The 5th annual Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix held in 1956 achieved international prominence when, for the first time, four...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
A class of significant Porsche 935s will be featured at the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on March 7, 2021. Porsche’s landmark 935 made its debut 45 years ago in a world that was reeling from the Oil Embargo. The auto industry and motorsport were especially hard hit. The...
The annual Royal Automobile Club “Art of Motoring” exhibition traditionally talks place at the Pall Mall Clubhouse as part of...
Britain’s original Formula 1 team, British Racing Motors (BRM), is celebrating its 70th anniversary with the construction of three ‘new’...
The Shelby American Team car driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Johnson, at the 1964 12 Hours of Sebring. With about an hour left in the race, Bob Johnson smashed the number 11 Cobra into a limping Alfa Romeo TZ near the entry to the pits. The Cobra flipped end-over-end,...
The annual pilgrimage of motoring enthusiasts to Monterey will return August 12-15, 2021, for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Owners...
Many successful Bugatti racing drivers of the “golden era” were former pilots and perhaps not surprisingly many famous pilots were...
The father and son team of Andrea and Roberto Vesco (number 46), are the winners of the 1000 Miglia 2020: after more than 1700 km through half of Italy. The duo beat an impressive field and won the competition at the wheel of a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato...
Photo Gallery from the Oct 22–25, 2020, running of the Mille Miglia, in Brescia, Italy....
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced a 17-race schedule for 2021. The 2021 schedule boasts 17 SpeedTour race weekends,...
When you troll the paddock at a vintage race meet as often as I have, it takes a special car to catch your eye. While my heart still goes pitta-pat for Alfas, Moggies, 356s, and just about every Lotus and Jaguar, when a bright orange sports racer I have never...
Dewey “Rajo Jack” Gatson Nanni Galli Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jacky Ickx 1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in...
Vanwall Group, the successor to the legendary British Vanwall motor racing team of the 1950s, has announced the renaissance of...
The D.B.-Panhard LM of Howard Hanna and Frank Manley is prepared in the pits before the start. The unlucky duo was however the second car to retire with valve failure. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970...
The Targa Florio Classica 2020 begins this week and runs from Thursday October 15 to Sunday October 18. The brainchild of industrialist...
In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of...
Scottish race legend, motorsport commentator and three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Dario Franchitti, has teamed up with Gordon Murray Automotive to play an important role in the development of the T.50 supercar. In this newly created position, Dario will play a key role in the development work for the...
Artist Fernando Hoyos visually examines the design evolution and family lineage of the famed Ford GT40 in this illustration, starting...
Niki Lauda: His Competition History By Jon Saltinstall Niki Lauda’s Racing career will forever be remembered for his horrifying crash,...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the August 15–16, 2020, Thruxton Historic, Thruxton, UK. It was lovely to see the old...
George Herbert Skinner (also known as Bert) and Thomas Carlyle Skinner (also known as Carl) created the Skinners Union (SU)...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
Once again the Fountain Gardens at Hampton Court Palace played host to 50 of the world’s rarest cars for the...
A sensational Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Spider by Zagato that was raced by Scuderia Ferrari during the 1930s has...
Members of Hagerty Classic Insurance’s Driver’s Club were recently asked what car was the most luxurious ever. The answers ranged from Studebakers to Rolls-Royces. No one suggested either Hispano-Suiza or Isotta Fraschini, the world’s truly most luxurious marques. Of those two, Isotta Fraschini is my pick. Gianni Rogliatti wrote an...
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Motor Racing Legends has announced a one-day meeting to be held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday...
The Goodwood Motor Circuit will forever be associated with Sir Stirling Moss, and Goodwood’s one-time only event next month – SpeedWeek presented by Mastercard – will mark the passing of one of Britain’s greatest drivers with a race named in his honor. The Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy will be presented...
