Le Mans Legends returns to Circuit de la Sarthe in 2011, mere hours from the start of the modern 24...
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Masters Historic Racing released its 2011 schedule with new events and circuits on the calendar. Joining the established Brands Hatch...
RM Auctions returns to the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix on January 20-21 for its 2011 Automobiles of Arizona auction event. The 12th annual Automobiles of Arizona features two days of auctions, starting with the ‘The British Are Back’ evening sale on Thursday, January 20th that will showcase a host...
By Will Silk It has taken some time, but 2011 will mark the debut of a new series of racing...
Barrett-Jackson plans to pull out all the stops to celebrate its 40th anniversary at their events in Scottsdale from January...
1924 Bugatti Type 13 While many racing cars of the Edwardian period and the early 1920s and 1930s were huge—behemoths to some, especially on dirt-covered roads—there were equally a corresponding number that were miniscule in comparison, many almost fragile in appearance. At first some of these small cars suffered ridicule...
We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Zimmermann’s interview with David Hobbs as he was preparing to turn his...
Recently, I was judging at a racecar concours in Southern California, when I ran into an old friend named Dave...
In 1953, the very first Corvettes hit Chevrolet Dealers’ show rooms. Hailed by some as the long-awaited American sports car, for the most part they were derided by “purists.” I can see why. During that time, my father was working as a salesman for a Chevy dealer and he was...
It hardly seems credible, but the 13th Goodwood Revival Meeting has just taken place and it was as good as...
January 2011 In the L&M F5000 Championship round at Michigan International Speedway on May 20, 1973, Peter Gethin raced this Chevron...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Louis Stanley Rudolf Caracciola 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is...
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress,...
January 2011 Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs By Michael Argetsinger In our review of Argetsinger’s previous book, Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence Was Expected (VR Sept. ’09), we noted that it was more a book of text than anything, an obvious nod to the depth of the subject matter embodied...
Motor Racing Legends has announced the return of the Le Mans Legend historic support race to next year’s Le Mans...
A week after the Goodwood Revival, Buckinghamshire held its own Revival on the weekend of September 25-26 to commemorate the...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2010 was held March 14th on the fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. Among others, the 15th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance also celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Porsche 917’s victories at the 1970...
The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2010 took place the weekend of June 4-6, at Infineon Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma,...
History of Formula 1 – Motor Races 1931 Ogden’s Cigarettes Tobacco advertising and automobile racing goes back a lot further...
Gooding & Company will hold its Amelia Island Auction 2011 on Friday, March 11th at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation in Florida. Gooding announced three consignments that represent Britain’s pre- and post-war automotive achievements: the first 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy imported to America, a 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sedanca...
Last month we reported that Russo and Steele was relocating the site of its annual Scottsdale Auction event, choosing to...
They may not have had the sponsors or the approval of their male competitors, but the women who chose racing...
By Will Silk Tom Walkinshaw passed away December 12th, 2010 at just 64 years of age after a battle with cancer. The Scottish-born Walkinshaw began racing in 1968 in an MG Midget, shortly after moving to the open wheeled realm by transitioning to a Lotus Formula Ford. In 1969, Tom...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 will be held August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The list of race...
Brian Redman Talks – Redman in Redmond By Jay Gillotti and photos by Curtis Creager We were greatly honored to...
Motor Racing History – The Monsters F1 Turbo Engines The Turbo Years The war between FISA and FOCA continued into 1981 causing the postponement of the Argentine Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone threatened to run its own World Professional Championship but luckily an agreement was struck at a summit meeting in...
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
A new auction company has been formed to fill the void left by Kruse and ICA not returning to Arizona...
Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The 1968 season had barely begun before it was rocked to its very foundations by the death of its biggest star, Jimmy Clark, in a minor Formula 2 race (ed. The circumstances...
