Sadler MkV Charles and John Cooper may have started the mid-engined revolution, but it was a maverick Canadian named Bill...
Thanks to the Ice Age, we were given the Bonneville Salt Flats upon which thousands of land speed racers have...
Tom Wheatcroft is a man with a lot of energy and drive. Though in his seventies, he still goes to work each and every day and has seen a boyhood dream become a world renowned achievement. Not only did the boy who first saw cars race at Donington in 1935...
How much “stuff” is enough? A seemingly simple question that historically has never been easy to answer. If you look...
Hi there. I am your new back-page columnist. I would like you to think of me as a friend, a...
Ferrari had a way with the small-bore cars. The 166 Barchetta, the TRC, the 196 S Dino, the 206 SP – they were endearingly delicate and lovely, pretty; where the contemporary larger cars were somehow more aggressive, more imposing… sometimes brutish. The 1958 TR (along with Reventlow’s Scarab) has always been...
Cadillac is gonna do what?! I’m sure I’m not the only one who said that after hearing that Cadillac was...
It is race day, and the racing machine is sorted out and in a highly competitive state of tune. What...
Jackie Stewart Skip Hudson 1 Indy car driver Tom Sneva is born (1948). 2 F1 and endurance racer Jan Lammers is born (1956). 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...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
The rain came down cold, heavy, unrelenting, and my lightweight sweater was instantly drenched through. By half distance I was...
Laguna Seca, CA Apr. 1- 2 Charles Shalvoy hustles his 1926 Bugatti T39A through the famous corkscrew. Photo: Casey Annis 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,...
Silverstone, England Mar. 25 Nick Mason and his 1959 Maserati Tipo 61 “Bircage.” Photo: Classic Images Become a Member &...
Roebling Road, GA Mar. 31- Apr. 2 Michael Scott, in his 1953 Allard J2X, fends off Ceasar Cone in his...
Sonoma, CA Mar. 17-19 The 1973 Lola T-294 of Jamey Mazzota leads the 1974 Lola T-294 of Brad Krause. Photo: Jim Williams 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...
June 2000 Strictly Off The Record By Louis T. Stanley Louis Stanley has taken a lifetime of privileged access in...
Phil Hill Created by the same organization which brought you last month’s Stirling Moss-featured web site, the site devoted to...
American racing legend (and all-around nice guy) Dan Gurney was recently honored during the Wine Country Classic vintage race weekend May 20-21 at Sears Point Raceway. Festivities at the Northern California event included two days of vintage racing, a collection of former Gurney racecars and a display chronicling his incredible...
The strange story of Enzo Ferrari and his date with a firing squad has recently surfaced in Italy. Clearing out...
The supercharged 1936 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A “Botticella,” which Carlo Pintacuda raced in the 1936 Mille Miglia and won the...
Lee Petty, NASCAR’s first three-time champion and patriarch of the Petty racing dynasty, passed away on April 5th in Greensboro, North Carolina. Petty was 86 years old. Petty began his racing career in NASCAR’s inaugural 1949 season. He went on to win NASCAR championships in 1954, 1958 and 1959. Petty’s...
Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) will host the Elva Reunion celebrating 45 years since the founding of Elva cars by...
The heart-stopping Can-Am cars made by McLaren will take center stage at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, June 23-25...
Have you ever sat in front of the television watching a beautifully filmed documentary about the archaeological wonders of Egypt, and were overwhelmed at how meticulously the experts sift through acres of ancient sand to piece together minute fragments of bone until they have reincarnated King Rah’s second cousin, beyond...
Robert Newman examines the men and machines that made the Mille Miglia one of the world’s greatest races. The Mille...
Clemente Biondetti Describing Clemente Biondetti as colorful is like saying the Sears Tower in Chicago is tall. Unpredictable, imaginative, irascible,...
Enzo Ferrari, Aymo Maggi, Piero Taruffi, Clemente Biondetti, Tazio Nuvolari, Giovanni Canestrini, Juan Manuel Fangio, Antonio Brivio, Stirling Moss, Giuseppe Morandi, Alberto Ascari, Federico Fellini Some of the great names of the Mille Miglia. They include the man who came up with the idea for the race, drivers who won...
For over 70 years the month of May has been synonymous with two of the most historic and challenging motor...
With flashing precision, my memory recaptures exactly the milli-second that motor racing entered my life. It was reading a three-month-old...
“Prelude – anticipating 7:22, May 1, 1955. Jenkinson and Moss reflect the tension before the start of an all-out, record-setting victory that was notable less for Moss’ usual relaxed artistry than for sheer aggression and a 300SLR that refused to be broken. Not far behind, however, was the cool intelligence...
