On March 6, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston will unveil 16 classic European sports cars drawn from the...
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Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 It’s a bit of a euphemism to say that cars have personalities… of course they don’t....
Pete Lovely said it best: “We couldn’t believe they would let us race through this beautiful park, which was almost in the heart of a major city.” Not only were the races held for three years on what many sports car publications called “the best road race course in the...
One of the great things about the growth of historic racing over the past decade is the wide variety of...
I drove the McLaren F1 with the Alfa Romeo engine. It had the same problem that the Alfa Tipo 33 had…weight. With that car, we could have done well even with less power than the Cosworth, and very well with the same power except for the weight. When I drove...
Pete Lyons Mr. Cozza lifted the right side of the center-hinged bonnet and bent over the long, bristling racing engine....
Grand Prix Masters, the international race series for historic Formula One cars from 1966–1978, is expanding its role in historic...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like Chicago’s star chef, Charlie Trotter—no driver except Giuseppe Campari that is. Campari could do all of those things, as well as win classic road races like the Mille Miglia. Talents...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours, have announced the eligibility criteria for entries in the 2005 event. On Saturday, June 18, 2005, Le Mans cars of 1935 to 1955...
Michigan’s Concorso d’Italia, established three years ago to showcase Italian high performance and classic cars, now takes place at Meadow...
Out of all the competitors who raced at that very first 1948 road race at Watkins Glen, there are perhaps...
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran in the September ’04 issue of VRJ. One never knows how a story like that will be received, as its focus was more on the war and its effects on...
Colin Chapman Keke Rosberg 2 Roger Penske drives a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Tourist Trophy race at...
Chichester, England September 3–5, 2004 Rene Arnoux enjoys a playful moment in the Goodwood heat. Photo: Peter Collins Become a...
The final round of the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series 2004, held at Spa September 17–18, was narrowly won by Hubert Fabri and Adrian Stoop in their 1933 Alfa Romeo 8c Monza. Victory came only after a nail-biting battle with the similar 8c Monza owned by Bill Ainscough...
The 2004 Goodwood Revival set records for attendance and was completely sold out well before the September 3–5 event....
At the moment, Michael Schumacher is setting records, that will never be beaten. How can I be so sure? 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 a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
Monterey, CA August 13–15, 2004 The 1963 Ferrari 250 LMB of Lou Sellyei. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member &...
Le Mans, France June 23–25, 2004 Neil Hadfield had a serious accident in his C-Type Jaguar from which he is now recovering. Photo: Keith Booker 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....
With six collector car auctions taking place over the course of this year’s Monterey Historics weekend (August 12–15), there was...
The 31st Rolex Monterey Historic Races were again the feature event at a very busy weekend in Northern California, where...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Peter Auto joined forces to create the second Le Mans Classic held over the full 8.48-mile (13.65-kilometer) circuit from July 23–25. Since 2002, some changes have been made to bring in a compulsory pit stop and optional driver change in each of the six...
My racing goes back to before the war when I was driving mainly Maseratis. In 1937, I did quite a...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
October 2004 The Art of the National Automobile—The Thomas Mittler Collection By Art Eastman Throughout the summer of 2004, five sports cars from Tom Mittler’s superb collection…a Cunningham C-2R, Jaguar D-Type, Deutsch-Bonnet, Porsche RSK and Ferrari 500 Mondial…have been on display at the University of Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of...
