Due to the recent passing of founding member Jean Argetsinger, the International Motor Racing Research Center has rescheduled the remembrance...
Joel E. Finn, author, racer and computer industry pioneer, died January 28 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was 78. The...
As the organizers of the Atlanta Concours d’Elegance gear up for its second edition on the weekend of September 30-October 1, they have adopted a broader format to encourage a larger range of entries. The Concours’ continuing partnership with Panoz Motor Sports will keep the event on the grounds of...
The Mullin Automotive Museum will present a unique retrospective on one of France’s greatest automakers, featuring work from its origin...
Southern California’s Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo debuted a new exhibit, “A Woman’s Touch,” on January 27, it focus...
Northern California’s Classic and Sports Racing Group has released its 2017 event schedule, listing four major events at Sonoma Raceway and Thunderhill Park. The CSRG Season kicks off with the annual David Love Memorial Races at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend of March 31-April 2, where the club will hold...
The “Eagles Have Landed” exhibit honoring Dan Gurney at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum opened last Friday night with a reception...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) announced its 2017 class of inductees last week at Daytona International Speedway,...
Chip Ganassi, who fields 14 cars for 18 drivers in six major series worldwide, was named the 2017 recipient of the Road Racing Drivers Club’s Phil Hill Award for outstanding service to road racing. The award, which recognizes the racing accomplishments of Phil Hill, America’s first Formula One World Champion,...
The 10,000 Lakes Concours d’Elegance moves into its fifth year by returning to The Excelsior Commons in Excelsior, Minnesota, on...
Mario Andretti, winner of the Daytona 500 in 1967, the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 and the Formula One World Championship...
The story of a small British car manufacturer that first enjoyed success with a three-wheeled delivery vehicle in 1907 that stretched on to the fire-breathing, record-breaking Shelby Daytona Coupe (above) in 1964 will be told this spring at Philadelphia’s Simeone Automotive Foundation Museum. The museum is proud to welcome the...
The fate of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca seems to have been at least temporarily settled, as the Monterey County (California)...
Like many motor racing fans, my original dream of becoming a World Champion racing driver started when I was a...
In this age of hi-tech carbon fiber car and aircraft construction, wood may now seem an odd material to use,...
This painting had been festering in Ian Guy’s mind for some time before he was finally able to capture it on...
How many vintage racing machines can you name that were originally powered by an ear-piercing DKW power plant? Not such an easy question, but I’m able to recall a few. In the Formula Junior class, there was Erick Sobriery’s 1959 FJ and Lyle Powell’s 1960 FJ, both well-constructed one-offs with...
Franco Cortese John Fitch Photo: Mercedes 1 Guy Frequelin becomes competition chief of Citroën (1989). 2 Seven drivers (Rob Dyson,...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Jr., however with that category’s demise at the end of ’63, F2 was reformed...
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February 2017 Bruce McLaren – From the Cockpit By Bruce McLaren Although in very recent years the domination of the McLaren F1 Racing Team has faded in the wake of the dominant Red Bull and Mercedes outfits, there is a certain reverence to the name and the team. Over time,...
Three dozen cars sold for more than $1 million during last week’s annual Scottsdale auction extravaganza, led by a 1963...
The matriarch of early American road racing, and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center, Jean Argetsinger, died last week of natural causes at her home in Burdett, New York. She was 97. Together with her husband and partner Cameron, who predeceased her in 2008,...
Casey Annis, publisher/editor of Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar, will be speaking this Sunday at the inaugural Classic Auto Show in the...
Following last year’s relocation from its original location in Novi, Michigan, to the grounds of Daytona International Speedway in Florida,...
On the weekend of February 17-18, Mecum Auctions will join the long and historic list of car-related events to be held at Los Angeles County’s Fairplex in Pomona, with an estimated 600 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more set to cross the auction block. The...
