1935 Maserati 4CS Photo: Peter Collins Ken Painter’s 1935 Maserati 4CS has had a highly active and dramatic existence, and...
The newly formed Vintage Sedan Racers Group (VSRG) and HSR-West have announced the creation of the Magnaflow 2.5 Challenge for...
The recent British “fuel crisis” failed to stop the third edition of Lord Charles March’s Goodwood Revival Meeting, though the pundits had been predicting that all social and sporting events would come to a grinding halt. In fact, thousands of period-attired racing fans managed to find their way to Goodwood,...
One of only three Lola Mk 6 sports cars, used as the development prototype for the Ford GT40 program, will...
Britain’s Rover Motor Group recently announced that it has contracted with Lola Cars International to develop an MG sportsracer to...
For the last 50 years, the road to Formula One has usually led through one form or another of Formula 3. Founded in England just after the Second World War, F3 began as an inexpensive way to enter open-wheel racing. From tiny, motorcycle-engined carts of the ’50s to the Kevlar-monocoqued...
November 2000 Dan Gurney—The Ultimate Racer By Karl Ludvigsen Mention the name Dan Gurney and what comes to mind? The...
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Lime Rock Park, CT Sept. 1-4 The 1932 Ford Sprint car of Richard Waitec. 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...
Let me mention up front, I may have to cut this short. Something’s coming up on Speedvision that I just...
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Ricardo Rodriguez Giancarlo Baghetti 2 Ricardo Rodriguez dies in a crash during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican GP (1962). 3 FIA declares that, beginning in 1983, all F1 cars must have flat bottoms. Ground effects chassis are outlawed (1982). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
How To Protect Yourself Once you have selected an overseas car for purchase, it should be inspected before conclusion of...
The truth is, I might have missed him amongst Moss, Brabham, Trintignant, Shelby, Ward and all the other motor racing...
The 1954 Carrera Panamericana developed immediately into a fight between two Ferraris: the year-old 375MM of Phil Hill and Richie Ginther, and the new, brutishly fast 375 Plus of Umberto Maglioli. After his early lead was eroded by mechanical problems, the Mexican press nicknamed Hill “El Batallador” (The Battler) for...
I was at a race meeting when a hunter/gatherer homed in on me, he had a race program in one...
I don’t know about you, but I’m big into planning. Whether it’s working around the house, restoring a racecar or...
Hershel McGriff was an up-and-coming West Coast stock car racer when a friend suggested that he run his 1950 Oldsmobile in a crazy, new 1000-mile race being held in Mexico. Little did McGriff know that he would not only win that first Carrera Panamericana race, but that it would become...
A First-Hand Look at the 1954 Carrera Panamericana Photos and Story By Boyd Harnell A white Jaguar convertible hurtled out...
1958 Lola Mk1 The Broadley cousins were racing enthusiasts from an early age. Both built and raced Austin specials before...
General Racing, Ltd. recently announced that Bentley will be the featured marque for the 2001 Monterey Historic Automobile Races to be held August 17-19. “We are delighted that Bentley has been chosen to be honored at the Monterey Historics in 2001,” said Alasdair Stewart, president of Rolls Royce and Bentley...
The American Le Mans Series has announced that it will create a series of races for historic IMSA GTP cars to...
European Editor Ed McDonough recently had the exclusive opportunity to sit down and talk with Antony Sheriff, Vice President of...
Over 70,000 rabid F1 fans came to their feet as nearly 40 historic Formula One cars built between 1960 and 1983 took to the track as part of the inaugural U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis on September 21-24. Rounding out a three-race series, which included the Monterey Historics and the...
This month’s site is an interesting collection of more obscure open-wheeled photography. The photo archive section of this site features...
December 2000 Klemantaski & Aston Martin By Louis Klemantaski & Chris Nixon Klemantaski and Nixon are two names synonymous with...
Chichester, England Sept. 15-17 An Alfa Giulia Berlina and a Mini-Cooper pass the restored Goodwood pit enclosure. Photo: Peter Collins 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,...
Once or twice over the past few months, I waxed slightly snarky in this space about the plan to revive...
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Trevor Taylor Colin Chapman 1 Ernesto Maserati dies of natural causes (1975). 3 Indy car racer Rick Mears is born in Wichita, Kansas (1951). 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...
