The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will celebrate its 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced that Peter Mullin has been elected Chairman to its Board of Directors. Joining him...
• Coys rounded off a successful year with their final auction of 2012, “True Greats”, on December 4th, at Westminster, London, with sale results now nearing £4 million, and many new record auction prices achieved for the year in the UK. Among the many cars sold was a BMW 328...
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette “America’s Sports Car,” the Petersen Automotive Museum is hosting two days...
Glorious sunshine, soaring temperatures and packed event fields combined to make this year’s Beaulieu Autojumble, held on September 8-9, one...
Sam Posey was presented with the Spirit of Competition award at a gala dinner at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia during the first week of December. Posey distinguished himself as a racing driver by competing in Formula One, Indycars, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000 and endurance races at venues like...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
• Paris’ famed Retromobile automobile exhibition has announced that its next event, February 6–10, 2013, will pay tribute to the...
The Petersen Automotive Museum Chairman of the Board Steven E. Young has announced that Terry L. Karges has been appointed Executive Director of the Museum. Karges has succeeded Buddy Pepp effective August 15, who is retiring following a successful two-year run as Executive Director where he made significant contributions to...
• Correction—In last month’s Villa d’Este Photo Gallery, the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I “Round Door” was attributed to Rene Herzog,...
VR: It was recently announced that you have been chosen to be the chief judge for the Pebble Beach Concours...
VR: Like so many of us, I’m sure that you were influenced by the automobile very early on in your life. How did you get started in cars? What sent you on this path? LK: Gosh, I was the only student in kindergarten who knew what a Bugatti was! My...
A new exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum will appeal to both the automotive enthusiast as well as those who...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari...
Phil Hill, who became America’s first F1 World Champion 50 years ago, is the subject of a special exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Scheduled to run from early September through Thanksgiving weekend, the exhibit, Phil Hill: The Life of a Legend, includes photos, trophies and memorabilia...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is going through a metamorphosis. The Museum Foundation, headed by chairman Steven E....
After closure for four years and speculation as to when, or even if, it was to reopen, the Museo Nazionale...
One year ago, our Hidden Treasures column by Mark Brinker featured a well-preserved Bonneville Streamliner, the Beast III, that had originally been built by a wheelchair-bound Chet Herbert in 1952 when it became the fastest single-engine car in America at 238.095mph. The slick red beauty with the body by Rod...
In the February 2010 edition of Vintage Racecar, editor Casey Annis reported that a concours d’provenance had been held in...
The Petersen Automotive Museum and Checkered Flag 200, the museum’s premier membership group, will present another gala tribute this November...
The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia has been holding a series of “Demonstration Days,” at noon on the fourth Saturday of each month, with the program running through October. Each individual event features two or more racing sports cars from the Museum’s collection, making it one of the few...
Mario Andretti was presented with the first annual Spirit of Competition Award at dedication ceremonies for the Simeone Foundation Automotive...
The newly created Simeone Foundation Museum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has recently announced that it has selected Vintage Racecar as...
The Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation has announced the election of historic racer and Los Angeles attorney, Steve E. Young, as the Foundation’s new chairman of the board for 2008. Young has served on the board since 2004, has been a member of the museum since its inception in 1994, and...
Hot on the paws of Crufts, Brooklands Museum in Surrey is looking for a new dog star to make the...
Everyone in the automotive and publication worlds was sad to note the recent passing of Robert E. (Pete) Petersen at...
In a unanimous decision, the town council of Modena, Italy recently announced their intention to make the birthplace of favored son Enzo Ferrari a city landmark and museum. When completed, Ferrari’s childhood home will house and display memorabilia devoted to the great car manufacturer’s life, as well as hosting various...
Cinco de Mayo, “Fifth of May,” 2000, will be the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Mexican Road Race. To commemorate...
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