Road America and the Historic Grand Prix racing group have announced that a grid of 30 3-liter Formula One cars...
Vittorio Brambilla, affectionately know as the “Monza Gorilla” died from a sudden heart attack at his home in Italy on...
It was recently announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honor List that Jackie Stewart will receive a knighthood this coming January. Stewart joins Sir Frank Williams and VRJ’s own Sir Stirling Moss as being one of the very few motorsport personalities to be bestowed this high honor. According to Stewart, “It’s...
The VSCC and the Historic Grand Prix Car Association joined forces with Donington Park to savor the return of Auto...
The long awaited debut of the 21st Century approach to racing in the UK finally came to be at Rockingham...
This year’s California Mille, held May 1-3, saw over 70 classic sports cars, tourers and racecars blast their way through some of Northern California’s most scenic roads. Some of the historic cars that took part included: two Ferrari 375 MMs; an OSCA MT4; a Cunningham C-1; several Porsche Spyders; and...
Our featured site this month has taken on the daunting task of tracking the history of individual racecars from the...
August 2001 Monaco Driving Shoe By Piloti On the whole, racing-grade driving shoes tend to have two drawbacks: 1) Because...
Northern California May 1-3 Morning breakfast stop at a 1905 barn converted into a restoration shop in Ferndale, CA.Photo: Bob Dunsmore Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most...
Rockingham, England May 27-28 The 1955 Chevrolet of Leon Cole. Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
VIR, VA May 5-6 The 1966 Yenko Stinger of Charles Sadek is chased by the 1968 Porsche 911 of Susann...
Forty years! That’s how long it’s been since our man Philip Toll Hill, Jr., became the first American to win the World Driving Championship. There are two ways to look at such a span of time. I’ll bet some of us – maybe even Phil himself – would like to...
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Alan Jones Tazio Nuvolari 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a practice crash for the...
For all the effort, expense and heartache generated by the committee at BRM, it fell to the clear, single-minded vision of one man, G.A. “Tony” Vandervell, to bring Britain its first World Constructor’s Championship. The sleek Costin-bodied Vanwall is seen here at Goodwood in 1957 with Vandervell, journalist/raconteur John Bolster...
There I was driving a 1931 V16 Cadillac built to the command of a maharajah – a car which has...
I went to the Salt Flats at Bonneville in Utah for the first time in 1957. John Thornley from MG...
The man on the other end of the phone seemed quite adamant, “You really can’t fully appreciate the complete history of the Bentley Motor Car Company without driving our new R420.” Well… who am I to argue with sound logic like that? About two weeks later, a man knocked on...
Considered brash and outspoken by some, few can refute his impressive list of racing accomplishments. These include victories and championships...
The inaugural 1966 Trans-Am season turned out to be a great success for the S.C.C.A, and for American road racing...
1929 Bentley Blower 1929 Bentley Blower. This Profile may be forced to veer somewhat from our usual format since the chance to have a close encounter with a very historic Bentley in the same place where it made its name and on the much heralded occasion of Team Bentley’s return...
Quick on the heels of its recent announcement to bring 3-liter Formula One cars to Road America in 2002, the...
Louis Klemantaski, arguably one of the most influential motorsport photographers of all time, has passed away at the age of...
While the hype and hoopla at Le Mans was primarily focused on the return of Team Bentley and MG to the Sarthe, a number of “real” MGs and a wide assortment of historic Le Mans cars were tucked away in the Maison Blanche paddock, awaiting their chance to bring a...
How do you get into the best Italian classic hillclimb experience that 95% of the historic world knows nothing about?...
Another historic group has been formed to organize and run a Targa Florio Retrospective. The new group is made up...
From 1958 to 1968, Meadowdale Raceway in Carpentersville, Illinois, played host to a wide variety of professional and amateur racing. From sports cars and motorcycles to stock cars and karts, virtually every form of motorized contraption took to the 3.27-mile course, which featured a 4000’ long straight and an 180-degree,...
September 2001 Trans-Am, The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972 By Dave Friedman In 1965, the SCCA’s executive director, John Bishop, had...
Sears Point, CA May 18-20 The 1959 Peerless GT of Ron Cressey. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member & Get...
Watkins Glen, NY Jun. 1-3 The 1966 Shelby GT350 of Paul Brazinski is hotly pursued by the 1973 Porsche 911 RSR of Dale Lang.Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
