Recently the collector car world has shifted. Although interest remains for established sectors, a new generation of enthusiasts has arrived...
During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and...
Photo: Pete Austin Where do we start with the story of the March 761? In true Sound of Music fashion—at the very beginning. In the late 1960s, a band of four guys, Max Mosley (a barrister), Alan Rees (a former racing driver), Grahame Coaker (engineer and racing driver) and lastly,...
The Quail Porsche Racecar Classic has been scheduled for Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley,...
Steve Soper has twice been reunited with his greatest racecar. the BMW V12 LMR, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.Photo: Pete...
The Targa Florio; Sicily, April 30, 1961. Olivier Gendebien goes airbone over a rise in the Ferrari Dino 246SP with which he and co-driver Wolfgang von Trips won this very difficult race. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The Porsche Carrera GT is unquestionably one of the defining supercars of its era. Equipped with a glorious-sounding V10 and...
Ever wonder what it must’ve been like way back when during those early shade-tree mechanic days when racers would vanish...
The 1955 24-hour race at Le Mans was set to be an epic contest. Mercedes-Benz had entered the brilliant new W196 single seater-based sports car, the 300 SLR. Stirling Moss had driven the 300 SLR to victory two months previously in the Mille Miglia. For this race he was to...
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Prototype I have to confess that we sometimes get very carried away by some of the...
Built to comply with the 2,500cc class regulations, the Lancia Delta S4 Stradale prioritized a lightweight, all-wheel-drive platform, competing against...
The 19th Annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance drew an entry of 275 cars and a crowd of more than 20,000 to Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on the Connecticut city’s waterfront, May 31-June 1. The event, benefiting AmeriCares, is split into two days, with domestic cars featured on the Saturday and Sunday’s...
This 1970 Targa Florio-winning Porsche 908/03 was piloted by Brian Redman and Jo Siffert, used by the John Wyer-led Porsche...
The first few years of the 1950s saw sports car events evolve from chummy club gatherings for “gentlemen racers” into...
Trevor Wilkinson started his engineering business, in 1946, in Beverly Grove, Blackpool. It was named Trevcar Motors and the business was general engineering, work was not always automotive-related. A year later, Trevor was joined by auto enthusiast Jack Pickard. The company was then renamed TVR Engineering and carried on much...
March 2008 The Nürburgring 1000 km Race, June 1, 1958. Gino Munaron in the Karussell with the Ferrari 250TR/58, which...
Following their conquest of Mexico’s Pan-American Road Race in November of 1952, Mercedes-Benz factory drivers Karl Kling and Hermann Lang...
These are not happy times for Aston Martin. The British luxury carmaker is fighting ferociously for its survival in a highly competitive space. However, the blows just keep coming. The latest big whack was in the form of hugely disappointing Q3 2022 Financial results. In November 2022, the company reported...
The year 1988 beckoned for the presence of an automotive marvel, the Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole (QV), a cherished relic...
There’s always been something magical about the H-Modified cars of the ’50s and early ’60s. These 750-cc (and later 850-cc)...
Catch the moment when Peter Dumbreck’s No. 5 Mercedes-Benz CLR somersaulted into the woods while traveling at very high speeds! And in case you’re wondering, Peter Dumbreck escaped uninjured after the horrific crash....
In the March 2009 VRJ I wrote about Don Blenderman’s Kurtis obsession and his wonderful Sutton-bodied 500KK. What I failed...
This year’s Liège-Brescia-Liège Rally for Triumph TRs in July was a great success, with 26 TRs from 1953 to 1976...
During the recent Goodwood Revival event, Sir Jackie Stewart had the opportunity to be reunited with his championship-winning Tyrrell 006/2. Witness the racing legend in action as he takes an onboard lap in wet conditions, without holding back!...
Known for their competitive spirit and constant experimentation with new ideas, Alfa Romeo embarked on their quest to build a...
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The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari at the museum last November with a tribute to America’s first F1 titlist during which various contemporaries shared memories of and stories about him. The evening was highlighted by a...
The Jaguar XK120 was the fastest production car in the world when it was first released in 1949, with a...
October 2010 2010 Lotus Evora Let’s face it, historically to be a Lotus road car owner you needed to suffer...
The terms Porsche and racing have now become virtually synonymous. In no small part, this is due to the German manufacturer’s stunning 19 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans—more than any other manufacturer. However, the keen enthusiast will know that it took Porsche almost 20 years to...