By now, you’ve presumably seen at least some of our extensive coverage of this year’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI, from...
October 2018 Dan Gurney Wilbur Shaw Nino Farina Paul Radisich 1 – F1 & sports car racer Willy Mairesse is...
Duncan was initially entranced by record keeping and statistics in racing events. This interest morphed into a desire to race and so he has for 22 years. However, with a keen eye for the history of the sport, his desire to race eventually juxtaposed into a desire to keep alive...
Photo Gallery from the VHRR’s Aug. 4–6, 2018, Winton Festival of Speed in Benalla, Australia....
Prince Bira in his E.R.A. pursues Hans Ruesch’s Alfa Romeo 8C35 up the hill to South Tower corner. Ruesch won...
Car guys all have a little Walter Mitty in them. We dream about racing, restoring a rare car, driving our toys on long trips – often without ever consummating the dream. Ross S. Robbins is one of those rare people who actually acts on his dreams and takes his cars...
Fitting an engine many times the size of the original is never a sure fire recipe for racing success. Mark...
Introduced at the 1963 Paris Auto Show as the replacement for the front-engined 250 GTO, the 250 LM was a...
As Rolf Stommelen climbed behind the wheel of the front-running Andial/Meister Porsche 935K3 after co-driver Derek Bell had pitted to refuel and take on four new tires, rising American star Bobby Rahal found himself leading Mid-Ohio’s $50,000-to-win “all-comers” Lumbermens 500 in the Group 6 Red Roof Inns Ralt RT-2 he...
Fathers and their sons who have each won the Formula 1 World Championship are few and far between. There are...
Lotus is asking for help help in tracking down the long-lost Lotus Mark I, the first car built by company...
Howden Ganley Do you like your racing cars to be aesthetically pleasing? Most people do, me included. So how do we finish up with so many ugly cars? Probably a variety of reasons, starting with the fact that not all stylists have the requisite eye for line, that the regulations...
The new Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 have been unveiled upon the occasion of the company’s Capital Market’s Day at...
RM Sotheby’s has announced another headlining car for its Porsche 70th Anniversary auction, set for October 27 at the Porsche...
September 2018 Heinz Melkus Tom Walkinshaw Jackie Ickx Francois Cevert 1– Mario Andretti wins three midget feature races at two tracks in one day (1963). 2– Massimo Leto di Priolo drives an Alfa Romeo SV Zagato to victory in the Coppa Intereuropa race at Monza, near Milan, Italy (1956). Become...
Last Friday I was mindlessly killing some time on Facebook, when I happened to stumble across the livestream of Goodwood’s...
Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM, during the Donington Grand Prix, on October...
A number of years ago the 500-cc Club of America instituted a very special perpetual award of recognition aimed at celebrating people who had made a personal contribution to 500-cc formula car racing in America. Sadly, this unique trophy has gone missing… The award was named for and dedicated to...
The Golden Days of Thompson Speedway and Raceway 1945-1977 By Terry O’Neil Occasionally a spark of inspiration can become the...
Louis Wagner [dropcap]S[/dropcap]eeing the Darracq 120 racer that Louis Wagner (also a pioneer aviator) drove to victory in the 1906 Vanderbilt...
F5000 stalwarts Kevin Bartlett, Howden Ganley and Ken Smith used a visit to a very special workshop in Salinas, California, during the Monterey Motorsport Reunion, to help officially launch the 16th annual SAS Autoparts MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. This season’s series again kicks off with a round...
The number 17 E-Type as driven by privateer Peter Sargent and Peter Lumsden at the 1964 24 Hours of Le...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
An image of Reid Railton with his parents depicted the engineer at the time of his decision, supported by Henry Spurrier III, to design and produce an automobile of his own conception. [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the midst of Britain’s post-war turmoil engineer Reid Railton was freshly out of a job at the...
Howden Ganley As the calendar year moves into its second half, we come to what motor racing calls its “Silly...
RM Sotheby’s made auction history when a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis no. 3413 GT, long considered to be the...
One of just four Scuderia Ferrari works cars built to contest the World Sports Car Championship in 1963, the 275 P, chassis no. 0816, saw incredible success for the factory team in period. The car was entered in just two works outings for 1964, taking overall victory at both the...
August 2018 Danny Sullivan “Big Daddy” Don Garlits W.O. Bentley Frank Nichols 1 – “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 11, 1964. Jim Clark in his Lotus 25. He started from pole and...
The history of the racing engine—and perhaps to a lesser extent the road going engine as well—has been driven by advancements in induction and valve train technology. Once the 4-stroke Otto cycle form of internal combustion engine became the standard, some of the greatest leaps in performance and efficiency came...
