Since the very beginning of motorsports competition, a common thread has run through the sport: It takes money to go...
1955 Le Mans-Winning Jaguar D-type Chassis XKD 505 The temptation is to dissolve into a wave of superlatives…that would not...
The dates for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed have been set for the weekend of July 7–9. The theme for the 2006 event will be “Racing for Glory—a Century of Grands Prix,” which will celebrate 100 years of Grand Prix racing history. Other themes for this year’s event will...
A group representing U.S. owners of Formula Juniors have announced a series of Formula Junior-only races to be held in...
There is very little doubt that the most glamorous and exciting of all historic racing events is the Grand Prix...
Well-known American historic racer Duncan Dayton has announced that he and his team, Highcroft Racing, have purchased an ex-Dyson Racing Lola EX257 LMP1 prototype and will compete it for all of this year’s ALMS season. “Purchasing the Dyson car was an opportunity to jump-start the team with a proven package,...
A widespread series of infrastructure improvements at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park have begun according to the track’s management team. Some...
The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) recently announced that Sir Jackie Stewart, president of the famous British racing organization since...
To mark the change from the V-10 to V-8 engines for 2006 Formula 1 season, an exhibition of famous 8-cylinder cars is to open at Maranello’s Galleria Ferrari just before the start of the F1 championship in March. And they will not all be Ferraris, either. The show will include...
Over 64,000 members of the public and 26,000 trade visitors packed the halls of the NEC for the annual Racing...
Owners of almost any type of BMC “A Series”-engined car can now race at some of Europe’s most interesting, famous and challenging circuits at an affordable price. The opportunity to race at such venues as Dijon and Zandvoort comes with the announcement that the FISC EuroTour, a 10-year old series...
The Vintage Racer’s Group (VRG) has announced that their current Formula Ford group will be enhanced by allowing Club Ford...
Historic Formula Junior racing in Britain and Europe has steadily grown over the past decade in both the total number...
April 2006 Delage Styling and Design By Richard S. Adatto and Diana E. Meredith Enthusiasts can finally enjoy a book written in English about the historic French Delage marque, which manufactured road and racecars from 1929 to 1953. The book provides an account of the beginnings of the company founded...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
Jim Clark Peter Bryant 2 Four-time 500-cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and auto-racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born in Birmingham, England (1940). 3 Carrol Shelby drives a Birdcage Maserati to victory in the Los Angeles Examiner Herald—Express International Grand Prix at Riverside, California (1960). Become a Member &...
While the world famous Cork Screw gets all the attention at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, if you account for the...
The Nürburgring 1,000 km. Race; Nürburgring, May 22, 1960. Giorgio Scarlatti chases a Ferrari 250TR with his Ferrari V-6 246...
In 1962, Georges Filipinetti, a wealthy Swiss buisnessman and diplomat, founded his namesake racing team, essentially a Swiss national team, whose primary purpose was the development and promotion of promising Swiss drivers. Filipinetti provided his drivers with the best cars available of the day, Porsche RSK and 904, Ferrari 250...
I’m approaching my tenth anniversary of being hooked up to the Internet. One thing about the Net is that it...
My first car after leaving active duty in the Army in 1953 was a 1948 Buick convertible that I sort...
When I consider the question of what is, in my opinion, the greatest racecar, I do not necessarily look at the racing success of the car. From a mechanic’s point of view, one looks at the engineering qualities rather than the on-track performance. In my early days, 1950s, the Italian marques were...
I made my first visit to the Silverstone circuit in the 1960s. It was just a mission of curiosity at...
Immediately after the Second World War, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Louis Chiron, Philippe Etancelin, and Raymond Sommer carried France’s colors back into...
This month’s Racecar Profile is really interesting to me because I think it typifies the diversity and general accessibility of motorsport to the “average Joe” in the ’50s and ’60s. In this case, the car in question is one of only three Formula Juniors built by an enterprising enthusiast in...
The history of American sports car racing is rife with talented individuals that raced at the highest levels of national...
The Tour Auto in France, the Tour d’Espagne in Spain, the Tour of Morocco and several other events which combine...
In 1905, Europe’s racers must have thought it was going to be a flash in the pan, if that. After all, who would want to spend a week on a stiflingly hot Mediterranean island infested with bandits, one that had no roads, not a single petrol pump and was devoid...
