The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2018 was held January 27-28 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2019 was held January 26-27 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
A Good (Car) Guy is Hard to Find: A Girl’s Memoir By Petra Perkins with Louis Galanos Memory: A blazing fireball was racing into the stands — headed straight at me — so I fled in a panic. High-pitched engines shriek by, one after another, in endless, killing, head-splitting noise....
By Louis Galanos Over the past 60-plus years the legendary Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance has been surrounded...
Sixty years on from Aston Martin’s greatest victory, when Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby took Aston Martin’s only outright win...
Thirty years ago, Mercedes-Benz achieved a double victory in 1989 with the new Sauber-Mercedes C 9 Silver Arrows. A third Mercedes-Benz car finished in 5th place. This result makes the race a highlight of the anniversary year for “125 Years of Mercedes-Benz Motorsports”, which is being celebrated throughout 2019. How...
It was 45 years ago when the first “made-for-TV” race series pitted the world’s most famous and successful race car...
The occurrences at the 2011 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans brought to mind those of 1955, the...
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...
Any racing fan that lived in Southern California in the early 70s knew of the late, great Riverside International Raceway...
Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Concorso d’Eleganza...
The heroes of the Mille Miglia are household names among motor racing fans: Nuvolari. Ascari. Moss. But without one behind-the-scenes figure, the famous Italian race might never have happened. Count Franco Mazzotti was an avid racer, the president of the Region Automobile Club of Brescia, and one of the original...
Over the Halloween weekend, HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) held their now annual marquee event, the Daytona Classic 24. This event...
The route of the 2021 Mille Miglia followed the traditional track of “the most beautiful race in the world,” going...
Nestled in the woods in the Pacific Northwest, Pacific Raceways still puts on a good show. It’s been the home road race track of SOVERN, Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts since the group organized in 1989 into a vintage racing club for the charitable benefit of Children’s Hospital’s unfunded services....
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill resumed on the first weekend in December after skipping the 2020 edition. The Team One...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been...
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...
While you may not recognize the airport “Hendricks Army Field”, you have probably heard of the race that has taken...
In the blink of an eye, 2022 has arrived—along with the first vintage race of the season. The Sportscar Vintage...
The Mille Miglia is an Italian icon, extending all the way back to 1927. The Coppa delle Alpi is a relative newcomer (this year was just the second edition), but in a sport hungry for wintertime action, this shorter, snowier version of the Mille Miglia is a perfect appetizer. The...
At the entrance to Goodwood Motor Circuit, the towering blue Goodwood flags rippled gently in the calm breeze of an...
Pacific Raceways has been the home track of SOVREN since the club was formed in the late 1980s. The vintage...
All Content © 2022 Rex McAfee, rexmcafee@gmail.com Under clear blue skies with a coastal breeze from nearby Monterey Bay, the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Challenge visited the historic Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca for its fourth round of the 2022 season. Scheduled in Spring for the first time since 2016, it was...
After 14 hours in the car, we arrived at Road Atlanta. The red Clay of Georgia was once again caressing...
16th Masters Historic Festival The Masters Historic European season made its second visit to UK soil, for the 16th running...
It’s that time of year in the Pacific Northwest when the weather is just right for vintage racing. July 4th weekend, 2022 turned out to have the best of everything. Friday: sunny and hot; Saturday: overcast and cool; Sunday: rain. For a variety of racing conditions, it doesn’t get any...
Nineteen thirty-five was an excellent Grand Prix season, the best against strong and varied opposition that Mercedes-Benz enjoyed in Year...
In the week of the Spanish Grand Prix, why not revisit one of the strangest and most peculiar stories of...
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