Many enthusiasts are aware of Ettore Bugatti’s marvelous sports cars and exemplary GP cars. However, not many people know that...
This year’s Concorso Italiano, to be held Friday August 17, will feature the long partnership between Ferrari and the Pininfarina...
The Ford Motor Company has announced a two-day festival to celebrate its 100th anniversary in motorsport. The Oct. 13-14 event, to be held at Detroit’s Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, will feature a large collection of Ford racecars spanning from 1901 to 2001. Some of the planned festivities include...
Henry “Smokey” Yunick, one of motorsport’s great innovators and most colorful personalities, recently passed away from leukemia. Starting in the...
A consortium of Southern California Devin racecar enthusiasts have banded together to purchase the entire automotive estate of famed car...
When the first “Birdcage” Maseratis burst onto the world racing stage in 1959, a number of people were shocked and many laughed at their “strange” chassis, made up of hundreds of pieces of small tubing. A few dominant racing victories turned the nay-sayers around pretty quickly, and it was not...
Michael Andretti slides the all-conquering Ralt RT-5 Super Vee to victory at Riverside Raceway in 1981. Andretti was just one...
John Zeitler – driver, engine builder, racecar designer and manufacturer – had a racing career spanning over 20 years, most...
The pundits, who supposedly know something about these things, say that in racing, rain is the great equalizer. But from what I’ve witnessed during my recent trip to England, I’d say – as far as historic racing goes – it is more likely the great delineator. When one compares historic...
I wrote a book on the history of March, which came out in 1989 under the title, “Four Guys And...
A wonderfuly “human” being, Shaw pursued auto, powerboat and airplane racing for 35 years. He won Indy three times; convinced Tony Hulman to rebuild The Speedway after WWII; was president of The Speedway at the time of his death in 1954; was idolized by the kids he found time to...
Bruce McLaren Umberto Maglioli 2 Bruce McLaren is killed in an accident while testing the McLaren M8D Can-Am racer at...
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My colleague Tim Considine cordially feels I was unfair in my recent column about Cooper’s development of mid-engined race cars. Not for anything I wrote about Cooper; he protested my saying the mid-engined Auto Unions of the 1930s won races through “occasional good luck.” A meticulous and caring historian (vide...
Roebling Road, GA Apr. 5 – 8 The 1976 Dekon Monza of Jim Mallone. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become...
Donington, England Apr. 8 Howard Culley piloted his unique 1964 Attila MkIII in the RJB Thundersports Championship race for sports...
Monterey, CA Mar. 31 – Apr. 1 The 1931 MG C-Type of Jonathan Feiber. 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, lets you enjoy unlimited access...
June 2001 The Works MGs By Mike Allison & Peter Browning The racing history of the MG Car Company dates...
With the return of the month of June comes the return of one of racing’s most prestigious and historic races...
The VSCDA has recently announced that MG will be the featured marque for this year’s Elkhart Lake Vintage festival to be held on September 21-23. Additionally, the MG Vintage Racers Group has announced that this event will also serve as its “Focus Event” for 2001. Early estimates predict well over...
Last month we brought you the bizarre legal battle revolving around the long-lost Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype CSX2287. At the...
The City of Parma, Italy, honored one of its famous sons on April 21, when it dedicated the day to...
The surge in interest in historic Grand Prix cars created by last year’s series of races at places like the USGP and the Monterey Historics has spawned the formation of an independent organization devoted to the competition of these historic single-seaters. The new body, known as Historic Grand Prix (HGP),...
Few cars in the history of motorsport have generated more awe and acclaim than the prewar Mercedes Benz W154. The...
On April 25th, the motorsports world was rocked by another recent tragedy, when F1 and sports car veteran Michele Alboreto...
Miller “Burd Piston Ring Special” On December 9, 1875 an event occurred in Menomonie, Wisconsin, that would directly shape and affect the face of American motorsport for the next 70 years – Harry Arminius Miller was born. Despite having no more than an elementary school education, Miller went on to...
Roger Penske was a successful racing driver until he stepped out of the cockpit in 1964 to concentrate on his...
One would expect that winning the Indy 500 and the USAC driving Championship two times, as well as notching up...
As strange as it may seem, as I write this month’s column, I am looking down on Greenland. That’s right, nestled in my 10” by 10” seat, with my lap top stuffed up under my chin because the guy in front is fully reclined a scant few inches from my...
