The Aston Martin Owners Club has announced its competitions schedule for 2008 which includes five key race meetings and eight...
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year...
Although there were a number of pre-WWII cars that can be described as sports cars, the craze in the U.S. began following the war with the invasion of MGs and then Jaguars. Some aficionados credit Chevrolet’s Corvette as the first American sports car. Others feel that the original Thunderbird fits...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I...
Jimmy Stewart, elder brother of three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, has passed away. He was 77 years old. Stewart started his motor racing career at the age of 19, competing in local Scottish hillclimb events. Early success saw him progress to circuit racing driving a Healey Silverstone, and...
During the Fifties, a number of women were involved in the sports car craze. This was during a time when...
Today the name Rahal is synonymous with motor racing. Bobby Rahal has entered the history books as a top Indianapolis...
During the late 1960s and 1970s, the names of Leo and Ian (aka Pete) Geoghegan became known thoughout almost every household in Australia. In the case of brother Leo, a string of successes in Lotus open-wheelers, back-to-back Australian F2 championships and an Australian Drivers Championship gave him not only Australian,...
The Jaguar XJR-11 was designed by Briton Tony Southgate and was introduced for the 1989/’90 FIA Group C Sports Prototypes...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
December 2007 Alfa Romeo Argentina By Christián Bertschi & Estanislao Iacona With nearly a 100-year continuous history, it may come as no surprise that the Alfa Romeo marque has established a long and unique racing history in most corners of the world. In “Alfa Romeo Argentina,” Argentine enthusiasts Bertschi and...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete, with a passion for speed and technology. These...
He was known as “the Silver Fox,” “the Racing Grandfather,” and “Merle the Magician.” These nicknames might indicate a gentlemanly...
John Von Neumann is an important name in the history of the second half of the twentieth century. A Princeton professor, he was an eminent mathematician and physicist, instrumental in the development of computer science, a participant in the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb and a Nobel laureate....
I have just marked my half-century of being a motor racing enthusiast. On February 1, 1957, I bought a copy...
Bet you’re thinking of Fangio’s transcendent victory at the ’Ring. The launch of the Fuelie Corvette. The beautiful Scarabs. Jaguar’s...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as...
1963 Scirocco By the time you read this, a superb collection of famous, bizarre, futile and fantastic Grand Prix cars...
Since the very dawn of motorsport, automobile racing has been governed by rules. The very first motoring competition was the Paris-Rouen trials in 1894. Organized by the Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal, the rules were seemingly vague and capricious, including the caveat that the winner would be “chosen” by a...
I am synonymous with the Jaguar marque. It would, therefore, be strange for me to consider a car other than...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
Mainstream media are chattering these days about “green” cars. Like it’s some new idea. Well, I’ve been a fan of green machines since I saw my first Jaguar. And MG. Triumph. Morgan. Lotus. Aston Martin. Austin-Healey. Bentley. Lister. Allard. Cooper. Lola. Jensen. Turner. Elva. Sunbeam. Singer. TVR. AC—as a youth...
March 2007 Racing in the Rain By John Horsman The name John Horsman may not be a household name in...
The Molyslip Trophy Race B; Brands Hatch, August 3, 1963. In 1963 the Ford Galaxies appeared in British Saloon car...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These 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 racing...
During the ’50s, I raced XK120s. The first one was a ’52, the second a ’54. Albeit, I’m not mechanically...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as...
