Owners and admirers of Turner sports cars in the United States are marking the 50th anniversary of the diminutive two-seat...
The 30th National Convention (SAAC-30) of the Shelby American Automobile Club will be held at the California Speedway in Fontana,...
Maurice Trintignant died in the early hours of Feb.13 at his home in Vergeze Gard, France. He was born Oct. 30, 1917, one of five sons of a local wine producer. When Trintignant appeared at the first post-war race in Paris in 1945, his Bugatti would not run properly and...
NASCAR champion Benny Parsons, Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva and Le Mans 24 Hour king Hurley Haywood will lead a...
Always displaying quality rather than quantity, for the Feb. 11–20, 2005 edition of Retromobile, a change was made to a...
More than 20,000 people braved wintry conditions to attend the second International Historic Motorsport Show at Stoneleigh, near Coventry in England from Feb. 25–27. This was an increase of one third over last year’s figures, and there was also an increase in the number of exhibitors from 340 to 476,...
May 2005 Louis Rosier—Une Vie Extraordinaire By Pascal Legrand The story of French racing star Louis Rosier reads like an...
Stoneleigh, England February 25–27, 2005 The Donington Collection stand displayed the Brabham BT26 that Derek Bell drove in the 1970 Belgian GP.Photo: Casey Annis 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...
Paris, France February 11-20, 2005 The Tecnostoria stand featured the Goral Tecno F1 car, as well as an ex-Cevert Tecno...
Like a flawlessly cut gemstone, the latest iteration—is it the seventh?—of Porsche’s ageless 911 looks perfect to my eye. They’ve...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
A.J. Foyt Peter Gregg 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in...
Serial number 117307, a 1962 Porsche 356B, started its road life as a daily driver in Malibu, California. When John...
Our Ed McDonough spoke with Patrick Tambay at the start of this year’s Monte Carlo Historic Rally, followed his progress...
It’s the month of May, which can signify but two things in the motor racing world, the Indy 500 and...
In August 2000, we first ran Ed McDonough’s interview with Maurice Trintignant, as tribute to this wonderful man’s life story, we reprint it here this month. When our European editor, Ed McDonough, heard that Maurice Trintignant was to appear at the Monaco Historics in late May of 2000, it became...
There’s no middle ground with A.J. Foyt, no compromising your feelings. You either love him or hate him. You either...
1971 Trans-Am Javelin AMX When the typical automotive enthusiast thinks of American Motors, usually the images that are conjured are...
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...
Britain’s Historic Sports Car Club held its season opener on Easter Day at Donington Park with a nine-race program. The...
The 2005 edition of VIRginia International Raceway’s signature vintage racing event, the sixth annual Gold Cup Historic Races, will feature...
It is sadly poignant to have to report the unexpected death of Cliff Allison at the age of 73. Allison was a personal friend and an admitted VRJ fan, something he reiterated recently at the Lotus Show at Donington Park only two weeks before his death. Allison started racing in...
To promote the Goodwood Festival of Speed, to be held June 24–26, 2005, a preview was staged in mid-March, attended...
RM Auctions’ Vintage Motor Cars at Amelia Island sale saw a total of $13.7 million worth of cars change hands...
Roger Penske and Porsche North America recently announced that the two companies have agreed to run an all-new Porsche prototype racecar in next year’s American Le Mans Series. The joint announcement outlined plans for a new prototype sports car racing program to be run in the LMP2 class. Penske Motorsports...
Veteran Cobra and sports car racer Ed Leslie passed away in early April after complications from a series of strokes....
French Formula One racing legends Alain Prost and Jean-Pierre Jabouille recently made their respective returns to active competition when the...
Most commonly known among the general populace for its oil-squirting, rocket-launching DB5 of the ’60s James Bond movies, the Aston Martin Car Company actually boasts a very long history of sports and competition cars dating back to the company’s founding in 1919. This month’s Web site is an unofficial site...
