William H. Swanson is a serious and committed driving enthusiast and car collector, with something more than 40 superb top-end...
On October 14th, nominations for the 2020 Royal Automobile Club Historic Awards will close, leaving only a few days left to...
Cars weren’t really on Eric Shoemaker’s radar. A designer and entrepreneur at heart, his main interests were woodworking, furniture restoration, and photography. These days, however, he and his wife Amanda run a business that restores air-cooled German engine components, and his website, 1967beetle.com, is a great resource for tech tips,...
The birth and evolution of the Ford GT – the iconic car that won Le Mans four times in the...
The Iso Grifo automobile emerged from the visionary collaboration between engineer Giotto Bizzarrini and entrepreneur Renzo Rivolta. Its inception in...
Sunday May 5, thousands of auto aficionados and urban explorers gathered at Greystone Mansion for the elegant, fourth annual Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance, where 138 rare and exceptional automobiles and several dozen motorcycles graced the historic Beverly Hills, Califronia, estate. Awards were given in 30 categories and the Best of...
On November 14, 1896, despite the wet weather, a group of intrepid early motorists celebrated the enactment of the Locomotive...
This year, for the first time ever, the owners of historic Formula 5000 cars have been invited to participate in...
Porsche will return to Indianapolis over the Labor Day weekend to celebrate its long history of performance road and race cars, along with trackside activities for families and fans of all ages. The Sports Car Together Fest, the second annual marquee event at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) by...
The global Lotus community is saddened to learn that Hazel Chapman, the wife of Colin Chapman and co-founder of Lotus,...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced that legendary Le Mans 24 champion and IndyCar veteran Geoff Brabham will...
The Road Racing Drivers Club has announced that it will be hosting an “Evening with Rick Mears” Dinner with proceeds going to benefit the RRDC’s young driver initiatives. Google “Rick Mears” and, by rights, you should be directed to multiple Wikipedia entries: Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner of course, but also...
Another new event appeared on the Monterey calendar this year, with the arrival of the “Quail” featuring a selection of...
Mercedes-Benz USA and members of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA) will bring rare classic cars and contemporary models to...
In August, the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire will be displaying the famous Vauxhall’s heritage collection. The collection tells the amazing story of Vauxhall Motors, how they started as a niche sporting car manufacturer and has since grown to become one of the best-known automotive brands in the UK....
No matter how good a driver you are or think you are, I’ve learned that you really discover how marginal...
The 2022 What Car? Car of the Year Awards have named the Mazda MX-5 the ‘Best Sports Car for Value’....
Photo: Dan R. Boyd Legendary car builder A.J. Watson, whose front-engined roadster designs helped define an era at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, passed away in mid-May, just four days after celebrating his 90th birthday. Watson’s very first roadster won the 1956 Indy 500 in the hands of Pat Flaherty (above),...
German racer Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix...
As the sun rises on Sunday (November 4) more than 400 intrepid drivers and their hardy passengers will set out...
Heroes of the 1960s will take centre stage at the eighth Castle Combe Autumn Classic, which is confirmed for Saturday, October 5. The early details of the 2019 event include a celebration of 50 years of Formula Ford at the Wiltshire track, an all-Alfa Romeo race and displays to mark 60...
Auctions America enjoyed one of its best Auburn Spring sale results yet last weekend, generating nearly $10.2 million in total...
Portland International Raceway played host to the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Racing Festival the last weekend of July with...
A six-person list of racing pioneers, legends and modern-day champions joined “The First Lady of Motorsports” in a colorful and accomplished 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) inductee class announced today at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). The Class of 2019 was unveiled in a press conference at DIS...
Last Wednesday afternoon All American Races CEO Justin Gurney hosted an 85th birthday party for his father, AAR Founder Dan...
February 2018 • The 2018 Vintage Sportscar Charity tour, a “Run What You Brung” charity event for Vintage Sportscars will...
Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Phoenix·Glendale collector-car auction was held March 14-17, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and the results set a new company record. As more than 1,300 vehicles crossed the auction block in just four days, sales totals for the Phoenix-area auction rapidly climbed to more than $39...
In a move to extend its acceptance of newer vehicles, SVRA has modified its current Group 10 and added two...
A 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club is this year’s raffle car offered by the International Motor Racing Research Center, a...
To satisfy the high customer demand, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator Hennessey, brought forward the production of their new VelociRaptor 400 Bronco. Some of the upgrades that Hennessey has given the VelociRaptor include increasing the output to 411 bhp at 4,400 rpm and 603 lb-ft of torque...
