For the 35th renewal of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, organizer Steve Earle decided...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here...
Photo: Dennis Gray If you’ve ever attended the Monterey Historics, the Wine Country Classic, a Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG), or any other West Coast vintage sports car racing events, then you no doubt have seen a familiar sight: a bright-red Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (TR), number 9, circulating quickly...
I stood back watching, as Monterey feted the Fangio marque. Fangio marque? Yes, Juan Manuel Fangio is the only person,...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna...
In Zen Buddhism it is called a Koan, a question that can only be answered through intuition, not rationale understanding…what is the sound of one hand clapping? In the historic racing world, the Buddhist acolyte might ask, “When does the recreation of history become, itself, history?” This notion seems to...
On this, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Monterey Historics, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see...
Justly famous for corners such as the Corkscrew and Andretti (a.k.a. Turn 2), plain-named Turn Six is actually one of...
During the early fifties, road racing in the United States took place, for the most part, at airports. While airports have a number of advantages, they lack the interest and drama of actual roads. Without the authority to utilize public highways, venues were hard to come by. As road racing...
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA March 15–16, 2008 Tom Morgan’s 1959 MGA was one of a score of MG’s in attendance...
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has unveiled a special, international series of 10 events to commemorate this year’s golden...
Regardless of where in the world you live—or whether you follow the financial markets—you’d be hard-pressed to not be familiar with the recent implosion of the American sub-prime lending market. The repercussions have sent a shudder through the worldwide financial community and have caused pundits and fund managers to start...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 17-19, 2007 Henry Schmidt’s 1974 BMW 3.5 CSL is chased by James Edwards’s 1975 Porsche RSR.Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership...
Gaston Chevrolet Ricardo Rodriguez 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice...
As we’ve done each of the ten years we’ve now been in publication, this month we focus all of the...
The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) 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 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing...
“Dinosaurs,” we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well as tragic to see how it happened. Interesting in that a lot of circumstances had to come together; tragic in that it involved the death of a good friend. First,...
The Formula Junior Category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Monterey, California August 18–20, 2006 Mary Grant-Jonkers in a 1953 Cooper Bristol T-23.Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all...
This year’s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, held August 18–20, was the 33rd running of what has arguably become the...
This year’s Monterey Historics weekend saw five separate auctions, spread over four days, sell an utterly astounding $100,370,000 worth of...
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...
As we’ve said in this space many times before, thank heaven for the Internet’s ability to share one man’s obsession...
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use...
Monterey, California August 19–21, 2005 The 1971 Chevron B-19 of Jonathan Feiber. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all...
