The New Jersey Vintage Race – History of Speed was held October 2-4, 2009 on 2.25 mile Thunderbolt Raceway at...
The inaugural Algarve Historic Festival was held October 16-18, 2009 at the new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal....
Story and photos by Simon Wright The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) Historic Saloon Cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit. The HSCC Historic Saloon Car Championship is open to cars that were in series production before 1966. Dan Cox, leading the...
The La Carrera Panamericana was held October 23-29, 2009 over 3,600 kilometers and seven stages through 13 states in Mexico....
Despite the weather forecast for rain and gale force winds, nearly 500 intrepid veteran car owners made the start in...
Barber Motorsports Park will join with Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP) to present a unique vintage racing and automotive lifestyle event. “Bobby Rahal’s Legends of Motorsports” will debut at the stunning permanent road course on May 20-23, 2010. “Barber Motorsports Park is a jewel among North American racing facilities,” said Rahal,...
Story and photos by Simon Wright The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club Guards Trophy for Sports Racing...
Following their highly successful ‘GT & Sports Car Cup’ race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca officials announced that automobile industry veteran Barry Toepke will be joining the company as Vice President, Historic Races. “I have known and worked with Barry throughout both of our Historic Racing careers and I am so pleased to have him on our team,” said Gill Campbell,...
Story and photos by Simon Wright The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club Derek Bell Trophy for Formula...
Story and photos by Ian Wilson Way back in July 1939 the first event was run round the streets of...
The U.S. Vintage Grand Prix was held September 10-13th, 2009 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Sanctioned by SVRA, the U.S. Vintage Grand Prix is perennially one of the largest vintage car races in the country and this year was no exception, with more than 400 entrants...
Yas Marina Circuit has joined forces with Masters Historic Racing to include five different types of racing categories in the...
General Racing announced its Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, scheduled for June 5-6, 2010, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. The...
Watkins Glen International announced that it has teamed with Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP), a new vintage racing event promoter, to launch the inaugural HMP vintage racing and lifestyle event June 11-13, 2010. The event is billed as “Bobby Rahal’s Legends of Motorsports” and is the first HMP event to be...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival announced the provisional 2010 dates for these hugely popular annual events. The...
Story and photos by Simon Wright July in England and the classic motorsport fan can look forward to the Goodwood...
The 2009 Six Hours of Spa was held September 25-27 at the famed Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Belgium. In addition to the Spa Six Hours Endurance Race, numerous other races are contested throughout the race weekend. Among the other races, Motor Racing Legends organized three separate classes, the Royal Automobile Club...
Story and Photos by Ed McDonough The 12th Goodwood Revival was a huge and complex event. 15 races for historic...
The third annual Weekend of Automobile Excellence was held September 26-27, 2009 at the historic Reims-Gueux Circuit in France. A...
Story and photos by Simon Wright The Oulton Park International Gold Cup meeting was first started in 1954. It was originally a non-championship Formula 1 race when the Grand Prix season was much shorter, with Stirling Moss winning the first two Gold Cup meetings driving for Maserati. In the mid-1970s...
The 2009 Vintage Festival at Lime Rock was held September 5-7th, 2009 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. The...
A record number of motor racing enthusiasts and retro-fashion fans flocked to the Goodwood Revival on September 18-20, 2009 to...
Julian Bronson mastered his monstrous McLaren M1B to win the final race of the 2009 Goodwood Revival meeting – a full year after he almost destroyed the car in last year’s Whitsun Trophy. The first half of the race was run under the safety car after Paul Knapfield’s Lola T70...
The Goowood Tourist Trophy was a three-hour endurance race for World Championship sports cars, and later for GT cars. This...
Named after the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Richmond Formula 1 race was traditionally for contemporary F1 cars. It...
The Glover Trophy was originally presented to the winner of the Richmond Formula 1 race, which was for contemporary F1 machinery. At the Goodwood Revival, the Glover Trophy is for post-1961 Formula 1 and Formula 1-based Tasman cars. The 2009 Goodwood Revival saw veteran charger Martin Stretton keep Frank Sytner...
Although there was never a race called the Brooklands Trophy in Goodwood’s heyday, it was not unusual to see pre-war...
Nicky Leventis and Bobby Verdon-Roe claimed a resounding Lavant Cup victory, the latter anchoring the win with an epic drive...
Wayne Gardner took his customary win in the second half of the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, riding John-Lee Pemberton’s Matchless with his usual élan. Ian Bain made the best start with a ten ’bike-length lead by the time all the riders first arrived at St. Mary’s but he soon dropped...
