Dave Friedman in his book on American sports car racing in the golden era of racing called Dr. Dick Thompson...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Vintage Race Car Drivetrain: 1965 327 block, +.030 = 331 CID with reported 410 HP. The engine...
Although there were a number of pre-WWII cars that can be described as sports cars, the craze in the U.S....
It’s always difficult to look back and decide what was your greatest race, circuit, moment, or any other of those things, and selecting a greatest racecar is no different. For obvious reasons, the Maki isn’t at the top of my list; it’s a little way down! At heart, I would...
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North...
1966 Chevrolet Corvette La Carrera Panamericana Racer For Sale Details: Listed for sale on eBay; located in Connecticut. The Corvette...
Bonhams & Butterfields announced that the ex-James Garner/American International Racing 1968 Corvette L88 will be added to the roster of cars to be sold at their seminal Quail Lodge auction, held August 15th in Carmel, California. The history of the three James Garner/American International Racing (AIR) cars is unique in...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
RM Auctions will mark their 10th anniversary Automobiles of Arizona auction event in Phoenix, Arizona with the sale of one...
Mecum Auction will offer the historically significant 1963 Gulf Oil Corvette Z06 Race Car at their upcoming Mecum Kissimmee Auction, January 22-24, 2009, in Kissimmee, Florida. Capitalizing on the introduction of the radical new-for-1963 Corvette Sting Ray, legendary Corvette Chief Engineer Zora Arkus Duntov defied the Automobile Manufacturers Association’s collective...
Yet another significant Corvette with great racing history is set to be sold at auction, as Worldwide Auctioneers confirmed that...
Worldwide Auctioneers announced that the ex-Bob Mouat, 1957 Chevrolet Corvette COPO race car lines up to join the “8- ball...
Russo and Steele announced the consignment of Greenwood Corvette, chassis 002, for their 9th annual Sports & Muscle at the Marriott, to be held August 13th-15th at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Monterey. The Greenwood Corvette, chassis no.002, was developed by Corvette specialist John Greenwood to battle the best from...
Mecum Auction announces the unique 1963 Harley Earl Chevrolet Corvette Convertible will cross the block during the Bloomington Gold Corvette...
RM Auctions announced the consignment of a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 ‘Scuderia Filipinetti’ Le Mans Race Car and a 1953...
In looking for some Formula 5000 video, we recently stumbled across this fantastic piece of a documentary on YouTube that was mistakenly labeled. This 3-minute video segment features racing legend Frank Gardner taking the viewer on a lap of Oulton Park, in 1973. The quality of the video is excellent...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules and powered...
As everyone knows, after the 1960 racing season, Carroll Shelby retired as a driver and became even better known for...
Racing’s fabled “Pink Lady,” Donna Mae Mims, the first woman to win an SCCA National Championship, has passed away at...
By 1963, Cobras were doing very well in Sports Car Club of America races. Cars driven by Shelby American drivers won the SCCA A Production National Championship. In addition, they won the SCCA Production-Class U.S. Road Racing Championship. Carroll Shelby, however, wanted to enter and win the unlimited USAC Sports...
A Grand Sport Corvette – one of only five ever built by General Motors – is the latest addition to...
Although he will probably be remembered mainly for a contrasting pair of Indycar accomplishments, Jerry Grant was yet another of...
This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will mark the 50th anniversary of Corvette’s first participation in the world’s most prestigious sports car race. Chevrolet will celebrate this motorsports milestone with a salute to the Corvette Legends of Le Mans at the American Le Mans Series Monterey at Mazda Raceway...
John Gunn, an independent entrant who contested some of North America’s most prestigious auto racing championships during a career that...
A total of 26 cars sold for more than $1 million during Classic Car Week in Monterey, California this August,...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing series that produced memorable races, fine drivers, and worthy champions. This was back in the days when road racing was ruled by the Sports Car Club of America, and at...
