The American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) will be holding its annual national convention in Seattle, Washington this year, from...
Achille Varzi, in the Alfa Romeo 158 “Alfetta”, set the 2nd fastest time for Heat 1 behind the Alfa 158...
My career started many years ago, in 1974. I was born in 1962, but I did my first racing in karts in 1974. I spent many years in karting, and I won three Italian titles, one European title and one World title in 1984, which was when I started racing...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 It’s a bit of a euphemism to say that cars have personalities… of course they don’t....
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as co-driver). By age 40, two of his novels had been made into major motion pictures. By age 70, when most men are retired, he was the world’s leading spokesman against...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Organizers of the 10th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance have announced that their 2005 event will feature the cars of...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first world driver’s championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
The Grand Prix Alfa Romeo: Alfetta 158/159 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 158/159. Photo: Peter Collins As a long-term Alfa “person,” I...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
November 2003 Alfa Romeo TZ—The Cars, the Race Results By Philippe Olczyk It came as something of a surprise to find...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Giorgio Pianta started racing in the 1950s, raced and rallied at international levels through the 1970s, and has held important leadership positions in the competition, research and development departments at Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia. He is a Commissioner of the CSAI in Italy, rep to the FIA, and continues...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A Mille Miglia Photo: Peter Collins The Alfa cockpit has a number of refined details for a...
Bernd Rosemeyer Ferdinand Porsche 6 Chris Amon wins the Pukekoke, New Zealand, Tasman Cup race (1968). 7 Gioacchini Colombo joins...
1964 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA Ti SUPER Not too long ago, I had the chance to take part in one of those great, little known events of which you find hundreds in the European racing calender, the 750 Meilen von Nürburgring, a 750-mile event for historic cars at the Nürburgring in...
Arguably, of all the Italian car manufacturers, few possess the depth of road and racing history as that of Alfa...
We are very proud, this month, to be the first magazine to bring you a test drive of the rare...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Jack Boxstrom Rm Auctions (613) 476-9132 Bruce Trennery Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 Mark Leonard Grand Prix Classics (858) 459-3500 These prices are suggested guidelines, they...
Jim Stokes is a boyish-looking 49 and has spent the better part of his life among some of the finest...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
Alfa Romeo may have produced an ungainly looking, graceless racing car, but none come to mind…I’m a pushover for Alfas (I comprehend little about contemporary cars, so it’s easy for me to overlook the current worldwide clumsiness). The pieces have a way of feeling right, quintessential, and somehow inevitable. Those...
On August 11-16, a small band of vintage racers left the Chicago area on a mission – to break several...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing, Ltd., the Pikes Peak International Raceway and the Pikes Peak Hillclimb Association have joined forces to establish a major motorsports event, the Pikes Peak Motorsports Festival. The 1st Annual Pikes Peak Motorsports Festival, scheduled for June 28 – July 1, 2001, will consist of a featured...
