The Grand Prix Alfa Romeo: Alfetta 158/159 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 158/159. Photo: Peter Collins As a long-term Alfa “person,” I...
Mike Lawrence In 1957 Maserati was supreme. Fangio won the F1 Championship and the Maserati 450S came within an ace of winning the WSCC, and then Maserati suddenly withdrew and left the way clear for Ferrari to become the dominant Italian marque. For a moment, Maserati had the laurel within...
This large, domineering man invented the job of motor racing team manager and in doing so changed the way the...
Alfred Neubauer Biography He was born on 29 March 1891 in Novy Jicin, near Ostrava, in what is now the...
The first annual Algarve Classic Festival has been announced as the logical successor to the annual October historic race meeting at the five-year-old circuit in southern Portugal. Scheduled for October 18-21, the event will include such races as the Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-’61 sportscars and sports-racers, the Motor Racing...
The 2012 running of the Algarve Classic Festival was held October 19-21 at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao,...
The Algarve Classic Festival 2012 was held October 19-21 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. Renamed in...
October’s Algarve Historic Festival featured a pair of 30-minute contests for the Historic Touring Car Challenge, with both being won by the pale blue and white Cologne Capri of Alex Buncombe and Andrew Smith. Their JD Classics-entered Ford was joined by a “team” car, an identical Capri piloted by Antonia...
The inaugural Algarve Historic Festival was held October 16-18, 2009 at the new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal....
The Algarve Historic Festival 2010 was held October 15-17 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. Returning for...
The Algarve Historic Festival 2011 was held October 20-23 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. Returning for its third year, the Algarve Historic Festival has quickly established itself as the largest and most important event of its kind on the Iberian Peninsula. The Algarve Historic Festival 2011...
The 2012 edition of the Algarve Historic Festival was staged October 19-21 at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao,...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning...
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Sydney, Australia • August 28, 2016 Pre-WW2 Morris 8 Sunbeams on display Austin 7 with a “slightly larger” Sunbeam behind Riley...
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Living in Southern California, we’re admittedly pretty jaded when it comes to the classic cars we see on the road, on a day-to-day basis. Porsches, Ferraris, Cobras (real and re-imagined) for sure, but even exotic pre-war machinery. It’s like living in an alternate dimension when you see a Type 35...
The Earth is round. These days we say this with reasonable certainty (thanks in part to space travel) and considerably...
Imagine it’s 1973 and you’re an aspiring racer/car builder. Working out of your little shotgun shack, single-car garage, you’ve welded...
All the living Formula One World Champions are expected to participate in F1’s 60th Anniversary celebrations over the weekend of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, March 12-14. That group of survivors includes, chronologically, Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter, Alan Jones, Nelson...
The MG Vintage Racers (MGVR) have recently announced that in celebration of MGVR’s 25th anniversary next year, they will be...
Britain’s oldest active vehicle manufacturer, AC Cars, has recently announced the first details and images of their brand-new and exclusive...
The Goodwood Revival has proved a phenomenon in its relatively short history. What started life as a simple idea to stage a race meeting for historic motor cars has ballooned into one of the must-attend occasions of the classic car season. The event resonates around the world: 68,000 visitors attended...
Have a question about an Alfa Romeo? Odds are that you’ll be able to find the answer somewhere on this...
Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Sebring is a favorite race for underdogs. Who can forget Jim Hall’s Chaparral swimming down...
Ferrari collectors from across the globe descended on Maranello, Italy, May 18, for RM Auctions’ second annual “Ferrari Leggenda e Passione” auction event to witness a new auction record established for a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder formerly owned by actor James Coburn. This desirable classic exceeded all expectations by setting...
Allan McCall, who enjoyed a career filled with “career moments,” from working with Jim Clark in saloon cars, F1 and...
Allan Tomlinson, winner of the 1939 Australian Grand Prix and perhaps Western Australia’s best racing driver, has passed away in...
By Will Silk Our latest Classified Ads of the Past profile is an incredible 1951 Allard J2X Roadster that was advertised in a 1965 Vintage Car Store catalog. The Allard J2X marked the high water mark for the Allard marque when it first appeared in 1951 as an evolution of...
