Hurley Haywood has been named Grand Marshal of the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on...
All sports have heroes. But there are some individuals who transcend their sport: Muhammad Ali, Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Michael...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as steppingstones to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheel racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2 was...
The story of the Cooper Car Company is well known where father and son team Charles and John Cooper in...
Built and raced by Hot Rodding pioneer Bill Burke of San Gabriel, California, the Harley-Davidson-powered Bonneville Streamliner Super Shaker made...
Vern Schuppan The motor racing career of Australian Vern Schuppan has been written up extensively over the years. Born in South Australia, Vern was smitten with motor racing early in his life, initially with karts before setting off to the UK, in 1969, with his wife Jennifer to become a...
The Portuguese Grand Prix at Monsanto, August 23, 1959. Stirling Moss, in the Cooper, on his way to another victory....
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
February 2019 Ralph de Palma Enzo Ferrari Alan Jones Jim Crawford 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Lowenbrau Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1987). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Italian aftermarket tuning wizard Carlo Abarth turned his attention to the diminutive Fiat 600 sedan, in the 1960s and progressively...
Photo Gallery form the Jan. 26–27, 2019, Daytona 24 Heritage Exhibition Laps. 1984 March 84G Porsche #84G-3 sits in front...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
My association with Team Lotus covered the period from October 1975 until May 1984. After the second season, and particularly...
The 60th anniversary of the extraordinary Mini Minor will be celebrated with two record-breaking races at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (July...
What’s the single most important component, for maximal performance, on a racecar? The engine? Suspension? In the grand scheme of things it’s probably the checkbook(!), but that’s really outside of the car. As odd as it may seem, I’ve come to the conclusion that the racing seat probably contributes more...
Photo Gallery form the Dec. 1–2, 2018, HSRCA Tasman Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park. [button link=”https://dev.sportscardigest.com//hsrca-tasman-festival/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click here...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced its racing schedule for 2019. The Association will host four official races for...
This man was a motor racing whirlwind, journalist, author of seven motor sport books, vintage car fan, ran driving courses for the British police and was the founder, president or vice-president of some of the UK’s most prominent motoring and racing organizations. And he kept up that pace until he...
Subscriber Photo Gallery form the Dec. 1–2, 2018, HSRCA Tasman Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park. Paul Savoy’s Cooper T39 Bobtail....
Rear-mounted, air-cooled cars are a common site at racetracks, persistently challenging their conventional, front-engine, water-cooled competition often with great success....
The one-of-a-kind 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500 “Super Snake” smashed the existing record for a Mustang, at Mecum’s 2019 Kissimmee auction, when it sold for a staggering $2.2 million. The previous record for the most expensive Mustang was set by the same car, when it was sold by Mecum in...
Well respected historian and author Michael T. Lynch passed away on January 11th. Perhaps best known for his award-winning book,...
This past summer Dennis Gray had the opportunity to interview his longtime friend Giddings. Sadly, this would prove to be...
One of the most widely recognized vintage racers in the sport, Peter Giddings, passed away earlier this week at his home in Northern California, at the age of 79. In a vintage racing career that began over four decades ago, Peter owned and/or drove many of the greatest cars ever...
In 1964, Nissan Motor Company introduced a two-door sports coupe named the Silivia 1600 Sports Coupe. One year later, at...
The International Hillclimb course, Klosters-Davos in Switzerland, on August 27, 1961. This BMW 700 was being driven by Mark Aron...
On the 110th anniversary of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the 24th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will celebrate the brilliant and radical ideas and the ground breaking cars that helped revolutionize America’s great race. From its earliest days the “500” was the cradle of innovation and the nursery of famous,...
Gentleman Heroes – YU 3250 The first Blower Bentley and the men who made it happen By Giles Chapman &...
January 2019 Dan Gurney AJ Foyt David Donohue Bernd Rosemyer 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). Become...
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