Kiwi racing star Graham McRae, who competed in F1, F5000 and the Indianapolis 500, was hospitalized on September 2, after...
Keeping a promise to America’s Porsche owners and racing fans made in 2001, Porsche Cars North America, in conjunction with...
Famous host of “The Tonight Show”, Jay Leno, recently made an appearance at VARA’s Goldenstate Classic race at Fontana driving a wild car that he has nicknmaed “The Tank.” At 22-feet long and weighing in at 9000lbs, “The Tank” derives its name from the 1790 cu.in., aircooled, V-12 engine sourced...
It was another good year to be at the Goodwood Revival…sunshine for four days, some of the best racing in...
From 1954–1967, Wilmot Hills Raceway, in Wilmot, Wisconsin, played host to a wide variety of road races. Built by the...
December 2003 Lotus 72—Formula One Icon By Michael Oliver In the current era of Formula One, today’s frontrunners will be fodder for the back of the grid in just a few short months. As such, it seems all the more amazing that in the early ’70s, a racecar like the...
Goodwood Revival Period dress is mandatory in the paddock—good taste, well… Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Silverstone, UK August 30 The 1926 Bentley 3-Liter of Robin Hine. Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Pittsburgh, PA The big 1953 Allard J2X of Alan Patterson. 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 paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all...
Some of you model makers, I know, and probably you historic artists too, have been wondering why Jo Siffert’s 1971...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
Emerson Fittipaldi Peter GreggPhoto: Hal Crocker 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Brazilian Nelson Soutomaior, perhaps fortunately for race commentators, adopted his mother’s maiden name of Piquet when he arrived in Europe...
I have just watched “The Italian Job,” the 1969 original. At the time of writing, the remake has not hit...
My involveent with Ford goes back a long way and includes some of their most interesting racing projects. Before I did the cars for Le Mans, Ford was big enough to allow me to build two lightweight GT40s to see if we should run 4.7- or 7-liter engines at Le...
In September, I had the good fortune to be able to attend this year’s Goodwood Revival. I had never been...
Peter Bryant’s colorful career spans nearly three decades of motorsport and includes time spent working in Formula One, sports car...
A firsthand look at the inner workings Of Ferrari by race team manager Romolo Tavoni, as told to Chris Nixon Romolo Tavoni spent more than a decade working for Enzo Ferrari, first as his secretary, then as team manager of Scuderia Ferrari. They were turbulent years involving triumph and tragedy,...
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Prototype I have to confess that we sometimes get very carried away by some of the...
Steve Earle and General Racing Ltd., organizers of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque for the 2004 running of the event will be Ferrari. Last featured at Monterey in 1994, the prancing stallion from Maranello has always been an obvious crowd favorite, drawing exceptionally...
Carroll Shelby International Inc. and AC Motor Holdings Ltd. have recently announced that they have buried their past differences and...
A new European race series for prewar sports cars has been launched by Duncan Wiltshire, organizer of the Le Mans...
Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. (HSR) and Watkins Glen International Raceway have announced that HSR’s Chemung Canal Trust Historic races June 4–6 will feature a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the International Race of Champions (IROC). Originally the brainchild of Roger Penske and Riverside Raceway General Manager Les Richter, the...
Patrick Peter, organizer of the immensely popular Le Mans Classic historic race event, has announced that he will be staging...
On September 5–7, a “Tribute to Mark Donohue” was held during SVRA’s Zippo Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This...
Three-time Indy winner Bobby Unser will serve as honorary chairman of the 9th annual Amelia Island Concours to be held March 14, 2004, on the grounds of The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. Unser will serve as grand marshal in the vintage-car procession departing from the Ritz driveway on Friday...
Australia’s Phillip Island Classic, to be held Feb. 28-Mar. 1, looks to be even bigger and better after a successful...
January 2004 Race Legends of the Fabulous Fifties By Art Evans For many racers and fans the 1950s harbor a very special place in their hearts, if for no other reason than this was one of the most active, dynamic periods in American road racing. Road racing was accessible to...
