My brief motor racing career started somewhat by accident. In 1954 I purchase a secondhand Aston Martin DB2/4 from Brooklands...
Laguna Seca, CA Sept. 8-9 Joe Hish in his 1992 Chevy Intrepid. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member & Get...
A new vintage car race will be held in association with the 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) will stage a race the week following the Concours at the nearby Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport in Florida. The 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 11-13,...
March 2018 Stars & Cars Mythical Pairings By Jacques Braunstein Steve McQueen, a Ford Mustang and San Francisco. The ten-minute...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 16–20, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Debuted at the 1978 Turin Auto Show, the Lancia Bertone Siblo was a concept car designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone using a 4-inch elongated Lancia Stratos as its underpinnings....
Porsche Cars North America has unveiled the official Rennsport Reunion V poster for the world’s greatest gathering of historic and...
Bonhams recently held the Grand Marques du Monde à Paris Sale and a 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari was the undeniable star...
There will be two new vehicles to be inducted into the National Historic Vehicle Register, as the Hagerty Drivers Foundation recently announced. This year, they have announced the 31st and 32nd cars to be inducted into the only program that is federally recognized to document the historical and cultural significance...
Report and photos by Victor Varela What a great way to end the summer of 2014 than to spend it...
The Fordwater Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West...
Launched at the Earl’s Court Motor Show 50 years ago in October 1957, the Elite captured the attention of the international press for its styling, advanced design and revolutionary glass fiber monocoque construction. Its subsequent racing success in the hands of the like of Jim Clark, Les Leston, John Whitmore, Frank...
Worldwide Auctioneers has announced that an exceedingly original Grand Prix Bugatti Type 35A—believed to be the first car raced by...
In May 2013, Lamborghini celebrated their 50th anniversary in style with Walter De Silva’s impressive vehicle, the Lamborghini Egoista, greeting thousands...
Remember the American Fastmasters Series, sometimes affectionately known as the “Crashmasters” Series? The concept was to take a select group of retired professional racecar drivers and put them behind the wheels of identically prepared racecars, in this case Jaguar XJ220s. Well, the idea has made a comeback in Europe with...
Pete Lyons Way back in the Science Fiction period of my youth, I followed a newspaper strip whose title I can’t recall for sure, but it was something like “Alternate Earth.” That’s a common Sci-Fi theme with innumerable variations; this one’s premise involved a duplicate of our planet orbiting diametrically...
The 25-minute Sussex Trophy race for sports cars raced between 1955 and 1960 witnessed a bewildering number of lead changes....
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced a 2017 schedule of events that features four race weekends in association with...
Concorso Italiano 2011 will be staged Friday, August 19th at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California. The 26th annual Concorso will again honor Italian vehicles and style with everything great from Italy including cars, fashion, food and wine. The centerpiece display at the 2011 Concorso Italiano features over 20...
Daytona Beach, FL April 14–15, 2006 The 1988 Camaro of Richard Bryan enters Turn 3.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become a Member...
The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are...
Gabriel Voisin was born in 1880, in Belleville-sur-Saone. As a young man he studied industrial design in Lyons. In 1908, Voisin was credited with building Europe’s first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of sustained flight. Gabriel and his brother Charles started the company “Appareils d’Aviation Les Freres Voisin,” which became...
Mecum Auction held its 2009 Original Spring Classic Auction on May 13-17th in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mecum’s 22nd annual Original Spring...
The Spa Classic 2016 was staged 13-15 May on the 4.352 mile, 20-turn Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. Organized by Peter Auto, the 6th running of the historic endurance race attracted 17,000 spectators to the legendary circuit in the valley of the Ardennes. The weekend provided an opportunity to relive some...
Dietrich MGTC…in Motion Dear Editor, I’d like to add something to Mark Brinker’s article on the Dietrich MGTC (January 2015)....
By Martin Swig In the years just before and after World War II, a Cadillac was one of the best...
The new Porsche Museum, located in the heart of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, officially opened to the public on Saturday, January 31, 2009. The museum features 60,250 square feet (5,600 sq meters) of exhibition space designed entirely in white, ample space for approximately 80 historic vehicles and more...
