Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
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Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four...
Motor Racing History – Early Racecourse Development Racing on public roads was illegal in England and British drivers had to resort to racing in Ireland or on the continent. The British motor industry suffered as a consequence. In response to this a group of wealthy enthusiasts led by Hugh F....
Gooding & Company announced five additional road and racing cars that will be offered for sale at their upcoming 2011...
Racing History – Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races The Initial Races So was heralded the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup races....
In 1958, former Huntington Park High School friends Larry Kent and Ray Weaver decided to take a shot at the C Sports Car record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Racing under the banner “Northern Continent Engineering” and gunning for George Hanson’s class record of 144.322 mph, Kent sped to a...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each...
Motor Racing History – Origins of the First Automobile Races and the First Grand Prix Dawn of Automobile Racing The dawn of automobile racing was anything but that. It was thought that a car’s ability to navigate roads in a reliable manner was all that could be hoped for. Outright...
Notable Mille Miglia Drivers – The History In our ongoing series on the History of the Mille Miglia, we take...
Ferdinando Minoia Biography Ferdinando Minoia was born in Milan on June 2, 1884. Known by his friends as Nando, he...
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor The Taste of Hershey RM Auctions held its Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey sale on October 7-8 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Aside from chocolate (chocolate, chocolate, everywhere) the appeal of Hershey is the search for the rare, obscure, intriguing piece to complete a car restoration...
Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed “Gigi” he came from a...
A rich century of automotive heritage will be honored Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, 2011 during the 100th...
Lancia D24 – Car Profiles In 1937 Vincenzo Lancia passed away leaving his widow and teenage son Gianni Lancia to run the firm. The Second World War intervened with the ambitious young Lancia’s plans, but as soon as the hostilities ceased the work continued to greatly expand Lancia and to...
The Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance 2010 was held Sunday, September 12 at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport, Connecticut....
OM Tipo 665 – Car Profiles The origins of Officine Meccaniche can be found along the shores of Lake Maggiore,...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams and Butterfields held its 2010 Quail Lodge auction on August 12-13 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. Bonhams added a day to its Quail Lodge auction this year but kept the number of cars the same (102 in 2010,...
The Alfa Romeo museum at Arese, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, has been placed under official supervision, the first...
Mecum Auctions held its second annual Monterey sale on August 13-14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on the Del Monte Golf Course in California. Even without the Cobra Daytona Coupe that brought a headline price of $7,685,000 here last year Mecum’s expanded 2-day schedule and 428...
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Gooding and Company held its 2010 Pebble Beach sale on...
The Sunday in the Park Concours, as part of the Lime Rock Historic Festival 2010, was held September 4th at...
The Bovet Italia Classica 2010 will take place from 20 to 26 September, starting in Lazio, Italy before reaching the capital of Rome and entering the gardens of the Quirinale for the traditional Concorso di Eleganza scheduled for 25 September. This year the event is particularly important since it celebrates...
The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2010 was held September 3-6th at the 1.53 mile Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut,...
The 1955 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1955 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 1-2, 1955 / Winner: Moss – Jenkinson...
A huge cortege of 3,000 Alfa Romeos from 54 different countries came home to Milan at the end of June. We say home because they were all made in either the city’s Portello or Arese factories—except for the Alfasuds built at Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples—and were there to help the manufacturer...
The 1952 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1952 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 4-5, 1952 / Winner: Bracco – Rolfo...
The 1949 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1949 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 24-25, 1949 / Winner: Biondetti – Salani...
The 1948 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1948 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 1-2, 1948 / Winner: Biondetti – Navoni / Winning Speed: 75.76 mph / Starters: 167 / Finishers: 64 Compared with the previous year most of the entrants resorted to smaller displacement engines for this years Mille Miglia....
