The heroes of the Mille Miglia are household names among motor racing fans: Nuvolari. Ascari. Moss. But without one behind-the-scenes...
Racing History – Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races The Initial Races So was heralded the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup races....
Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este returned to northern Italy, to the scenic shore of Lake Como, for a meeting of 50 of the most historic, iconic automobiles in the world. The anticipation of...
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill resumed on the first weekend in December after skipping the 2020 edition. The Team One...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2017 was held 17-18 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe...
The 77th Le Mans 24 Hours marks a milestone in the history of Aston Martin as the iconic sports car manufacturer celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first win at Le Mans. As will be the case in 2009, Aston Martin entered three factory cars in the 1959 race: for...
The Reno Air Races 2010, also known as the National Championship Air Races, were held September 15-19 at the Reno-Stead...
1922 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France The Grand Prix of the French Automobile Club, the world’s most prestigious...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 was held 16-17 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe in France. This landmark edition of the famous 24 Heures du Mans was an enormous tribute to long endurance racing in which Audi came out on top. In addition to...
At the 2015 Mille Miglia retrospective, Mercedes-Benz celebrated the 60th anniversary of its famed overall win at the 1955 Mille...
Story and photos by Art Evans Some 25 years ago, there was a vintage event like none other. It was...
And Then The Rains Came – The 1965 Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance Story by Louis Galanos. Black and white photos by Dave Nicholas and color photos by Walker Fricks, Jr. Whether driver, crew member, race official or spectator, no one who attended the 1965 running of the 12...
1921 French Grand Prix – When America Won The Grand Prix By Peter de Paolo After the Pay-off Banquet at...
1958 12 Hours of Sebring – Anglo-Americans and the Redhead Story and photos by Ed McDonough 1957 and 1958 were...
In a story spanning 40 years, motorsports photographer Hal Crocker compares and contrasts Mark Donohue’s experiences at the 24 Hours of Daytona, including his unlikely victory in 1969, with David’s Donohue’s epic win at the 2009 Daytona 24 Hours. Crocker was fortunate to be in the right place at the...
Targa Florio – The Ultimate Guide The Norman conquest of southern Italy led to the creation of the Kingdom of...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014 was held 14-15 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe...
1935 Tripoli Grand Prix – The Victory Report By Rudolf Caracciola We stood by the cars and waited. Music drifting across in snatches from the grandstands was interrupted by the occasional roar of an engine, and on the terrace of the timekeeper’s hut the lottery numbers were drawn. I listened...
By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited The legendary nature of the Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix extends way beyond...
1970 Monaco Grand Prix – The Stuff of Champions By Dennis David The unsuccessful attempt to produce a competitive four-wheel...
The first Sebring 12-hour race took place in March of 1951 and within a short ten-year period the annual racing event held on a former World War II training base for B-17 pilots and crews was being touted as the premier sports car event in North America. During those first...
The 1970 12 Hours of Sebring is judged by many to be the greatest Sebring race of all time. The...
By Rick Carey | Photos by Mark Coughlin This is by necessity a very personal account, since I arrived late...
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...
By John Kerruish | Photographs by Mike Hayward Collection Just after 6:00pm on Sunday the 30th July 1967, as Phil...
Sports Car Digest has been running a series of photo retrospectives drawn from the film archive of Bob Harmeyer. The...
1968 German Grand Prix – Jackie Stewart’s Greatest Race By Jackie Stewart For Grand Prix drivers the German Grand Prix each year is a very special event because the Nurburgring is certainly the most difficult, the most treacherous, and the most demanding of the tracks that the circus travels to...
1973 Daytona Race Profile – Daytona Returns to 24 Hours By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In the eyes...
Nestled in the woods in the Pacific Northwest, Pacific Raceways still puts on a good show. It’s been the home...
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