In celebration of the 40th anniversary of his record-setting fourth Indianapolis 500 win (and the 50th anniversary of his third),...
Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One World Champion, will take part in August’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, set for the...
Master automotive craftsman Joe Cavaglieri was named the 2017 recipient of the Racing History Project’s Peter Bryant Challenger Award at the project’s “Tribute to IMSA Dinner presented by Mazda,” held last weekend at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California. RHP’s Doug Stokes introduced the award by discussing the...
At 10 a.m. on a crisp Sunday morning in the English county of Herefordshire, Peder Nielsen, Bromyard’s Town Crier, formally...
The Endurance Rally Association’s ninth Flying Scotsman Rally ended with a nail-biting finish as the winning crew of Paul Crosby...
April 2017 • The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has announced that it will offer season-long National Championships for both the short sprint races and longer endurance contests on its 2017 schedule of events. Previously, SVRA’s season-long points championships were centered in the eastern USA. Points awarded for finishing positions will...
A full press corps of international motor racing journalists attended the Media Day for the 2017 edition of the Silverstone...
The Historic Motor Sports Association has scheduled its 3rd annual Barber Historics, at Barber Motorsports Park, just east of Birmingham,...
AutoFest 2017 is the latest event to be organized by Dave Wolin’s Racing History Project, and it will take place on Sunday June 25 in the parking lots of the NHRA’s Wally Parks Museum in Pomona, California. Sponsored by Autobooks Aerobooks, the event will commence at 7 a.m., and run...
The 75th renewal of Goodwood’s annual Members’ Meeting took place last weekend at the historic Chichester circuit, awarding classic cups...
Cars from the SCCA’s legendary Can-Am series will be in the spotlight at this year’s inaugural Monterey Spring Classic, scheduled...
The newest inductees into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum are legendary driver and constructor Bruce McLaren and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti. New Zealander McLaren was a highly successful driver, designer, constructor and engineer, whose name lives on in the eponymous Formula...
Historic Sportscar Racing’s Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty presented by Hagerty returns to Road Atlanta on April 20-23, for...
The recreation of Peter Bryant’s Ti22 MkII Can-Am car will make its public debut at next month’s Toyota Grand Prix...
I remember talking to John Surtees a couple of years ago, and our conversation revolved around his many successes. With seven motorcycle World Championships, the 1964 F1 World Championship and the inaugural Can-Am Championship in 1966, to name but three, John wasn’t short of silverware. He did, however, cut me...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will honor “The King,” Richard Petty (above, left, Hal Crocker photo), with the museum’s Robert E....
Seventy years ago this week, on March 12, 1947, Enzo Ferrari fired up the 125 S (above), the first car...
The international Diamond Jubilee Formula Junior celebratory Tour, now on its way to North America, got rolling with five race meetings in New Zealand during the Southern Hemisphere summer. With 40 to 50 cars turning out at each of the five circuits hosting races, a huge impression was made with...
Nine-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, six-time 24 Hours of Sebring winner and 2013 FIA World Endurance champion Tom...
The Ontario-based Burlwood Motorsports Club has released its 2017 Calendar of Events, listing four confirmed outings and a fifth yet...
Sad news emerged early today that motorcycle and Formula One World Champion, John Surtees has passed away at the age of 83. The Surtees family has released the following statement: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our husband and father, John Surtees CBE. John, 83,...
Even in the best case scenario, the forecast for Sunday’s scheduled Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance includes rain and lots of...
The inaugural Monterey Spring Classic vintage racecar weekend scheduled for May 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will feature 10...
Two-time Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi (above, Roger Dixon photo), who also won a pair of Indy 500s and an Indycar National Championship, will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the “RRDC Evening with Emerson Fittipaldi Presented by Firestone” in Long Beach, California, on Thursday, April...
This year’s 22nd Vernasca Silver Flag Hillclimb in Northern Italy, where passion and desire culminate in dreams of historic racing...
Sir Jack Brabham, Australia’s three-time Formula One World Champion, is to be honored by his homeland with a special commemorative...
On Sunday, February 26, 2017, Peter Adrian van der Vate passed away peacefully at his home in Fairfax, Virginia. Pete, son of Jan and Harriett van der Vate, succumbed after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Fran and their daughter Sarah van der Vate, and...
The year 2017 is shaping up to be memorable for a number of anniversaries: the 60th anniversary of Formula Junior;...
Chevrolet’s answer to Ford’s class-creating Mustang, the Camaro, marks its 50th anniversary this year, and will be celebrated with a...
March 2017 • After a run of 19 years, the cost of operating the Coronado Speed Festival in San Diego has forced the cancellation of the event after its organizer, the nonprofit San Diego Fleet Week Foundation, was pushed to the brink of insolvency. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that...
