The noise! It took my breath away. A BMW M12 4-cylinder or Honda V-6 at around 10,000 rpm. Totally ear-splitting...
Achille Varzi was the opposite of his capricious nemesis Tazio Nuvolari, who was steeped in instinctive talent. Varzi was a...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
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...
Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up...
In 1905, Europe’s racers must have thought it was going to be a flash in the pan, if that. After...
Sicily’s wild old Targa Florio rates as one of the most appealingly primitive speed events I’ve ever been to. Most race organizers strive to spread a frosting of civility over this nutty-fruitcake business, but they don’t seem to worry about that in Baja, nor did I see much of it...
The FIA (Federation International Automobile) sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed...
The word had gone out, I was told for the thousandth time, but I felt no better. What if the...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
Few would argue with the notion that Tazio Nuvolari was one of the five greatest racing drivers of all time;...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
The over 2-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 the...
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 It’s a bit of a euphemism to say that cars have personalities… of course they don’t....
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born (1941). 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Last month, European Editor Ed McDonough spoke with Vic Elford about his first Formula One encounters, and his Ford and...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
The over 2 liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations...
Targa Florio – The Ultimate Guide The Norman conquest of southern Italy led to the creation of the Kingdom of Sicily, which was subsequently ruled by the Hohenstaufen, the Capetian House of Anjou, Spain, the House of Habsburg, and then finally unified under the House of Bourbon with the Kingdom...
The 2001 Targa Florio Autostoriche Rally, November 3-4, came closer to recreating the fabulous Sicilian road racing event of the...
Another historic group has been formed to organize and run a Targa Florio Retrospective. The new group is made up...
Organizers of the French Tour Auto and the Shell Historic Challenge have announced the resurrection of the fabled Targa Florio road race. The revised event, to be held in October, will run as a rally and will incorporate several laps of the Piccolo Madonie circuit used in 1973. We’ll have...
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