Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race...
The Jaguar E-type, one of the most admired and acclaimed cars in the history of automobiles, will be celebrating the diamond anniversary...
For its fourteenth year of celebrating Legends of Motorsport, the Petersen Automotive Museum, along with the Checkered Flag 200 Group, will present a “Tribute to George Follmer” program to be held at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 8, 2012 beginning with cocktails at 6:00 p.m. The...
Stirling Moss accepts congratulations upon winning the 1956 Grand Prix of Bari in his works Maserati 300S.Photo: Maserati Archive Maserati...
Motorsports legend Mario Andretti has been named the Grand Marshal for the 68th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours...
Worldwide Auctioneers added a unique 1954 Jaguar XK D-Type to the impressive line-up of automobiles going under the hammer at its Houston Classic Auction in May....
Racing great Sir Stirling Moss OBE is recovering in a hospital after a freak accident in his London home. While...
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Well in advance of the holidays, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray have produced a pair of vintage racing calendars for 2011, one with images taken at the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival and another created from Monterey Motorsports Reunion pictures. Ferrari, Bugatti, Shelby, Scarab, Porsche, Aston Martin, Alfa...
Generally, this column focuses on the details of design and the history surrounding a specific car or manufacturer. This month...
The Quail Motorsports Gathering 2013 was held Friday, August 16th at the Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, California. Under...
In motor racing we meet some very able people, and some very fine ones. It’s wonderful when they’re the same people. We call them gentlemen. Our community has just lost two: Bob Akin and Rob Walker. Let’s honor their memories by stopping to think about how much gentlemen – yes,...
Russo and Steele will hold its 12th annual Sports and Muscle in Scottsdale auction on January 18-22, 2012 in Scottsdale,...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been...
Giulio Ramponi Biography Giulio Ramponi was born in Milan on 8 January 1902. His father died while he was still a small boy and his mother re-married. Giulio showed an aptitude in mechanical matters and took a technical course at the Arti e Mestieri school in via Santa Maria. While...
Famous racing and film cars from Jaguar’s Heritage collection will drive through Bradford on Thursday, April 24th to mark the...
• It’s always nice when the CEO of a major automaker shows an interest in motor sport, and an excellent...
As everyone knows, after the 1960 racing season, Carroll Shelby retired as a driver and became even better known for creating Cobras and Shelby Mustangs. But perhaps fewer know that he ventured into car creation somewhat before. During the fifties, Shelby, Jim Hall, and Jim’s brother, Richard, had a dealership...
Motorclassica, the Australian International Concours d’Elegance and Classic Motor Show, will be staged October 21-23, 2011 at the Royal Exhibition...
It was 35 years ago, in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first Formula 1 victory...
Having driven and built many racing cars in my time, the first car that comes to mind is the Ford Sierra Cosworth hatchback I drove in three Willhire 24-hour races. It started off as a production saloon car and then went to Group N regulations. It was an immensely fast...
The original idea for this “special” feature had been to do a test on Porsche’s famed Moby Dick…the 935/78 long-tail...
In 1945, the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab AB, began design work on a prototype road car with the intention that...
We have had this conversation before! When you get asked a question about your greatest drive, or greatest race or the greatest racecar, you always have to qualify it. I have had cars that did well that I hated, and cars that never won but were great to drive. Some...
[Click here to read the second installment] Sure enough, the more liberal formula of the 1949 Mille Miglia attracted a...
Dan Gurney was special guest at the 2012 Goodwood Revival, held 14-16 September at Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex, England....
It is a day of victorious celebration for Aston Martin as they dominated the 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans. It has been three years since the British Manufacturer claimed victory in 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the team has registered their most solid performance so far at the Circuit de...
Friends and owners of the Allard are being invited to take part in a special weekend of activities to be...
Timing is everything, and Graham’s great automobiles are a proof—unfortunately. That’s because, despite the fact that their company made great...
Is Renault French? Is the Pope a Catholic? I ask because Renault has bought the Benetton team and has renamed it, but the team’s headquarters is at Enstone in Oxfordshire and most of the employees are British. Benetton began life as Toleman, which was British. Benetton continued to be British...