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In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of...
Driving legends Janet Guthrie and Dale Earnhardt will comprise the 2020 inductee class of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. The two drivers – who pushed forward the envelope in motorsports in very contrasting ways – will be honored at the 2020 IMS Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and...
Watkins Glen International has announced that Hurley Haywood has been named Grand Marshal of the 2019 Hilliard U.S. Vintage Grand...
Famed racer, team owner and international businessman Roger Penske is the honoree of the Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance...
Brian RedmanPhoto: Hal Crocker I usually start off an interview by asking, “Who are you?” And how did you become interested in automobiles? Brian Redman: Well, I was born in Lancashire. As a boy, I became interested in automobiles, my grandfather owned a BMW 328 and went on to own...
Hurley Haywood has been named Grand Marshal of the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on...
Ron Grable, SCCA FA/F5000 and A Sedan National Champion passed away, on Oct 31, at age 85. Born in 1933,...
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...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on...
Our Pepsi Challenger Eagle from 1981 was sort of unique. It didn’t owe anything to Europe, it was developed right...
An Alfa Romeo car mechanic who rose to become one of the greatest endurance drivers of his generation, the man responsible for establishing Ferrari in the United States and patron of his own highly successful motor racing team. Almost too much to be rolled into one man, but that, in...
Longtime sportscar entrant and driver Bruce Leven has died at the age of 79. Leven founded Bayside Disposal, the Seattle-based...
John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of...
1964 World Champion Our Ed McDonough had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how Surtees had his first test in a Formula One car in a Vanwall, and later became the only person ever to race Vanwall’s short-lived rear-engine car in 1961. As part...
Two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner Preston Henn (above, right, Hal Crocker photo) has passed away at the age of...
Kirk F. White took a circuitous route to his successful classic car business in Philadelphia, entering the workforce earlier than...
I remember talking to John Surtees a couple of years ago, and our conversation revolved around his many successes. With seven motorcycle World Championships, the 1964 F1 World Championship and the inaugural Can-Am Championship in 1966, to name but three, John wasn’t short of silverware. He did, however, cut me...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will honor “The King,” Richard Petty (above, left, Hal Crocker photo), with the museum’s Robert E....
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his racing career covered everything from Volvo sedans to Indycars and Ferrari sports racers. In remembrance of Tony’s recent passing and this issue’s Ferrari theme, we pay tribute by sharing some...
Legendary automotive journalist Brock Yates, creator of the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash among other things,...
In this concluding installment of our interview with Trans-Am record-breaker Tom Kendall, we pick up the narrative just after he’s...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time in a test session at Snetterton, England, by Martin Brundle (1985). 3 Michael Kranefuss, NASCAR team owner and one-time head of racing at Ford, born (1938). Become a Member &...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at...
Famed Hollywood customizer George Barris has passed away at the age of 89. Before World War II, George and his brother Sam began building their own custom cars and formed the Kustoms Car Club, in Southern California. After the war, the duo resumed building customs and Hot Rods, which resulted...
Nelson Piquet Charles Stewart RollsPhoto: Rolls Royce 3 Dario Resta is killed and his riding mechanic, Bill Perkins, is injured...
Photo: Hal Crocker Always a pioneer, Denise McCluggage blazed trails for women in motorsports, both on and off the track,...
On October 29, 2014 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the Museum’s Board of Directors and Board President Patricia Mooradian will honor Dan Gurney with the Edison/Ford Medal in recognition of his “ingenuity and innovative achievements in racing and beyond.” Gurney is, of course, a genuine American racing...