The 20th edition of the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Greenwich, Connecticut, will take place at the city’s Roger Sherman Baldwin...
Lifting an inside wheel around a right-hand sweeper, the Rover gets its racing legs stretched despite the test day’s chilly...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of course. Too many victories to remember. That’s Britain’s Derek Bell, “Mr. Nice Guy” as he is known among most of his contemporaries. Which is remarkable in itself. Not too many...
As expected, Alberto Ascari impressed everyone with his driving of the 340 hp Ferrari 375MM in the 1953 24 Hours...
Hope for Tomorrow will celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a black tie dinner at London’s The Hurlingham...
Dozens of books and thousands of articles have been written about Enzo Ferrari and the Scuderia he founded in 1929, which eventually led to his bright red cars winning 31 combined Formula One World Championships and 13 World Sports Car titles, plus a string of the world’s most famous races,...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
Today, Franco Cortese is, perhaps, one of motor sport’s forgotten stars—and he shouldn’t be. He was the driver who put...
My very first experiences in a racing car were in a Lotus Seven. In fact, prior to purchasing the Lotus I went to Lotus and asked for a job. I thought I must know how they build these cars if I’m going to race them. I was conscious too that...
The 1982 Porsche 956 was a car that we started with a clean sheet of paper. Everything was new, the...
I’m always a little bit shocked when I see the worlds of modern and historic racing intersect. Recently, I was...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second seat at Ferrari and kept it for four years—no mean feat in itself—where he developed just the right blend of acquiescence and competitiveness to create a positive working relationship with...
The two-time British National Hillclimb Champion who also gave five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell his initial international opportunity to...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Porsche 924, the car that would ease Porsche out of the financial difficulties of the 1970s, and which, along with the 928 series, became the flavor of the front-engine era that included the 944 and 968 models. To celebrate...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of...
The chaotic scene just after the #88 car of Huhn/Schwarz crashed at the Nürburgring in 1970. Photo: Porsche Werk Motor...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned how, from a relatively modest background and upbringing in Northern Ireland, Grant rose to the high echelons of command at Ford both in Europe and the USA and how he...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle After a very successful year in 1935, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, who financed Prince Birabongse’s racing, decided...
Roberto Moreno Photo: Pete Austin Mike Hawthorne Photo: BRDC Archive 1 F1 race winner and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International l’Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes during 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman The...
The fifth global gathering of Porschephiles, Rennsport Reunion V, took place before a record crowd of some 57,531 under sunny...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Porsche 924, the car that would ease Porsche out of the financial difficulties of the 1970s, and which, along with the 928 series, became the flavor of the front-engine era that included the 944 and 968 models. To celebrate...
With its revised and corrected rear suspension, the car is a blast to drive especially when steered with the throttle. Photo:...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on that role has had to make many difficult and radical decisions to secure the future of Silverstone Racing Circuit—The Home of British Motor Racing. Some may ask who is John...
Born to a Paris butcher and his wife in April 1937, the late Jean-Pierre Beltoise had won the incredible number...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California to the open roads of Le Mans, Guldstrand’s list of racing accomplishments is long and legendary, and on the occasion of his recent passiing we remember him by rerunning Casey...
