Lance Reventlow was the son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. As most aficionados know, he was active in motorsport during...
The 1965 Le Mans ended with all six Ford GT40s retiring while 1966 brought the famous three-car finish where Ford achieved its aim of domination over Ferrari with its Mark IIs. There were 12 GT40s entered for 1967. The yellow Mark IV of Bruce McLaren/Mark Donohue, wearing Number 2, finished...
The French Grand Prix, Rouen-les Essarts, July 8, 1962. An excellent close-up shot of Dan Gurney rounding Noveau Monde hairpin with...
Ferdinand Porsche Cale Yarborough 1 Stefan Bellof dies from inuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5.0-liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
Pete Lyons Occasionally here you may notice me express disdain for the twisted state modern Formula One has gotten itself...
Danville, W. VA June 10-12, 2005 Tony Wang at the wheel of his 1964 Ferrari LMB. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become...
Watkins Glen, NY June 16–19, 2005 The 1984 Porsche 956 of Archie Urciuoli is followed by the 1985 Porsche 962 of Bill Hawe. Photo: Walt Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA June 4–5, 2005 Jim Castle, Jr. at the wheel of his spacecraft-like 1980 Porsche 935 K3....
Elkhart Lake, WI May 14–15, 2005 Bill Peter’s 1967 Ford GT 40 MkIV flies through Turn 6. Photo: Fred Sickler...
Chichester, England June 24-26, 2005 Mick Darcy worked his Austin Healey 3000 hard on the Forest Rally Stage. Photo: Peter Collins 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...
September 2005 The Amazing Summer of ’55 By Eoin Young There is no logic why 1955 was destined to ring...
There is obsession…and then there is obsession! How about a Web site that is attempting to provide photos of every...
From June 3–5, Michelin and the the Automobile Club of Auvergne hosted an elaborate celebration and track festivities to honor the 100th anniversary of the final Gordon Bennett Cup race held in the Auvergne region of France in 1905. The Gordon Bennett Cup was a series of annual motor races...
In one of those aberrations of good taste not uncommon in Italy, a local authority has installed a permanent speed...
On September 3-4, the VSCC will host its second annual See Red event at Donington Park racecourse. Billed as the...
Motor Racing Legends has announced a new race for pre-war sports cars, to be held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit on Saturday, September 10, 2005, in support of the Britcar 24 Hour Race. This brand new event will take place immediately prior to the start of the 24...
The grounds of Goodwood House in Sussex once again shook to the sound of racing engines as “The Party of...
On July 3rd, the newly formed ACG (Les Amis du Circuit de Gueux) held their first official event honoring the...
The Healey Museum™, commemorating the life of Donald M. Healey and the production of his automobiles, was recently announced at VIRginia International Raceway. The 20,000-sq.ft. museum will showcase significant and unique automobiles, trophies and memorabilia. In addition to specific milestone cars, the Bill Wood Collection of Healey production documentation obtained...
Fifties road racing legend Bill Murphy passed away on July 17; he was 93. Though born in Sitka, Alaska on...
The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) has announced that from September 23–25, 2005 it will be returning to Laguna Seca...
February 11, 1962, brings back a very striking memory. I had been married for only eight days, yet for some reason I was sitting in front of a black and white television watching the Daytona 3-Hour Sports Car Race. Perhaps other things should be clearer in my memory, but there...
Homebuilt or custom-made racecars were not new to America’s racetracks as they had been appearing for decades on dirt ovals,...
While I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to say this again—I really enjoyed watching this year’s running of the Indianapolis 500. Though I want to come back to this in a future column—as I thought this was one of the best Indy 500s in recent memory—there was one...
Harry Heuer, whose father was the CEO of the Peter Hand Brewing Company, decided in the late ’50s to go...
Joe Huffaker and Huffaker Engineering are, today, names synonymous with excellence in racecar preparation, construction and engineering. The Huffaker name is found throughout the history of automobile racing in the United States. In 1953, race driver Mick Marston teamed with Joe Huffaker to build a sports racing car. Using a...
