1933 Tourist Trophy – Sensation at Syracuse By Richard Hough “It seems perfectly apparent,” wrote Sammy Davis after the 1932...
The Targa Florio was the decisive contest in the 1955 World Sports Car Championship. Under tremendous pressure to succeed at...
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2015 was held January 24-25 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 12-turn, 3.56-mile track is made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Excitement at the 53rd Rolex 24 At Daytona went down to the...
The 12 Hours of Sebring was held March 17, 2012 at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. The 60th anniversary...
The streak of Chamber of Commerce conditions that blessed the first three rounds of the 13-race 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar...
For more than 20 years, Austria’s frozen Lake Zell has hosted racing festivals in honor of Ferdinand Porsche. And despite the pandemic, the audacious, daredevil tradition carries on, though this year without the crowds. Let’s go back and take a look at the history of the GP Ice Race. Originating from...
The “American Le Mans Memories” online video series is a Speedtv.com and AmericanLeMans.com joint venture that opens up the vast...
1922 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France The Grand Prix of the French Automobile Club, the world’s most prestigious...
Report and Photos by Victor Varela Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway hosted the third race of the season for the popular one-make, sports car series – the Ferrari Challenge. The mechanical opera of the new Ferrari 458 Challenge EVO race car made their return to Monterey, California on May 16-18, 2014...
1902 Paris to Vienna Race By Charles Jarrott CHAMPIGNY looked as it always looked on the morn¬ing of the start...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been...
Sebring Saga – The Story of Two Bizzarrini Iso Grifos at the 1965 Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In March the Sebring International Raceway (SIR) will celebrate a couple of anniversaries that are part of the significant motorsports history of that legendary track....
1903 Paris to Madrid – The Race to Death …We ask this question of car manufacturese in France and abroad:...
History of the Aintree Grand Prix Circuit For horse racing enthusiasts planning to wager on the Grand National 2021 with bet365 in...
1971 24 Hours of Daytona – The End of an Era Story and photos by Louis Galanos Few fans of endurance racing who attended the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1971 were aware they were witnessing the end of an era. Some would later say that the 1971 World Manufacturer’s...
City to City Motor Races It began with demonstration runs such as one that took place on the 22nd of...
Maverick at Daytona – James Garner and American International Racers By Louis Galanos In 1968 I attended Daytona Beach Junior...
The Petit Le Mans 2013 was held Saturday, October 19th at the 12-turn, 2.54-mile Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Rebellion Racing wrote the final chapter in the history of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón, winning the season-ending 16th Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda. Neel Jani...
1973 Daytona Race Profile – Daytona Returns to 24 Hours By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In the eyes...
The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. The season began only...
History of Formula 1 – Motor Races 1931 Ogden’s Cigarettes Tobacco advertising and automobile racing goes back a lot further than Marlboro. Cigarette cards came into use in 1879, the year in which several American tobacco manufacturers began putting small card stiffeners into the flimsy paper packs of cigarettes to...
Racing driver Paul O’Shea won his second title as the U.S. sports car champion in the 1956 season driving a...
By Charles Dressing / ALMS Americans love underdogs but hate losers. And we really love upsets because they turn reality...
If you’re searching for an American racetrack with a unique history, look no further than WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on California’s Monterey Peninsula. Built on property that was once part of the Army’s Fort Ord, racing began here in 1957 and has continued ever since. After decades of the track...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2015 was held 13-14 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe...
1903 Paris to Madrid – The Race to Death By Charles Jarrott PARIS-BORDEAUX! The very name conjures up old memories...
Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited By March of 1961 the controversy surrounding the poorly reviewed 1960 Sebring 12 hour race was forgotten by most. Gone were any threats or boycotts by factory Ferrari and Porsche over the Sebring requirement, in 1960, that all entrants use Amoco gasoline....
Nestled in the woods in the Pacific Northwest, Pacific Raceways still puts on a good show. It’s been the home...
While you may not recognize the airport “Hendricks Army Field”, you have probably heard of the race that has taken...
Story by Will Silk Forty years ago the world was enjoying the height of heavy weight sports car action with such famous series as the SCCA Can-Am Challenge, and the European counter-part to the Can-Am, the Interseries. Both of these road racing venues brought out the best in technological developments...
