The 1920s and 1930s were not only a pivotal time in world history, they proved to be the crucible from...
July 2008 Hugh C. Hunter in his lovely 8C2900B Alfa Romeo on the Campbell Road Circuit. In ths race he...
1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Due to Jano’s suspension modifications over the ’31-’32 season, the 8C enjoys surprisingly flat handling for a car of its era. When this superior handling is coupled with the 8C’s remarkable grunt from it’s straight-8, supercharged engine, it’s no wonder it proved so dominant. Photo: James...
As a young boy James Mitchell shared his father’s hobby and passion for classic and historic cars. Always fascinated by...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t Monaco, the first significant race of the 1933 season, a new Grand Prix team made its debut: Scuderia CC,...
Soon after motor vehicles were invented they were raced. Initially the contests were held on open roads, often from city to city. The very first I have been able to find documented involved two steam-driven tractors chugging between Madison and Green Bay, Wisconsin, on July 16, 1878. The problems of...
November 2005 Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich...
An impressive parade of cars and motorcycles provided a dazzling classic weekend on the banks of Lake Como on May...
December 2009 Italian Monster Dear Editor, Beautiful job with the Cad-Alfa (also loved the Watkins Glen story and Kessler interview). The three Torrey Pines photos were all taken at the July meet, not the December ’52 one, which I know not only because I took one of them, but because...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
The winners of the third Concours d’Elégance Suisse were revealed at the award ceremony held on Sunday June 24th 2018, at the Château de Coppet near Geneva, by an international Jury which awarded 37 prizes and presented a 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 BMM with the Best of Show Award. Under a...
Arguably one of the most desirable cars of all time, the remarkable 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Berlinetta was revealed...
Prince Bira in his E.R.A. pursues Hans Ruesch’s Alfa Romeo 8C35 up the hill to South Tower corner. Ruesch won...
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle in the late ’30s that he had to keep down the street at a gas station because my grandparents didn’t want him to own it. One day he was following...
The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina, Washington, was named “Best of Show” at...
A sensational Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Spider by Zagato that was raced by Scuderia Ferrari during the 1930s has...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs on an empty stretch of road in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Photo: Casey Annis It’s enough to make any self-respecting purist cringe. Take a seductive 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300,...
Today, Franco Cortese is, perhaps, one of motor sport’s forgotten stars—and he shouldn’t be. He was the driver who put...
One was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1902 and the other in a cramped workshop in Bologna, northern Italy, 35...
Alfa Romeo had gone from zero to hero and beyond from the 1911 Targa Florio to the 1936 Mille Miglia. Its motor racing exploits were followed by the entire Italian nation as cars like the 1750 Super Sport, 8C 2300 Monza, P2 and then the P3 drove it to the...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles...
Five of these cars were built for racing in 1938—one uniquely for Le Mans—essentially derived from a road-going version of Alfa’s Grand Prix cars. They had very slippery bodies created by Touring of Milan, and featured independent suspension all around, as well as a rear frame that allowed the use...
Pete Lyons Something is missing. Look around the race tracks, the city streets, the holiday hotspots … see what isn’t...
On Friday, February 8th, in a packed salesroom at Salon Retromobile in Paris, Artcurial Motorcars sold one of the “Holy Grail”...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
An Alfa Romeo car mechanic who rose to become one of the greatest endurance drivers of his generation, the man...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on Belgium’s Jabbeke Motorway in 1953 will be in competition in the “Post War Racing” class at this year’s Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel Valley, California, on August 16. Mr. Dewis...