The third-annual Arizona Concours d’Elegance at the historic Arizona Biltmore Resort has been scheduled Sunday, January 24, 2016, and will...
Photo: Ian Welsh When you look at any listing of Lotus competition cars built from the first Lotus VI of...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher The famed Ford GT40 appears to be one of the most talked about and sought-after cars in the automotive world these days, yet ironically, probably not the “GT40” that you might be thinking of. Undoubtedly, the GT40 that you would conjure in your mind is the GT40,...
The 1936 Bugatti Type 57G was also known as “The Tank” and it won Le Mans in 1939, just weeks...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation...
Photo: BRDC Archive My greatest racecar is not a car I actually drove, but it represents a missed opportunity I had to get into Grand Prix racing in the 1960s. The Cooper Car Company, so famous in Formula One in the late 1950s and early 1960s for changing the shape...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Elsewhere in this issue you’ll read of the passing of an individual that you’ve likely never heard...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75 mm / Year: 1957 / Capacity: 2,490 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 270 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 89.8 inches / Track: 51.2 inches Front, 49.2 inches Rear...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
Photo: David Gooley I know the engine is running only when I rev it. I pull the gearshift lever into...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are to liven things up when things get a little stale, or as a response when it is perceived that the public is losing interest. Other times it’s driven by sponsors...
The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Gabriel Voisin was an amazing man. Born in France in 1880, he built a four-wheeled automobile...
It’s a simple fact that the most popular form of motor racing in Australia today is sedan racing. Of course, this is much to the chagrin of the purist who would walk over hot coals to watch open-wheelers or sports racing cars. It was quite the opposite during the 1960s...
It’s hard to imagine that what was probably the greatest range of post-war production sports cars, really started life as...
Walkinshaw on his way to victory in the inagrual Silverstone 6hrs in 1976.Photo: Peter Collins While I have had a...
Mecum Auctions made quite a statement at their inaugural Seattle auction, the weekend of June 14-15, with the record-setting sale of a 1971 Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda Convertible. Hammering at an unprecedented $3.5 million, the sale now stands as the highest price ever achieved, at auction, for any of the storied...
The 19th Annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance drew an entry of 275 cars and a crowd of more than 20,000 to...
Three-owner Kellison was extracted from a barn, in 1986, and restored by author, racer and rally organizer Rich Taylor. I...
Then. I must have called the guy dozens of times, year after year for more than a decade. It was about a racecar hiding in his garage that few people knew about. It was historic, beautiful, powerful, and definitely worth obsessing over. Trouble was the guy wasn’t a seller. Despite...
Photo: Peter Collins As one of only 22 OSCA cars bodied by Carrozzeria Fissore, this pretty little twin-cam-powered GT2 coupe...
Described as “a little beauty”, this grey, 1947 Maserati coupé represents Italian style at its most sophisticated at the Geneva...
A manufacturer’s ultimate aim in motor racing is to hope success on the track will lead to greater sales off track. However, if one looks at Grand Prix racing today, it’s not that obvious—although Mercedes is ruling at the moment, which can’t be too bad for their business. In the...
Photo: Hardy Mutschler The 2014 edition of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este competition, May 23-24, could not have gone better...
Photo: Dan R. Boyd The 2014 Celebration of Automobiles featured many of the world’s finest classic/vintage automobiles on display Saturday,...
Then After back-to-back wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1953 and 1954, Bill Vukovich returned for the ’55 race with only one goal…to win three in a row. His mount was Lindsey Hopkins’ 1954 Offy-powered Kurtis 500C (Kurtis Chassis #372; the Hopkins Special; car #4) which had finished 21st at...
Photo: Sean Smith Watkins Glen, New York, September 19, 1953. On lap 19, of a scheduled 22-lap race, Walter Hansgen...
Photo: Ian Welsh Heavy rain, corrugated iron roof and a cup of tea! You really can’t get more Australian than...
Photo: Gerard Brown Photo: Gerard Brown The original plan was to take my two-liter Low Chassis Lagonda. This was a “barn find” bought nine months previously. I subsequently found out that not only was it an original supercharged car, but had a rally history, including the 1931 London to Edinburgh...
