1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build...
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA May 20-21, 2017 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
To celebrate the six decades of racing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) has meticulously reproduced the program from the first race (above) that signaled an end to racing in the Del Monte Forest and marked the beginning for what has...
The two-liter Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa that Pete Lovely drove to victory in the very first race at the brand-new...
April 2017 • The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has announced that it will offer season-long National Championships for both the short sprint races and longer endurance contests on its 2017 schedule of events. Previously, SVRA’s season-long points championships were centered in the eastern USA. Points awarded for finishing positions will...
There is a warehouse in Houston, Texas, that is the automotive equivalent of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There are no...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing career. Perhaps best remembered for his prowess and speed at the wheel of Otto Zipper’s many Porsches in the ’60s, Patrick also enjoyed racing success in a wide variety of...
The 2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca have been condensed into a one-hour television show that will air tomorrow, Thursday September 22, on the CBS Sports Network. The broadcast is scheduled to begin 9 p.m. Eastern Time and will re-air October 2 at 2 p.m....
The Can-Am Reunion Dinner scheduled for the Saturday of Monterey Classic Car Week, August 20 at the Monterey Plaza Hotel,...
Oscar Wilde wrote, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This sounds a lot like the car hobby to...
One of the most enjoyable events of Monterey Classic Car Week, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, returns to the lush green grasses of Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California, on Friday, August 19. This year’s event will celebrate multiple featured themes, including: Rivalries of the Ages; the 100th...
Much like the animal it was named for, the precise origin of the Unicorn H-Modified sports racer remains a mystery....
It started with a phone call from the photographer/journalist Bernard Cahier. He said, “Carl Haas has a problem. Brian Redman...
Foyt, Andretti, Petty: America’s Racing Trinity By Bones Bourcier As we know, racing is a sport that has a way of destroying its heroes, building them up in our eyes before snatching them away with some inexplicable accident. How fortunate we are then, that these three kings of that sport—A.J....
A 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spider, chassis no. 0510 M, that was successfully raced in period by three top American...
Tony SouthgatePhoto: Pete Austin At the end of the 1972 season, I left BRM to join Don Nichols and his...
Following in the tire marks of the USRRC Tribute dinner at the NHRA Wally Parks Museum, Dave Wolin’s non-profit Racing History Project has announced that a similar intimate “Tribute to the Can-Am – 50th Anniversary” dinner will take place Saturday, August 20, during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda...
• On page 30 of this issue, readers will find Brian Redman’s account of his first three victories at Spa,...
• British racing legend, Formula One television analyst, 2009 Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee, businessman and all-around raconteur David Hobbs...
2015 F5000 Revival Race Series By Checkered Flag Films Let’s get this over with right away. You need not read this review, just order this two-disc DVD. Regular readers will be familiar with my enthusiasm for Formula 5000, but even if I had no such bias, I would find this...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA September 25-27, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
The fifth global gathering of Porschephiles, Rennsport Reunion V, took place before a record crowd of some 57,531 under sunny...
• The proposal by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association to hold a race meeting in conjunction with the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, has been approved by the FAA. The event, scheduled for March 17-20, one week after the Concours, will be held on a temporary circuit at the nearby Fernandina...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 14-16, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim Shaw, both of whom were truck drivers working with me at my first trucking company, Safeway Delivery. The delivery service had a six-day-a-week schedule so there were some...
