Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up...
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1962 Ferrari 250 GTO There will be no cliches, euphemisms, over-emotional exaggerations, or use of the word “icon” in this...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
Under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport;...
The over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
1951 Ferrari 212 Export “Burano” As a VRJ reader, the chances are pretty good that the car you see here...
While long known for record sales of muscle cars and hot rods, this past January’s annual Scottsdale, Arizona auctions also...
One of the great things about the growth of historic racing over the past decade is the wide variety of events in which an owner can now participate. In addition to the enormous (and growing!) selection of historic race events, there are now more and more fantastic non-racing events open...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like...
The 2nd annual Quail Motorsports gathering, held on August 13, quickly proved itself to be one of the “must do”...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
Donington Park, England April 11, 2004 Tim Bishop in his 1960 Sauter-DKW Formula Junior is followed by Michael Ashley-Brown’s 1959 Volpini F.Jr.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
Summit Point, West Virginia November 28–30, 2003 The 1959 Fiat Abarth Zagato of Joe Parlanti leads the 1957 Fiat Abarth...
Bonhams On Friday evening, Quail Lodge hosted the Bonham’s sale, but it wasn’t a racecar market. The closest thing to a racing machine to get the hammer was the 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, which Sam Hanks drove as the pace car at the 1957 Indy 500, for $439,100. An Alfa...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
1968 Fiat-Abarth 1000 TCR Variations on a theme – that’s the one-liner which always comes to mind when encountering an Abarth creation, especially one of the many, many machines which encompassed humble Fiat origins with Abarth genius. But the theme was more a concerto or an opera, so many stories...
Revenge in Italy – doesn’t that conjure up images of Machiavelli and the Duchess of Malfi? A little known early...
1959 Abarth Allemano Spyder The Abarth Allemano Spyder is about as curiously 1950s Italian as you can get. Carlo Abarth,...
In the first of a two-part series, Robert Newman explores the amazing life and career of “The Flying Mantuan” – Tazio Nuvolari Warm sun, drivers in short-sleeved shirts, jacketless officials, some spectators in shorts: the amiable warmth of midsummer had already eased its way over to Mantua, northern Italy. It...
Aston Martin was one of the cars and teams I had a relationship with for quite a long part of...
This year’s California Mille, held May 1-3, saw over 70 classic sports cars, tourers and racecars blast their way through...
When the first “Birdcage” Maseratis burst onto the world racing stage in 1959, a number of people were shocked and many laughed at their “strange” chassis, made up of hundreds of pieces of small tubing. A few dominant racing victories turned the nay-sayers around pretty quickly, and it was not...
Like any racing driver who has competed seriously, I am often asked what were my favorite cars, or the quickest,...
No one was exactly thrilled when word reached Maranello, Modena, Arese and points north that the automobile club of an...
Alfa Romeo TZ2 By 1963, Alfa Romeo was looking for a replacement for their Giulietta SZ, which had been very successful in European racing and rallying. It had heralded Alfa’s first use of Girling front disc brakes and had seen inroads made in aerodynamic technology with efficient use of the...
