The first efforts with the 924 rally car involved a non-turbo version, the Monte Carlo Rally 924, of Jürgen Barth...
The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company Our story begins with the Mustang’s introduction on April 17, 1964, at the New York World’s Fair. It turned out to be the right car at the right time, speaking...
More than 200 classic cars from around Europe took over the streets of Vernasca in Piacenza, Italy, for a weekend...
Photo: Gerard Brown A Talbot 105 Alpine has won the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Alpine Trial, 80 years after a...
Alastair Caldwell, team manager at McLaren during the James Hunt era, won the inaugural Marrakech Express Rally in April, along with co-driver Hayden Burvill in one of 16 Citroen 2CVs. All cars were identically prepared and selected at random, to ensure that the event reflected the skill of the driver...
Photo: Gerard Brown Photo: Gerard Brown The original plan was to take my two-liter Low Chassis Lagonda. This was a...
• RM Auctions posted its most successful Amelia Island sale to date, generating $35,947,500 of total sales, with 97 percent of all lots sold. Top lot of the sale was the late Malcolm Pray’s 1937 Delahaye 135 Competition Court Torpedo Roadster selling for a world auction record $6,600,000. • The...
The 52nd National Rally of pre-war Austin 7 motor cars, organized by the 750 Motor Club, will take place at...
Peter Brock Carroll Shelby 1 Stirling Moss drives a race car for the first time in over a year—since the...
Chile and Argentina November-December 2013 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 our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products. Enjoy...
Vintage Roadcar’s James Beckett will be competing in the Flying Scotsman Rally April 4-6, organized by the Endurance Rally Association....
Gaston Chevrolet Alan JonesPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP to clinch his first Formula One World Championship at Suzuka in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 F1 champion Alan Jones born (1946). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry, UK June 22, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The Royal Automobile Club, in partnership with the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation, is to re-create the 1000 Mile Trial, which was first run in 1900. At a press briefing at the Royal Automobile Club, HERO announced that it had come to an agreement with the Club to re-run, in July...
In the year of the model’s 50th anniversary, two Porsche 911s finished 1st and 2nd in the London to Lisboa...
The fifth Flying Scotsman Rally, which takes enthusiasts on a drive from London to Edinburgh in a pre-war car, proved...
Vintage Racecar and Historica Racewear, in association with the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club (BWRDC), have introduced the “Champion of Champions Trophy” for the 2013 season, In addition to the Trophy, the overall winner will receive a generous prize fund of £500 cash and £500 credit voucher from Historica. The...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around...
It’s all change for the Mille Miglia Commemoration and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. The Mille Miglia has been brought...
Pete Lyons THIS IS OLD news to you, but as I write, we mountain folk are still buzzing about February’s Great Manhunt and Shootout. That burning cabin you saw on TV was about half an hour by road from us in Big Bear—fewer than six miles in a direct line...
The assembled gladiators, left to right: Alain Mahé, Jean-Francois Piot, Jacques Jauber, Jean Ragnotti, Jean-Louis Marnat, Michele “Biche” Petit, Jean...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story of Alpine and Renault is a culmination of a Sherlock Homes style of research, study and investigative interviews with those luminaries who designed, built, tested, raced and had “hands on”...
With this month’s main feature story looking at the Alpine Renaults that played a prominent role in the World Rally...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
More than 60 classic cars battled their way between the UK’s Land’s End and John O’Groats on this year’s LeJog Endurance Rally, which is being described as the toughest ever. Tomas de Vargas Machuca, joint Managing Director of the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisation (H.E.R.O.), said: “This year’s LeJog was probably...
