The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International...
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Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up...
As you’ve hopefully noticed over the past couple of years, we’ve been bringing you quite a bit of content from the “Land Down Under.” I’ve always known that Australia is one of the most underrated automotive cultures in the world, but I really didn’t realize how much so, until I...
Paris, France February 10–19, 2006 The ex-Le Mans Matra MS670 on the Artcurial auction stand.Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a Member...
May 2006 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 By Peter Collins & Ed McDonough Of all the postwar, long-distance, sports racing prototypes,...
In 1905, Europe’s racers must have thought it was going to be a flash in the pan, if that. After all, who would want to spend a week on a stiflingly hot Mediterranean island infested with bandits, one that had no roads, not a single petrol pump and was devoid...
In 1962, Georges Filipinetti, a wealthy Swiss buisnessman and diplomat, founded his namesake racing team, essentially a Swiss national team,...
To mark the change from the V-10 to V-8 engines for 2006 Formula 1 season, an exhibition of famous 8-cylinder cars is to open at Maranello’s Galleria Ferrari just before the start of the F1 championship in March. And they will not all be Ferraris, either. The show will include...
Rallying was a total mystery to me until 1972, when a young man named Sandro Munari achieved the first of...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The Harry A. Miller Club has announced that the 12th Annual Millers at Milwaukee Vintage Indy Car Event will be held July 8–9, 2006 at the Milwaukee Mile racetrack, located at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis. This meet has become one of the most impressive gatherings in...
Tech—IT’S OK! by Bob Williams, Chief of Tech & Safety Inspections, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association For some race entrants, technical...
Exhibitors have responded in force to the announcement of the 3rd International Historic Motorsport Show, to be held Feb. 24–26,...
Grover-Williams Louis Stanley 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 3 Sprintcar builder and Indy 500 crew chief Wally Meskowski dies...
The FIA (Federation International Automobile) sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed...
Garrie Cooper Keke Rosberg 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967)....
Watkins Glen, New York September 8–11, 2005 The 1975 Chevrolet Monza of Garry Lefever leads a pack of Group 10 cars. 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...
Tonino Ascari, the 63-year-old son of 1952–1953 Formula One World Champion Alberto, stunned the Italian motor racing community on September...
The Goodwood Revival is thought by many to be the largest historic race meeting in the world and the only...
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use of their legs. But I had heard so many good things about this Swiss gentleman that I was determined to find him and invite him to the Monterey vintage car...
Brands Hatch, England July 23–24, 2005 David Bennet’s Aston Martin DB4 leads Matthew Newman’s Alfa Romeo Giulia GTV and Robert...
Monza, Italy July 9, 2005 Claude Ruiz-Picasso in the Porsche 908/2 that finished 3rd overall in the 1969 Paris 1000-kms. 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 membership...
November 2005 Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich...
With six auctions over a long four-day weekend, the Monterey weekend has in recent years become the benchmark and focal...
1952 Ferrari 500/625 Ascari. Taruffi. Villoresi. Farina. Hawthorn. Trintignant. Maglioli. Gonzales. Mieres. Whitehead. Siracusa. Pau. Marseilles. Bremgarten. Sables d’Olonne. Naples. Monaco. Ardmore. Wigram. Invercargill. Johannesburg. Salisbury. Limpopo. Rafaella. El Pinar. Buenos Aires. Interlagos. Montevideo. Cordoba. This is the pedigree of the car you see in front of you. It was...
Few would argue with the notion that Tazio Nuvolari was one of the five greatest racing drivers of all time;...
When Ferrari decided to withdraw from the sports car championship for 1974, there were a lot of drivers on the...
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...
