Phil Hill, who became America’s first F1 World Champion 50 years ago, is the subject of a special exhibit at...
Review by Wallace Wyss With John Bentley doing the ghostwriting, Carroll Shelby wrote his book The Cobra Story in 1965,...
The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) created a website devoted to the education of racing drivers, with top champion drivers offering a collection of inside secrets. Supported by the FIA Motor Sport Safety Development Fund, this site (www.SAFEisFAST.com) is an invaluable tool for up-and-coming racing drivers, as well as established...
For its thirteenth annual fall celebration of the Legends of Motorsport, The Petersen Automotive Museum, along with The Phil Hill...
Arnold Hubert Wagner, an original partner of Andial – one of America’s most successful and respected authorities on Porsche performance...
Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars reminiscent of the wide-open racing series from the 1960-70s. The URC will run as the “Heritage Series” with the American Le Mans Series for the...
Slot Car Racing Around the World Four Wheels and a Guide Flag During the 1960s when the slot car craze...
By Stephen Mitchell My pilgrimage to Pebble Beach this year was memorable for many reasons. My purpose in attending was...
Craig Breedlove – the first person to exceed 400, 500, and 600 miles per hour on land – will receive the fourth annual Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum “Spirit of Competition” Award at a dinner at the Museum on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011. Breedlove joins drivers Mario Andretti, Janet Guthrie and...
By Will Silk When conversing about American premium luxury automobile manufacturers, no conversation would be complete without the mention of Packard;...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is going through a metamorphosis. The Museum Foundation, headed by chairman Steven E....
The Puzzles Facing the Car Industry – Oil Prices and Consumer Biases By Martin Swig Car selling requires a long-term strategy. Consider Hyundai. In their first ten years in the U.S. they wandered all over the map. They then “idled” for about five years. Finally they found a sound strategy...
On Friday 15 July 2011, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy with an historic event....
By Stephen Mitchell A friend once asked me what was the fastest I’d ever driven a car. My answer was...
By Art Evans Sports Car Digest Editor Jamie Doyle has assigned me to write a column about the history of sports cars. For the first one, I thought it would be interesting to look at the first events that established motorsports. It’s rather obvious that the first was the invention...
A virtual museum tour of the famed BMW Art Car Collection is now available, with an extensive overview of the...
The Lyon Air Museum in Southern California is currently exhibiting ten Duesenberg automobiles from the collection of General William Lyon....
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend By Al Axelrod OK…finally a book on a wild and crazy guy, whose accomplishments are little noted or recognized. Why, you may ask , was it written? The tragic life-ending event for the Thompsons–murder–has somehow made all sort...
Porsche will return to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype, with the first outing of the completely new...
Bentley Motors rolled out the red carpet to welcome over a hundred members of the Bentley Drivers Club (BDC) –...
The Gull Wing Group celebrated its 50th anniversary with Mercedes-Benz USA by recreating one of the group’s most famous photos taken in 1961 at Fort Point Park overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Founded in San Francisco, California on June 16, 1961 The Gull Wing Group, led by...
By Will Silk James Fontana’s new book The 1000 Mile Dream is a fictional piece that parallels the actual running...
Report and photos by Zoltan Papp Seldom happens that the experience of a spectacular and memorable event can be further...
Subaru driver Mark Higgins set an all-time fastest lap of averaging 115.356 MPH today on the iconic Isle of Man TT Mountain Course driving a US specification 2011 Subaru WRX STI. The previous record of 100 MPH stood for 21 years. The lap took 19 minutes 37 seconds and the...
Toyota Under Fire: Lessons for Turning Crisis into Opportunity By Martin Swig In the last two years, Toyota has been...
By Will Silk Silver Clouds: The 1934 Grand Prix Season written and illustrated by renowned motorsport artist Paul Chenard of...
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced that The Drivers, the TV series based on the world surrounding the 24 Hours of Le Mans during the ’50s and ’60s, will be written by film and television screenwriter Michael Hirst. The Drivers is based on the book, “Shelby: The Man, The Cars, the Legend”...
Damon Hill O.B.E. announced to the Board of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) that he plans to step down...
A convoy of 50 Jaguar E-types traveled together through London on 6, June to the 2011 Motorexpo in Canary Wharf,...
Tony DeLorenzo and his 1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 race car are being inducted into the Bloomington Gold Great Hall in St. Charles, Illinois, on June 24, 2011. The Bloomington Gold Corvette USA’s show is honoring the 50 people and 50 cars that played the most significant roles in the Corvette...
