Tall, handsome, and charming, Roy Salvadori was everything Hollywood ever wanted a racing driver to be. He was a ’50s–’60s...
My racing Astons started in 1953, and although the first year brought some results, there wasn’t a win until 1955,...
During the fifties, Aston Martin produced sports cars with the designation, DB, which, of course, stands for David Brown. In addition to the 2-door hardtops—called saloons by the factory—a series of open sports cars, actually sports racers (later called sports racing cars), were constructed, raced by the factory and sold...
Vince di Pierro knows what he likes. So much so that four years ago he sank more than $100,000 into...
Patrick Head James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite drive an Alfa Romeo T33TT12 to victory...
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 of 1962–1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance contests such as...
Le Mans champion Roy Salvadori once wrote in a UK magazine, decades ago, about driving his winning Aston Martin DBR1...
This official site for Aston Martin Racing offers an insider’s view of the marque’s competition efforts over the years. Most...
Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while John was on a brief visit to Australia. John Sprinzel What brings you to Australia, John? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Each June, Motor Racing Legends—organizer of the historic support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours—also runs a Le Mans...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961; the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963; the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971; and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a...
Lime Rock Park’s preparations for the 28th Annual Vintage Festival on the traditional Labor Day weekend are well underway. Buzz...
1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into...
Englishman Andy Wallace is one of only eight drivers ever to post at least one victory in each of endurance racing’s Big Three signature events, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He is also one of just two to...
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or...
Frank Gardner was the classic sportsman, excelling in swimming, rowing, surfing, and boxing before he began to race speedway bikes...
March 2009 Cro-Sal Man Photo: Pete Lyons / www.petelyons.com Dear Editor, Wotta blast! Pictures of “my” car! I bought that wonderful McKee Cro-Sal Armco twin-turbo alloy Olds 4-wd confection in the mid-’70s for about $10k. Wish I’d sprung another couple grand for the aluminum trailer because the car was huge....
The Bentley Drivers Club will celebrate six decades of racing at Silverstone with an unprecedented two-day meeting on August 8-9....
The Earl of March has announced the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 3–5, as...
Dan Rubin, whose photographs of the calamitous 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours brought the tragedy into American homes on the...
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It...
January 2009 The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, June 10-11, 1961. Augie Pabst seems serene at the wheel of the battered and besmudged Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati Tipo 63 that he and Richard Thompson drove to 4th place overall at Le Mans in 1961. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Ford’s iconic GT40 will be the featured marque at this summer’s 10th annual Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman on...
Actor and Racer Paul Newman is said to have gotten the racing bug during the filming of the 1969 Universal motion picture Winning. This painting portrays Newman as the fictional character Frank Capua, who in the movie wins the Indianapolis 500. Also depicted in the painting is the 1979 Le...
