By Stephen Mitchell My pilgrimage to Pebble Beach this year was memorable for many reasons. My purpose in attending was...
Sometimes, knowing someone results is a surprise. I’ve known Mike Marsh for a number of years. He created the EuroFest...
The 2007 Mille Miglia, which starts from Brescia on May 17 and concludes in the Italian financial and industrial center on the 19th, will be packed with historic milestones. The first event was run 80 years ago this year; the last came to grief with the De Portago accident 50...
Every car guy, collector and car designer knows the two major categories that separate car designs—Pre-war and Post-war. Pre-war cars...
The Mercedes CLK GTR was once the world’s most expensive production car and it rarely gets the recognition that it...
Lance Reventlow was the son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. As most aficionados know, he was active in motorsport during the fifties. Lance’s best friend was Bruce Kessler, son of bathing-suit mogul Rose Marie Reid. Because Bruce and I were friends, I became acquainted with Lance. The first time Lance...
Recently, I was invited to a birthday party. Now, in my current life, this always translates into jumping up and...
It’s not every day you get to sit in a sports car prototype of next year’s model, so when the...
Robert Newman examines the men and machines that made the Mille Miglia one of the world’s greatest races. The Mille Miglia was a manifestation of raw courage. The courage of the top drivers, whose lives hung in the balance for a day as they forced themselves to take appalling risks...
Words by Sean Smith / Photos by Sean Smith & Michael DiPleco When you hear the word Duesenberg you have...
Recently I was traveling from Florida to West Virginia to race in the Jefferson 500. I stopped at the half...
Roy Thomas, designer of the Titan formula cars for Charles Lucas Engineering and later co-owner of Titan Cars, passed away November 5 due to complications associated with lung cancer. Roy was involved in motor racing for over 40 years. His nickname was “Tom the Weld” because of his expertise in...
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill resumed on the first weekend in December after skipping the 2020 edition. The Team One...
As probably the most successful designer/builder of racing cars, Ron Tauranac was celebrated at a historic race meeting at Eastern...
With the Type 41 Royale, in 1926, Bugatti presented the strongest, largest and most luxurious automobile in the world, characterized by then unimaginable power and opulent equipment. For Ettore Bugatti, the Royale was the culmination of his creation. A vehicle that knew no competitors in terms of performance, quality and...
I was given the opportunity recently to see an advanced screening of Ron Howard’s much-anticipated movie Rush. I was allowed...
One of the highlights of my many years of racing has to do with the 1966 Trans-Am Mustang that Jerry...
The 2009 edition of Italy’s Mille Miglia Storica attracted its usual mixed bag of royalty, politicians, motor racing icons, and showbiz folk, all presided over by Italian TV actress Manuela Arcuri, whose love life is of constant speculation in the country’s media. The regularity race’s impressive collection of 378 spectacular...
1922 Duesenberg More words have been written about Duesenberg per “car”-pita than any other marque in the history of the...
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is...
It was a word-of-mouth, invitation-only affair organized by his lovely wife Susie and a friend without Stirling Moss knowing a thing about it. No mean feat, considering about 400 people attended the celebration. How Susie kept the party from her husband I’ll never know, except that all the invitees were...
I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type....
At the Brits At The Beach car show in New Zealand recently, among the classic Jaguars, MGs, Triumphs and Morris...
Unlike Vintage Racecar’s editors I don’t spend my working life thrashing the pants off other people’s rare and priceless racing cars, mores the pity, so when the offer came to get intimate with two Italian models I jumped at the chance. It was in Sicily during the centenary celebrations for...
Jochen Rindt (right) and Lotus boss Colin Chapman celebrate the Austrian’s 1970 British Grand Prix victory. Photo: Maureen Magee The poet...
Our Roger Dixon brings you a brief video overview of the sight and sounds of the 2018 Goodwood Revival. Click...
American racing fans will soon be able to enjoy a rare piece of ’70s Formula One history now that the original Tyrrell team transporter has been reunited with the Formula One cars that it once carried. The transporter was recently acquired by California enthusiast John Delane, who owns the ex-François...
Harold LeMay’s Humble Beginnings We’re all familiar with the expression “One person’s trash is another one’s treasure.” In the case...
Since the first race in 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has always been considered America’s greatest race, attracting huge crowds and...
A unique annual titled “Nine Over Nine” features the work of nine professional photographers covering the Monterey Car Week Experience. The result is a glorious 90+ page 9×12 full color “coffee table” book showcasing the week in over 300+ amazing full color photographs. The events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca alone covered...
