Mecum Auctions’ annual collector-car auction in Kissimmee, Florida, has long held the title of “world’s largest,” and this year’s auction...
January 2018 Porsche 70 Years—There is No Substitute By Randy Leffingwell Porsche is one of the most important and iconic...
The year 2015 marked the 60th anniversary of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson’s victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia, racing their Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR to a record time of 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds. Travelling at the speed they needed to achieve that record, they certainly took to the...
Eight distinguished automobiles have been selected as finalists for the 3rd annual Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award, with...
The inaugural Mecum Las Vegas Collector-Car Auction will feature 1,000 consignments on the weekend of November 16-18 at the Las...
The second Atlanta Concours d’Elegance took place in Georgia last weekend, September 30-October 1, with nearly 180 quality vehicles crowding the lawns of Chateau Elan under the watchful eye of the judges. Top honors were split among European and American cars, with Best of Show American going to the 1930...
The Dawn of the Modern Super Car If you haven’t been behind the wheel of a brand new supercar recently,...
Bidders at the recent Mecum Dallas 2017 classic- and collector-car auction held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center honed...
September 2017 Departing Drivers Photo: BRDC Archive Dear Mr. Ganley: Your article “Departing Drivers,” in the current issue of Vintage Racecar is quite good, although Sir Jackie Stewart won 27 Grands Prix, not 33. Moreover, Juan Manuel Fangio did not “depart” in 1952. He had every intention of defending his...
The collection of one of America’s preeminent collectors and conservators of vintage automobiles, that of Lindley and Ann Bothwell, will...
Following another fast paced, high energy showing on Fisherman’s Wharf, downtown during Monterey, California’s famed collector car week, Russo and...
Last Sunday, August 20, 204 of the most prized collector cars in the world rolled onto what is often called the best finishing hole in golf — the famed 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links — to take part in the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Originally a small social...
August 2017 Cobra Pilote – The Ed Hugus Story By Robert D. Walker Ed Hugus was one of Carroll Shelby’s...
A 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by DeVillars was named Best of Show at last weekend’s 14th annual Keeneland Concours...
Each year the Goodwood Festival of Speed features a massive Gerry Judah “sculpture” on center stage (above, Roger Dixon photo), and this year the work honored former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone with cars tracing the “Five Ages” of his distinguished career. Highlighting the Festival schedule were the timed runs...
Luigi Chinetti Briggs Cunningham Photo: courtesy Art Evans 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, born...
RM Sotheby’s held its fifth annual Santa Monica sale on June 24, registering more than $9.3 million in total sales....
The San Marino Motor Classic, featuring some 320 rare collector cars, will take place at Lacy Park in San Marino, California, this Sunday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Benefiting local charities, the show will feature an array of Brass- and Nickel-Era vehicles, American Muscle, Hot Rods, and...
RM Sotheby’s is set to bring 170 motorcars to its single-day Santa Monica auction in the California seaside city’s historic...
Engineer, Champion Rider, Champion Driver and Team Manager John Surtees, four-time motorcycle World Champion, aboard one of his title-taking MV Agusta...
I have certain fond memories of the first single-seater racing car I drove, which was a Vanwall. Tony Vandervell gave me a wonderful opportunity of driving it at Goodwood. There are a number of single-seater racing cars that I would have liked to have driven, throughout my career. It could...
As you’ll read in this month’s news—and likely learned from our web site back on March 10—multi-time motorcycle and Formula...
Al Unser Photo: Mike Thomsen Mario Andretti Photo: BRDC 1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the...
The 13th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance took place Sunday April 9 under sunny skies on the Concours lawn at Ellen Scripps Browning Park on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Southern California enclave of the same name. Trophies were awarded in 17 judged classes and 11 specialty...
A 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680 S Torpedo-Sport Avant-Garde — one of only three ever built — tops the list of offerings...
The 13th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance will take place Sunday April 9 on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean...
This weekend is the 22nd renewal of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. The event is honoring four-time Indy 500 winner and three-time Indycar National Champion Al Unser, who will be feted at Saturday evening’s gala Mercedes-Benz dinner in the...
The California Mille will once again take participants on a tour of Northern California this April 24-27, all in celebration...
Casey Annis (Editor) Photo: Dan R Boyd At the end of January, I was asked if I’d speak at the...
Joel E. Finn, author, racer and computer industry pioneer, died January 28 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was 78. The son of Barney and Alice (Abrams) Finn, Joel was born in Carthage, New York, and raised in Syracuse. Upon graduating from Syracuse University he served in the U.S. Army as...
