A salute to the past The 2023 edition of the California Mille included 67 classic sports cars traversing scenic California...
Alongside friend and Alfa specialist Dave Vegher, I drove my 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce, in the 2019 California...
The California Mille will once again take participants on a tour of Northern California this April 24-27, all in celebration of a classic Italian event. Some 70 vintage vehicles that could have been eligible for the original Mille Miglia, which ran from 1927 to 1957 as Italy’s most famous open-road...
The 25th annual California celebration of Italy’s classic open-road race, the Mille Miglia, kicks off this Sunday, April 26, with...
Dan Radowicz worked at the famed Griswold’s restoration shop before joining the organization team at the California Mille. VR: In the immortal words of Sigmund Freud, tell me about your childhood. How did you first get started with cars? DR: Well, I was—what’s the term I’m looking for—I was cursed...
After World War II, Enzo Ferrari began the work of retooling his small company from manufacturing parts for Italy’s war...
• At H&H auctions, April 9 Duxford Sale, the UK auction house managed a near record price for a 1970...
Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille which has evolved into one of the world’s premier road rallies attracting participants from around the globe.Photo: Dennis Gray VR: How...
Lotus Bashing? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, OK, we get it, Mike Lawrence doesn’t like Colin Chapman. Like all critics, Lawrence...
January 2009 The Father, the Son, and the 2900B Dear Editor, Your news article (VR, November 2008) on the Alfa Romeo 2900B that won the first Watkins Glen race in 1948, states that its driver was Stephen Griswold. In fact, the winning driver was Frank T. Griswold, father of Stephen,...
Northern California April 29–May 3, 2007 1959 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder of Richard and Renee Vento.Photo: John Fulton Become a...
More than 65 historic racecars will salute Italy’s famed Mille Miglia in the 17th running of the California Mille April 29–May 3, 2007. The four-day, 1,000-mile event begins Sunday atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill with the largest, free, car show of its kind in North America. Historic Alfa Romeos, Porsches,...
Northern California April 24-28, 2005 The 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe of Steve Moal and David Nelson. Photo: Bob Dunsmore Become...
This year’s running of the California Mille (April 26-May 1) challenged its participants both with new features such as a...
This year’s California Mille, held May 1-3, saw over 70 classic sports cars, tourers and racecars blast their way through some of Northern California’s most scenic roads. Some of the historic cars that took part included: two Ferrari 375 MMs; an OSCA MT4; a Cunningham C-1; several Porsche Spyders; and...
On May 1st, 68 exotic racing and touring cars took part in the California Mille – a 4-day, 1119-mile rally...
