A selection of American muscle cars will highlight of this year’s 10-day Mecum Kissimmee Auction, scheduled to commence on January...
The fourth annual Arizona Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for January 15, 2017, on the grounds of the Arizona Biltmore, will host...
The Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC) has announced that the 30th running of its annual marquee race weekend, the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) presented by Key West Ford, will take place on August 19 and 20, 2017, at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course in Mission,...
On March 12, 2017 a full class of famous Movie Cars will trigger fresh nostalgia at The Amelia Island Concours...
The Peninsula Signature Events has announced the date of its 15th Annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering (The Quail) as...
In response to liberal NASCAR rules of the late 1960s, Chrysler Corporation built a run of aerodynamically styled Plymouth Road Runners and Dodge Chargers with swoopy noses and tall tail wings, naming them, respectively, Superbirds and Daytona Chargers. Now 10 of these cars, nine Superbirds (above, photo courtesy of Mecum...
RM Sotheby’s 19th annual Amelia Island sale next March will expand to two days, holding a dedicated sale on Friday,...
Thomas and Sharon Malloy were honored as “Citizens of the Year” during Chapman University’s 35th annual gala event at the...
Travis Engen emerged as the big winner of Historic Sportscar Racing’s double feature Sebring Historics and Sebring Classic 12 offerings on December’s opening weekend with a total of six race wins over the legendary 3.74-mile Sebring airfield circuit. He began by taking Historics WeatherTech Sprint race victories in the Group...
Former Super Vee champion Herm Johnson has passed away at the age of 63. After winning the SCCA National Championship...
Mecum Auctions will be featuring more than 3,000 vehicles at its January 6-15 sale in Kissimmee, Florida, including a 72-car...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has opened a new display, Indiana Automobiles: Precision Over Production, a celebration of legendary Hoosier-built automobiles with names such as Stutz, Duesenberg, Studebaker and Marmon. More than 35 historic, Indiana-built passenger cars are part of the exhibit, some of which will be making their first...
Legends: Pioneer Women in Racing is one of three panel discussions that will take place Saturday, January 14, in The...
A one-of-a-kind LaFerrari, offered from Ferrari’s own collection, inspired a staggering $7,000,000 winning bid at a special RM Sotheby’s charity...
A 1962 Shelby Cobra, serial number CSX2032 (above, photo courtesy of Mecum Auctions), that was once owned by Lance Reventlow of Scarab fame, highlights an impressive selection of significant early muscle cars and vintage drag cars that will be on offer when Mecum Auctions hosts its biggest sale of the...
Kas Kastner enjoyed a long and distinguished career in American motorsports, to the point that each year a group of...
Historic Sportscar Racing has announced an addition to its 2017 calendar as well as a date change. The first move...
After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own… A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [“5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.’s lack of a major classic car show, such as France’s Retromobile or the UK’s...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
Last month, in this space, I spoke about our newest contributor Howden Ganley, whose incredible motorsport career saw him go from an entry level mechanic to Formula One driver and subsequently a team owner and constructor. Of course, I was mortified to learn—after we’d gone to press—that in my zeal...
Saying someone is/was the world’s greatest racing driver is a mug’s game. So many circumstances —not least of all technology—change...
Having a father interested in motorsport, and him taking me to watch Tazio Nuvolari race at the 1938 Donington Grand...
Forty years ago a small racing car manufacturer came into being. That was 1976, for those who prefer to have their arithmetic done for them. It was founded, almost by chance, by two ex-Formula One drivers, Tim Schenken and Howden Ganley (me). We were both coming to a point where...
Using his pioneering style of “photo realism,” Dutch-born artist Arthur Benjamins created this commemorative print of Tony Adamowicz and the...
Here we are at the Motor 6 Hour Saloon Car Race at Brands Hatch on July 6, 1963. This Ford Cortina...
Would you consider equipping your sports car with an aftermarket supercharger then drive it across country from New York to race at Sebring? That’s precisely what John Bentley and Paul O’Shea did with Bentley’s 1950 Simca 8 Sport Cabriolet (#888673). The year was 1950 and the first-ever race at Sebring...
Vaso Bill Vukovich Sr. John Cobb 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements, otherwise there was no...
