Rick Mears will always be known as one of the few men ever to win the Indianapolis 500 four times,...
Vintage Racecar Features
The McLaren F1 is regarded by many as the car which rewrote the supercar rule book. With only 64 roadcar...
March 31, 2016 may be a day that won’t make it into any official “History of Porsche” timelines but it is as momentous to North American Porsche lore, particularly in motorsports, as any. Late last year, Brumos Porsche was acquired by the Field Automotive Group and after 56 years, during...
Jaguar Classic will hand build a total of nine new XKSS continuation models to the exact specification as they appeared...
Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In 1962 I was a junior in high school and living in...
For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with them winning a World Championship. In the early years of the modern Grand Prix series it was the Italian Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari teams—with occasional intrusions by the German...
Dozens of books and thousands of articles have been written about Enzo Ferrari and the Scuderia he founded in 1929,...
During 2016 the UK’s Historic Sports Car Club celebrates 50 years since it’s founding. Looked upon by many as “Mr....
It seems almost unbelievable that an example of one of the great pre-war cars, a straight eight supercharged Alfa Romeo 8C similar to the type that won Le Mans four times and the Mille Miglia three times, could be lost from sight for many, many decades only to be discovered...
A 1952 Ferrari 225E, chassis 0178, was recently restored after two years of work by the Ferrari Classiche department in...
It all began with a test report. Porsche employee Rolf Wütherich summarised the goal of the 911 R project in...
With its new 911 R, Porsche unveiled a sports car in classical design at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show. Its 500 hp four-litre naturally aspirated flat engine and six-speed sports transmission places the 911 R firmly in the tradition of its historic role model: a road-homologated racing car from...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
Imagine driving your homebuilt special, powered by a modified production car engine, in two World Championship Grands Prix and finishing...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the discussion continues in this month’s conclusion, as Judd explains how he became an engine manufacturer and talks about his interactions with motor sport luminaries such as Ken Tyrrell and Tom...
The 1980 Porsche 924 Carrera GT Le Mans racer was recently reunited with its British driver line-up at Silverstone prior...
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2016 was held January 30-31 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
In this profile we explore the life and afterlife of a more modern Formula One car. Indeed, what does happen to old Formula One cars? I mean those multi-million dollar hi-tech racers of not too many years ago. Each and every year the dozen, or so, competing teams produce a...
Jochen Rindt (right) and Lotus boss Colin Chapman celebrate the Austrian’s 1970 British Grand Prix victory. Photo: Maureen Magee The poet...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses...
A 1955 Porsche 550 RS Spyder with a prominent wing made quite the impression at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours, held Sunday, August 16th at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California during Monterey Classic Car Week. The 550RS finished second in the Postwar Racing class at the Pebble Beach...
A solid international field is set for the debut race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — the 54th running...
This Porsche 962, chassis number 962-108, won the 1989 Daytona 24 Hours with master endurance racer Derek Bell at the...
New findings make it possible for the Mercedes-Benz 190 SL to take part in the modern-day Mille Miglia. The right to participate is reserved for models represented in the original road race held from 1927 to 1957 — and a 190 SL took part in the “1000 Miles” from Brescia...
Tyler Alexander, one of McLaren’s founding fathers, passed away on 7th January 2016, at the age of 75. McLaren Chairman...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of...
The chaotic scene just after the #88 car of Huhn/Schwarz crashed at the Nürburgring in 1970. Photo: Porsche Werk Motor racing has always involved risk for the drivers, and sometimes for spectators too, as was seen to horrific effect in the disaster that occurred at the 1955 Le Mans 24...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
In 2009 Sports Car Digest toured the Mario Righini Collection, one of the more exceptional private car collections in Italy,...
There’s no denying the statement Jaguar’s Sir William Lyons made with the unveiling of the marque’s stunning new E-Type show car at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show. Coming off a decade of domination at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Jaguar realized the necessity for a new automobile to replace...
