The Quail Porsche Racecar Classic has been scheduled for Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley,...
Then. The year 1963 gave us the Lava Lamp, touch-tone phones, instant coffee and Johnny Depp. That same year Jim...
The CLK GTR is a sports car and race car that was born out of Mercedes-Benz’s desire to duke it out against Ferrari and Porsche in the FIA GT Championship. Essentially taking elements of a CLK racer and some road car trimmings and mashing them together, they produced the prototype...
Tom Cantrell’s world revolves around excellence, and it seems he will go to any length to achieve perfection on, and...
In 1988, Jaguar won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an entry of five XJR-9 cars. The winning car,...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the Cobras and Ford GT40s (Marks I, II and IV) all over the world, Phil Remington stood on the leading edge of racing technology for some seven decades until his peaceful...
Relive the moment when Kevin Harvick stole the victory from Mick Martin at the 2007 Daytona 500 right before the...
1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB “Comp/61” Inevitably, when the name Ferrari is brought up in conjunction with racing, the first thing that...
The author puts his back into steering the Trimax through a left hander at Mallory Park.Photo: Andy Thorpe Was Alvin “Spike” Rhiando really Archibald Stansfeld Belaney? Well, the answer is no, but if you haven’t got anything else to do for the next twelve hours you could find some good...
At the Ferrari Factory in Maranello, Italy in February of 1967, the Ferrari 330/P4s that had just returned from finishing...
The Bricklin SV-1 was supposed to embody the safe car of the future; the name stands for “Safety Vehicle 1.”...
The author found the Amon AF101 quite enjoyable to drive at Donington, now that it has been extensively developed—note particularly the twin canard fin nose treatment.Photo: Pete Austin One of the problems in writing this profile is the temptation to indulge in a long list of Chris Amon misfortunes—and there...
The terms Porsche and racing have now become virtually synonymous. In no small part, this is due to the German...
The Maserati 5000 GT was presented at the 1959 Turin Motor Show and was the undisputed star of the event....
The Jaguar XK120 was the fastest production car in the world when it was first released in 1949, with a top speed of 120 mph – and it had the looks to boot. Tedward YouTube channel, gives us an onboard footage of what it feels like to drive a 1954...
• A unique 1953 Ferrari 166MM, bodied by Oblin with wonderful racing provenance will star in Artcurial Motorcars’ Retromobile sale...
1959 Cooper T-51 and 1960 Cooper T-53 The two Formula 1 Coopers you see here represent one of the key...
The early post-war interest in small displacement automobile racing in Europe was fueled by enthusiasm and petrol rationing. Money was tight and 500-cc home-spun race cars powered by motorcycle engines were relatively affordable. These cars were built on weight-sparing tubeframe chassis and were most often motivated by half-liter chain-driven JAP...
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford...
Morgans were regularly used in England before World War II in Rallies, Trials and Speed Tests. This is a Morgan...
Just how far will a fanatical collector go to capture the racecar of his obsessions? Would he carry a satchel stuffed with large sums of cash to meet a stranger in a dubious location? Or would he crawl across a filthy garage floor bare-chested over broken glass to get to...
One of the most intriguing post-war American automotive tales has largely been forgotten. It was a car story that began...
Pasadena, CA October 22, 2017 Erik Goplen’s 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta. Photo: Craig R. Edwards Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Young Brazilian Nelson Piquet drove his Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT49-Cosworth to his first Formula One victory in Long Beach on March 30, 1980. Note the sliding skirts along the edges of the undercar tunnels. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Based on the 911S, the 911 R was produced by Porsche to compete in the FIA’s GT 2.0 category. To...
• The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance has announced that David Schultz of Massillon, Ohio, has been named the new Chief...
January 2009 The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, June 10-11, 1961. Augie Pabst seems serene at the wheel of the battered and besmudged Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati Tipo 63 that he and Richard Thompson drove to 4th place overall at Le Mans in 1961. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
We spotted Don Murray’s gorgeous Iso Grifo coupe at his private collection in Irvine California, and wondered what it was....
The lightest and most powerful series-production McLaren, the new V8-engined, rear-wheel drive 750S – which is available in coupe and...
Le Mans 1957 represented the high water mark for Jaguar’s iconic D-Type. Handicapped by the reduction of engine size to 3-liters for the 1958 season, the D-Type was never to win again at Le Mans. However, the model, having won the previous two 24-hour races, cemented its hat trick by achieving an overwhelming...
