of life was so tragically displayed on Sunday, March 30, at Farnborough, England, when a Cessna Citation jet...
Maine’s stunning southern coast, quaint harbor villages and scenic rolling countryside, will play host to the 3rd Annual Barnstorming Maine...
It is distressing to record the death of anyone involved in motor sport, more so when the event is due to circumstances entirely disconnected from that discipline; but to write this brief review of David Leslie’s racing life hurts more than most, as I have known him for over 30...
Cameron Reynolds Argetsinger, founder and organizer of the first races in Watkins Glen and president of the International Motor Racing...
While rally legend Pat Moss Carlsson was in the hospital, just after the New Year, someone broke into her home...
There have been many notable women drivers over the course of 100 years of motor sport history, from Helle Nice in the 1920s to Janet Guthrie in the 1970s to Danica Patrick today. In celebration of their skill and resolute determination, the Portland Historic Races has named “Women in Motorsports”...
Organizers of the 3rd LeGrand Reunion have announced that the next reunion will be held in conjunction with HMSA’s Spring...
The most dramatic Austin Healeys ever made are to live again on the Bonneville salt flats. After years scouring the...
The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) and Lola Heritage announce that the 29th Annual Vintage Festival at Mosport International Raceway, on June 20–22, will honor the 50th Anniversary of Lola cars. A Lola from each race group will be selected for a special award based on preparation, history,...
Jean-Marie Balestre, the controversial president of FISA and the FIA throughout the 1980s, passed away on March 27 at the...
The newly created Simeone Foundation Museum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has recently announced that it has selected Vintage Racecar as...
Ferrari collectors from across the globe descended on Maranello, Italy, May 18, for RM Auctions’ second annual “Ferrari Leggenda e Passione” auction event to witness a new auction record established for a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder formerly owned by actor James Coburn. This desirable classic exceeded all expectations by setting...
