The 4th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, held May 15–16, was again over-subscribed and Jean Sage, former team manager for...
A Bugatti feast is to be savoured on the roads of the Targa Florio, Sicily, where Ettore’s famous cars won...
On July 5, Rodger Ward, two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the oldest living winner of the 500, passed away at a hospice in Anaheim, California. He was 83 years old. Born on January 10, 1921, Ward started racing midgets in Kansas, while serving as a P-38 fighter instructor...
A new vintage racing club has been formed, the Vintage Racer Group, with the intent of serving the growing demand...
1967 Ferrari 312 Chassis 0007 After the smaller 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars of 1961–’65, the return to a larger engine...
The North American Racing Team: An evocative name that is steeped in history and encompasses one man’s ambitions, his passion, the glory and the despair of motor racing over a period of nearly 40 years. Masten Gregory Dan Gurney Milt Minter John Surtees Paul Newman Graham Hill Pedro Rodriguez Phil...
Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
I remember the 1968 Oulton Park Gold Cup Race very well because it was my first Formula 1 drive, and Oulton Park was a circuit I knew very well from previous years in F3. We went there, and I qualified on the third row, next to Oliver in the Lotus...
We celebrate Ferrari in this issue [Click here to see Ferrari Special Issue], but how much is Ferrari’s success due...
Ferrari wins! This was not always so for Ferrari in the beginning. After a career building and racing cars for...
Jackie Oliver Nigel Mansell 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a crash during practice for the German Grand Prix (1964). 1 Niki Lauda crashes his Ferrari on the second lap of the German Grand Prix and suffers serious burns that nearly kill him. Six weeks...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
In a Millennium when Ferrari seems all-conquering in F1, it’s hard to remember the bad old days of the late...
Monza, Italy May 7–9, 2004 Peter Brunn’s Porsche 908/3 leads Jankowski’s Ligier JS3 and the Porsche 917K of Juan Barazi into the Ascari Chicane on the opening lap. Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
Road Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia April 29–May 2, 2004 The 1984 Mercury Capri of Jeff Borghesi. Photo: Hal Crocker Become a...
Daytona Beach, Florida April 23–24, 2004 The 1956 Porsche 550 Spyder of John Romano is about to be lapped by eventual Gmund Cup winner Wayne Jackson in his 1971 Porsche 914-6 2.2. Photo: Fred Sickler Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
August 2004 Champions Forever—The Formula One Drivers This 2002 DVD was originally titled the more lurid “Quick and the Dead”...
As one of the most recognized names in motorsport, the blood red cars of Ferrari are perhaps one of the...
Australian motorsport enthusiasts were saddened to hear of the death of 1949 Australian Grand Prix winner John Crouch on May 30 at the age of 84. Passionate about cars, John counted the days until his 17th birthday, when he obtained his driver’s license and went straight out and bought a...
This September the 50th Anniversary of the “Collier Brothers Memorial Trophy” MG race at Watkins Glen will be celebrated. Two...
“Just happy to have arrived” was a comment heard several times at the end of the 2004 Tour Auto in France. The remark echoes a concern expressed by several participants in recent classic road events after a spate of serious accidents. 2500 kilometers of driving across France from the Paris...
Douglas James “Doug” Shierson, who owned the Indy car that Arie Luyendyk drove to victory in the 1990 Indianapolis 500,...
The largest gathering of Porsche racecars—more than 550 from around the world—descended on Daytona International Speedway on April 23–25 for...
On August 13, Bonhams and Butterfields will offer two very rare Italian single-seaters for sale at their Quail Lodge auction. The first is a 1953 Ferrari 500/625 (Chassis No 0210F), which was raced by Guido Mancini, Alejandro de Tomaso and Giorgio Scarlatti as part of the Scuderia Centro Sud. The...
The third round of the FIA World Championship for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars was held at England’s undulating Donington Park...
The Qvale Sebring MGBs By 1959, the MG Car Company was looking to update the somewhat dated and underpowered MGA...
It’s the stuff of Hollywood. Likeable, luckless Jimmy Stewart type, after a series of DNFs and an horrific accident that very nearly cost him his life, is about to go out and win his first race, only to discover his car is missing! With his racecar missing, Gurney confronts his...
