From the very beginning of the automobile, men built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
As I sat quietly in a pleasant house in Woking, England, in the winter of 1970, I watched and listened....
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, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
• The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) presented John Mecom Jr. with its Bob Russo Heritage Award at the 28th Annual MSHFA Induction Ceremony Presented By Bridgestone at The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach. The award, named in honor of the long-time motorsports journalist and historian,...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of...
As expected, Alberto Ascari impressed everyone with his driving of the 340 hp Ferrari 375MM in the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, but no one anticipated the power of the new Dunlop disc brakes on the Jaguar C-Type. In the end, the Jaguar pairing of Duncan Hamilton and Tony...
At the Ferrari Factory in Maranello, Italy in February of 1967, the Ferrari 330/P4s that had just returned from finishing...
Today, Franco Cortese is, perhaps, one of motor sport’s forgotten stars—and he shouldn’t be. He was the driver who put...
My very first experiences in a racing car were in a Lotus Seven. In fact, prior to purchasing the Lotus I went to Lotus and asked for a job. I thought I must know how they build these cars if I’m going to race them. I was conscious too that...
The 1982 Porsche 956 was a car that we started with a clean sheet of paper. Everything was new, the...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Porsche 924, the car that would ease Porsche out of the financial difficulties of the 1970s, and which, along with the 928 series, became the flavor of the front-engine era that included the 944 and 968 models. To celebrate...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of...
The chaotic scene just after the #88 car of Huhn/Schwarz crashed at the Nürburgring in 1970. Photo: Porsche Werk Motor...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International l’Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes during 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle Neville Hay is a great communicator and over many years has provided the commentary at race...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR), in association with the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) and Vintage Racing Events (VRE), has announced that the first 24-hour endurance race for vintage racecars in North America will take place at the famed Daytona International Speedway November 12-16, 2014. The “Classic 24 at Daytona” will...
When the lights went out to start the 2013 Le Mans Legends race under rainy skies, Alex Buncombe’s pole-winning ’59...
The man who held honorary SCCA Competition License No. 1, Ohioan Chuck Dietrich, has died at the age of 88....
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). Become a Member...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
One of the most interesting Maseratis ever constructed, the sole surviving Tipo 151 (chassis 006), will compete in this year’s...
Dan Gurney’s All American Racers has been entrusted by The Henry Ford Museum with the conservation of the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours-winning GT40 MkIV that carried Gurney and A.J. Foyt to history’s only all-American win in the French endurance classic. “I don’t think we could have found a better...
1925 Bugatti Type 39. Photo: Mike Jiggle There is something very special about a Bugatti, and this example is very special...
Daytona Int’l Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL January 26, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will celebrate its 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit. Inducted into the Hall that night will be racing industry legends Jack Chrisman, Harvey Firestone, Masten Gregory, Brad Lackey, Bud Moore, Robert E. Petersen and...
