All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have...
The Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auction are geared up for their annual appearance at the Monterey Car Week scheduled...
Porsche 908/2 was campaigned as a factory entry in the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona, before being sold to Steve McQueen’s Solar Productions as a rebodied Spyder. McQueen famously raced the car himself at Riverside, Phoenix and Sebring, in 1970, coming tantalizingly close to winning the 12-Hour Florida classic. For...
March 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of what many feel is the greatest endurance road race in history –...
Today, at Mecum Auctions’ Kissimmee Florida sale, the famed 1968 Ford Mustang GT that featured in the Steve McQueen movie...
The chase begins … Using black and white markers on an 11″x 14″ piece of green paper artist Paul Chenard pays tribute to Steve McQueen’s iconic Bullitt Mustang. Paul Chenard Automobiliart.com paul.chenard@hotmail.com 1 902 817-9273 www.pinterest.com/automobiliart www.facebook.com/automobiliart.ca...
After more than 40 years spent so well hidden that most believed it had been destroyed, the hero car from...
Photo Gallery from the June 1, 2019, Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show in Chino Hills, California....
March 2018 Stars & Cars Mythical Pairings By Jacques Braunstein Steve McQueen, a Ford Mustang and San Francisco. The ten-minute pursuit in Bullitt has remained one of the all-time great movie car chase sequences for nearly 50 years. Iconic automotive pairings from cinematic history do not get much better than...
November 2017 Great Cars no: 10 – Lotus 18, The Autobiography of Stirling Moss’s ‘912’ by Ian Wagstaff In a little...
We speak with Sandro Garbo, driving force behind the new “Steve McQueen in Le Mans” graphic novel about the draw...
The Friends of Steve McQueen Rally, sponsored by Russo and Steele and benefiting Boys Republic, will take place May 20-21, beginning in Dana Point, California, and visiting Lake Elsinore via the Ortega Highway, Palomar Mountain, Warner Springs, Borrego Springs, Anza Borrego and Palm Desert. Space is limited to 48 cars...
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of...
I didn’t think it was a very good thing for a woman to drive those open and powerful cars of the 1960s. I was quite happy in my Mini—a great car for both road and racing. I felt it gave better protection from a safety point of view. Colin Chapman...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject...
Chino Hills, CA June 6, 2015 Allan Amico’s 1951 Studebaker Champion. A 2012 Porsche GT3 RSR stands next to Kerry...
Mecum Auctions will offer a 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo Carrera — the last car special-ordered by actor Steve McQueen — at its Monterey sale next month, August 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa. A portion of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to McQueen’s alma...
Mecum Auctions will be offering the E.J. Cole Collection at auction this March 20-21, 2015, at the South Point Casino...
Jo Siffert Ayrton Senna 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
Jonathan Williams Alessandro (Alejandro) De Tomaso was born in Buenos Aires into an influential political family. He became a racing driver, but left Argentina in a hurry after being involved in a plot to remove the then president, Juan Peron. He relocated to Modena where he continued racing for Osca,...
A Living History of Virginia International Raceway By William J. King The opening installment of this ultimately four-part saga to...
British expat, John Amette, is responsible for all Ferrari Classiche submissions for Ferrari of Newport Beach, Ferrari of San Diego...
Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim Hall’s air dam problem and the Cooper that Howden Ganley mentioned in his letter. When we ran the Shelby Cooper that was at Laguna Seca in ’64 we did modify...
Photo: RM Auctions During this year’s Classic Car Week in Monterey, 53 cars were sold at auction for prices above $1...
A coveted pair of GT40s, including a 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage Lightweight (chassis P/1074), and a strikingly authentic, unrestored 1967...
Bruce Burness is one of those multi-talented behind-the-scenes players who lend so much richness to the world of motorsports, possessing not only the gift of clarity when working on the cars, but the enduring competitive spirit so common among those who make a difference in our sport. His secret seems...
January 2011 Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs By Michael Argetsinger In our review of Argetsinger’s previous book, Mark Donohue:...
The 1970 Le Mans 24 hours is immortalized in the the Steve McQueen film Le Mans, with much of the...
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand in most of motor racing’s varied formulae, and with a number of famous names of the track. He has probably forgotten more about the sport than many care to remember....
