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It seems like every concours this year, at least east of the Mississippi River, has endured a rain threat. The...
The one-of-a-kind 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500 “Super Snake” smashed the existing record for a Mustang, at Mecum’s 2019 Kissimmee auction, when it sold for a staggering $2.2 million. The previous record for the most expensive Mustang was set by the same car, when it was sold by Mecum in...
A selection of racing and sports cars will headline the Bonhams Scottsdale 2019 auction, scheduled for January 17th at the...
Starting with the Winter Marathon Rally in January and ending with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, Sports Car...
This past summer Dennis Gray had the opportunity to interview his longtime friend Giddings. Sadly, this would prove to be the last interview with one of sport’s truly great ambassadors. Peter Giddings and his cars will be missed. He was one of the best. Pre-war Alfa Romeos, Lancia D24 and...
In 1964, Nissan Motor Company introduced a two-door sports coupe named the Silivia 1600 Sports Coupe. One year later, at...
The International Hillclimb course, Klosters-Davos in Switzerland, on August 27, 1961. This BMW 700 was being driven by Mark Aron...
January 2019 Dan Gurney AJ Foyt David Donohue Bernd Rosemyer 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). 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 membership removes most ads, lets you...
The 2018 edition of the Dix Mille Tours du Castellet was staged 1-2 September at the venerable Circuit Paul Ricard...
The arrival of every new year heralds a raft of exciting anniversaries and, in the car world, 2019 is crammed...
The late Benny Parsons became best-remembered by many fans during NASCAR’s explosive growth in the 1990s, as a smiling color commentator and announcer on the top-level Cup Series television programming on ESPN. This vocation made him more familiar than many retired drivers, but Parsons’ true legacy was one of championships...
Leading the field of early consignments for Worldwide’s annual Scottsdale Auction on Wednesday, January 16th is an exceptional and highly...
Robert KubicaPhoto: Stefan Brending He was a spectacular Formula 1 driver and the first Polish addition to the F1 circus,...
The Rally Round Africa 2018 rally was staged October 1-27 over the iconic landscapes, cultures and wildlife of Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa. Running from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town, the 6,700 kilometer route over the world’s second largest continent featured everything from lush forests to...
That Don Martine is an MG guy is beyond dispute; the long-time Monterey-area hotelier and racing enthusiast lives and breathes...
Following last year’s acquisition of a Fiat 500 by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Fiat...
Five times World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio competed in the 1948 Grand Prix of South America, and it was 70 years later to the minute that his son Oscar recently flagged off the first contestant in the inaugural re-run of this “greatest ever road race.” Organized by international classic car...
There is something about racing which gets into the blood more thoroughly than a good dose of Castrol R and...
The Mid-Ohio Grand Prix, Mid-Ohio, September 27, 1970 John Eiteljorge with his Brabham BT21F (#74) leads the field to the...
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...
December 2018 David Hobbs Zora Arkus-Duntov Divina Galica James Hunt 1– Divina Galica tests a Hesketh 308E-Ford F1 car at Snetterton,...
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, much of the world quietly celebrated the 100th anniversary...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its latest exhibit in the Charles Nearburg Family Gallery on November 10, 2018. Entitled “Legends of Los Angeles: Southern California Race Cars and Their Builders,” the display features 12 Los Angeles-built race cars powered by engineering masterminds such as Ed “The Old...
On Tuesday, the British car community lost a dear friend and passionate lifelong advocate, Michael Cook, to pneumonia at the...
The Imola Classic 2018 was staged 26-28 October at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. The final...
The idea of the M1 became official in September 1975, when Jochen Neerpasch, head of BMW Motorsport GmbH presented the strategy of BMW Motorsports to the board of the BMW. A part of that strategy involved motorsports with production cars, which in the 1970s, had gained enormous popularity among drivers...
The Himalayan Challenge 2018 was held 21 September – 11 October in India and Nepal, starting in Delhi and finishing...
Tony Valadez’ elegant 1939 Pontiac convertible is everything later Pontiac muscle cars are not. The later cars were brash, flashy...
Imagine it’s 1973 and you’re an aspiring racer/car builder. Working out of your little shotgun shack, single-car garage, you’ve welded together a pretty sweet little sports racer. Your surfer buddy, who’s good with fiberglass, has fashioned you a sexy and light body to drape over your putative race winner. Despite...