The 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will host a special gathering of Alfa Romeo 8C automobiles–predicted to be the largest...
Not sure why, but I seem to be having a number of automotive epiphanies lately, as a result of driving...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987). 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim (1970). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
A supercharged Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35 will headline the 2013 Bonhams Goodwood Revival Auction, scheduled for Saturday 14th September...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, (1973). 2 Pierre Veyron wins the voiturette race at Albi, France, driving a Bugatti Type 51A (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
Founder Kevin Kay was working in the foreign car parts business some 30 years ago, when he purchased his first...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). Become a Member...
1925 Bugatti Type 39. Photo: Mike Jiggle There is something very special about a Bugatti, and this example is very special...
Photo: Peter Collins Cruise through Como on Saturday; line up for the Parma Poggio hillclimb on Sunday. Alfa Romeo: great...
Philanthropist Peter Mullin is founder of the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California, as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Petersen Automotive Museum. VR: Tell me how you first became enamored with cars. Like so many of us, I would imagine you were bit by the bug...
Over the last 27 years, the Italian Car Day at the Brooklands Museum (May 4, 2013) has grown to become...
Quite simply, cars raced by Dick Seaman are few and far between. The British driver was active in our sport for only a handful of years, and for three of those he was employed as a factory driver for Mercedes-Benz. This alone makes it extremely difficult to “get your hands”...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began...
Photo: Art Evans Gildred & Friend Dear Casey, I very much enjoyed the article about Ted Gildred. I learned some...
Palm Beach International Raceway, West Palm Beach, FL January 24–25, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you...
Toyota’s first car, the AA, was a close copy of the DeSoto Airflow with essentially a 1933 Chevrolet engine. Photo: Toyota...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the prospects of another Scottsdale auction week, it may have slipped under your radar when it was announced that the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, Michigan, had closed. I would have missed it as well, were it not...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The 80th anniversary of the first car race at Donington Park in 1933 is to be celebrated with exclusive races...
While boasting more than 40 entrants, the 1953 Australian Grand Prix looked to be a three-man race: Whiteford, Jones and Davison. The smart money, however, was on Stan Jones, in the 4.3-liter Maybach, as he had convincingly defeated the Talbot-Lago of Doug Whiteford just six weeks before. Lex Davison certainly...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
So what do you do if you’re a leading pulmonologist, at a National Cancer Research hospital, and you can’t find a decent head gasket for your vintage racecar? Well, you make your own. As surprising as that may sound, that was exactly the situation that Dr. Mordy Dunst found himself...
Situated on the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, the sleepy market town streets of Bourne came alive to the sound...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had tried to get to Buckingham Palace on time for his own investiture, but he turned up half an hour late. He had been delayed by a slow goods train huffing...
