Alfa Romeo will be the featured marque for a weekend of vintage racing on April 9-11, 2010 at Infineon Raceway,...
Alfa Romeo enthusiasts around the world will mark the marque’s 100th anniversary on June 24, 2010, with celebrations from Italy...
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that motor sport has never really been egalitarian. Contrary to popular belief, racing runs not on gasoline, but on money. From its humble beginnings at the turn of the 20 century, the combined...
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
Like a large number of enthusiasts in the historic racing community, I was at first startled and then fascinated by...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting good racing drivers. “If they’re quick, they’re good,” he growled. So was that all there was to it? Lap times? Whatever it was, he ended up employing the likes of...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early...
I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the Sunbeam Alpine. Its styling promised more than it could deliver. With a wheelbase of 97.5 inches and an overall length of 168 inches, it weighed in at almost 3,000 pounds....
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many...
The Aston Martin DB5 was made famous in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and from then on it has...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1964. Peter Arundell in the second works Lotus leads Richie Ginther’s B.R.M. around Station Hairpin during practice. In the race Ginther finished 2nd and Arundell 3rd. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
When asked by my good friend Rick Roso to write a piece on how “to do” one of my favorite...
The Ferrari 195 Inter was introduced in 1950 as a roadgoing machine to replace the 166. According to Stanley Nowak...
February 2010 Second Coming Photo: Brian Green Dear Editor, In your First Turn column of December 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 to...
Bobby Unser François Cevert 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage and regaled us with stories of his Trans-Am days. Pete Lyons The Trans-Am: It started way back in the mid-‘60s, which means these guys must be, gosh, mumble-mumble years old...
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA October 31–November 1, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Phoenix Internatoinal Raceway, Phoenix, AZ October 24–25, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Autodromo Internacionale do Algarve, Portimao, Portugal October 17–18, 2009 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 to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts...
Roads of Sicily, Italy October 9–10, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL October 9–11, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Northamptonshire Countryside, UK September 7–9, 2009 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 to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
Billing itself as “the largest selection of vintage racing photos on the Internet,” Dale LaFollette’s Vintage Motorphoto is a resource...
Under cloudy skies, fortuitously slotted between rain showers, the second Lobethal Grand Carnival opened the historic 8.7-mile Adelaide Hills road racing circuit to a dazzling parade of vintage racing cars and motorcycles. Marking the 70th anniversary of the last and fastest Australian Grand Prix before World War II, 1939 winner...
RM Auctions concluded its 2009 season on a high note in London, posting £10.9 million in total sales with a...
Another of racing’s good guys left us on December 7, when Bill Scott lost his battle with cancer. The man...
Duncan Rabagliati, chairman of the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association, has announced the inclusion of Formula Junior in the three events announced by Historic Motorsports Productions for 2010. He views this inclusion as “a real catalyst to keep Formula Junior in the United States as the major historic single-seater formula...
