Famed Hollywood cinematographer and one-time racing enthusiast Haskell Wexler has died at the age of 93. Wexler is best known...
Highlighting RM Sotheby’s February 3 sale during the world-famous Retromobile show week in Paris will be a rare 1955 Porsche...
Noted British historic racecar restorers Hall & Hall are offering for sale a 1966 McLaren M2B, the first McLaren Formula One car, powered by a destroked Ford DOHC Indy V8. The car has been fully restored by the company’s craftsmen, and represents an important element of McLaren history. Price is...
Okay, this particular caption contest elicited the “weirdest” responses of the year. As we went through the captions for this...
An array of classic Fords and Porsches will be among the featured offerings at Barrett-Jackson’s 45th Anniversary Scottsdale Auction, set...
The best investment you will ever make just could be the $10 you spend on a ticket for the New Year’s Day Wounded Warriors raffle of a Shelby Cobra. And even if you don’t win, your money goes to a great cause. The car in question is one of 50...
A season-opening track day event for pre-1972 cars, the Coupes de Printemps, will take place Saturday April 2, 2016, on...
Among the attractions for next month’s Arizona Car Week in Scottsdale will be the no-reserve offering of The Lindsten Collection...
Formula Junior Historics North America has announced an eight-race slate of events for 2016 with support from Bonhams, Passport Transport and Deutsche Bank USA. Formula Junior served as a training ground for Grand Prix drivers from 1958 through 1963, with light and maneuverable cars powered by 1100cc engines and running...
Hemi-powered Mopar machinery will highlight Mecum’s 2016 Kissimmee Auction, set for January 15-24 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida....
Masters Historic Racing has announced an eight-race European schedule for next year, beginning with the Masters Festival at Zolder, Belgium,...
A dozen cars topped $1 million at RM Sotheby’s Driven to Disruption sale in New York City last week. Leading they way, more or less as expected, was the 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti, chassis #0626, that was built especially for five-time Argentine Word Champion Juan Manuel Fangio to...
The two-time British National Hillclimb Champion who was also the man who gave five-time Le Mans Derek Bell his initial...
Next July’s Silverstone Classic has announced plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Can-Am Series with a pair...
The Association Vincennes en Anciennes will organize the 16th annual Traversee de Paris on January 10, 2016, the largest gathering of vintage cars in the streets of the French capital that is expected to draw some 700 vintage vehicles — cars, motorcycles, bicycles, tractors and buses. This novel 28-kilometer tour...
The fourth annual Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for April 29-30, 2016, on the fairways of the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst,...
Watkins Glen International President Michael Printup has announced merit promotions for four staffers: Andrew Smith is now Senior Director of...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Porsche 924, the car that would ease Porsche out of the financial difficulties of the 1970s, and which, along with the 928 series, became the flavor of the front-engine era that included the 944 and 968 models. To celebrate...
The theme for Goodwood’s 2016 Festival of Speed, scheduled for the weekend of June 23-26, will be “Full Throttle –...
Following a 14-month total transformation that shrouded the exterior with ribbons of stainless steel and packed the interior with priceless...
Barrett-Jackson will auction several rare vintage American racecars during its nine-day 45th Anniversary Auction, January 23-31, 2016, at WestWorld of Scottsdale in Arizona. Among them will be the 1959 Corvette known as the “Purple People Eater” (above) the famous 1957 Chevrolet 150 #47 “Black Widow” and the 1963 Pontiac Catalina Super...
The Fabulous Fifties “unclub” held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner on Sunday evening at the Proud Bird restaurant near...
A brand-new event celebrating Britain’s most popular car brand will open its doors for the first time in 2016. The...
A four-race 2016 calendar has been announced by Formula 5000 Drivers Association President Seb Coppola. Also revealed was a 2018 return to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as a featured race group. The F5000 races were among the most popular at this year’s Rolex event,...
The 21stAnnual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance, benefiting The Boys & Girls Harbor, has been scheduled for April 23-24, 2016....
The 2016 edition of Patrick Peter’s 25th Anniversary Tour Auto Optic 2000 will take place April 18-24 over a new...
The 350/400 GT Series represented Ferruccio Lamborghini’s desire to create the finest Grand Touring automobile ever assembled. During its introductory year, only 13 examples of the 350 GT version were constructed, and only about 120 in total — all mostly hand-built. Among the few survivors remaining is this automotive design...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that...
Several weeks ago we noted that a Ferrari 290 MM Once raced by Juan Manuel Fangio and others would be...
The Motorsport Safety Fund’s Watkins Lecture at Autosport International is to be given by Jean Todt, President of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Jean had a notable career as a co-driver, before going on to work in motorsport management. Named after the late, great F1 Medical Officer Professor Sid...
