Perhaps few knew on that Saturday morning, November 9, 1957, who were attending the 8th Annual Pebble Beach National Championship...
A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in...
COPMPETITION HISTORY The 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Dubos Coupe has a fascinating history of competition, design and reincarnation. Originally built as a factory-team grand prix race car piloted by legendary drivers Louis Chiron and Rene Dreyfus, the car was rebodied in Paris in 1937 as an elegant Louis Dubos coupe, which...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has announced the passing of Gordon Spice, third place finisher at the 1980 24 Hours...
Speaking from his ancestral home of Inveraray Castle in Scotland, The Duke of Argyle has announced the creation of a...
Artistic talent runs deeply throughout the Bugatti family. The art world views Rembrandt Bugatti – brother of company founder Ettore – as one of the most notable and artistically independent sculptors of the early 20th century. His pieces are now on display in several collections and museums across the world. Ettore...
In 1952, a young Ian Stewart, pioneer driver for Ecurie Ecosse, would visit Jaguar Cars in Coventry to collect his...
Kas Kastner enjoyed a long and distinguished career in American motorsports, to the point that each year a group of...
Famed Hollywood director John Frankenheimer passed away on July 6 from complications arising from a stroke. He was 72-years old. Frankenheimer was best known to the movie-going public for his award-winning films, “The Manchurian Candidate” and “The Birdman of Alcatraz.” However, in the racing world, Frankenheimer has always been remembered...
Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake, in conjunction with the Sports Car Club of America and the Great Race, announces...
In just several weeks, the much-awaited Velocity Invitational 2021 will be in California to host their event at WeatherTech Raceway...
Jim Petty and his wife Wendy had been watching the news for two weeks straight and seeing what the pandemic was doing to some of the more challenged communities as the lock-down and quarantine unfolded. He knew there was a stimulus package, but it would dry up pretty quickly. It...
Maine’s stunning southern coast, quaint harbor villages and scenic rolling countryside, will play host to the 3rd Annual Barnstorming Maine...
On the 28th of October, the Royal Automobile Club will be hosting the 2020 Motoring Book of the Year Awards...
Offered for sale at Mecum Auctions’ Phoenix sale (March 14–17) this 1932 Duesenberg Model J, chassis 2574 and engine J546, is unique to the breed with its one-of-a-kind Torpedo Berline coachwork built by Rollston of New York City—a firm known for executing some of its most beautiful work for its...
This year’s 36th Lime Rock Historic Festival will present an amazing display of historic Bugatti vehicles – both race vehicles and...
On June 30th, the truck, trailer and racecar of historic racer Louie Shefchik, were brazenly stolen from the parking lot...
Sir Stirling Moss, 81, came in from practice for the Le Mans Legends race on June 8, and said, “That is the last time I will be in a racing car.” Moss was out in his own Porsche RS 61, which he had previously crashed at Laguna Seca last August....
Among the many cars to be offered for sale at Russo and Steele’s annual Monterey Auction this weekend are a...
Road America has announced the addition of Vintage Indy™ to the event line-up for the INDYCAR REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader...
One of the most thrilling and iconic cars from Bentley’s history – Sir Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4½-litre “Blower” – is to be reborn in a new series of 12 matching cars. Each will be individually handcrafted by a specialist team from Bentley’s custom coachwork division, Mulliner. Together, the new...
Four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club in front of a capacity crowd...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America’s (MSHFA) signature exhibit, the 40-foot tall “Sweep of Speed,” underwent an exciting transformation...
A new 5 day event (September 7–11) that focuses on and celebrates the ‘look’ of race and rally cars is set to take place in the northern Italian city of Turin this September. This alpine fringed city is steeped in automotive style being home to the legendary automotive design houses...
Italian-born, Swiss-national Hans Ruesch died on August 27 in Lugano, Switzerland, at the age of 94. He was one of...
Organizers of the famed Long Beach Grand Prix—which this year was to include an historic Formula Atlantic support race—have announced...
The Hawk International Challenge with Brian Redman at Road America, one of the largest vintage racing events in the United States with more than 400 cars competing, will take place at the scenic central Wisconsin circuit on the weekend of July 16-18. This year, along with its usual race groups,...
Kiwi racing star Graham McRae, who competed in F1, F5000 and the Indianapolis 500, was hospitalized on September 2, after...
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance® and Automobile magazine have announced details of this year’s livestream for the Pebble Beach Concours...
