In the 1920s and 1930s, British schoolboys devoured every word they could find about their favorite comic book heroes, like...
Viva Veloce! was an apt slogan for the 18th Goodwood Festival of Speed on the first weekend of July as...
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...
Soon after motor vehicles were invented they were raced. Initially the contests were held on open roads, often from city...
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,...
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle...
May 2009 Peter Collins: All About the Boy! By Ed McDonough Along with Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins...
The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina, Washington, was named “Best of Show” at the 58th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, held Sunday, August 18. Shirley, Vintage Racecar reader and the former president and chief operating officer of Microsoft who resides in Medina, Washington, purchased...
July 2008 Hugh C. Hunter in his lovely 8C2900B Alfa Romeo on the Campbell Road Circuit. In ths race he...
If you ever see a photograph of Philippe Etancelin in action, chances are you will never forget him. Because he’s...
One was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1902 and the other in a cramped workshop in Bologna, northern Italy, 35 years later. Yet, when the two came together, they astounded the world by winning the Indianapolis 500 twice, in 1939 and 1940. Wilbur Shaw built his first car when he...
Achille Varzi was the opposite of his capricious nemesis Tazio Nuvolari, who was steeped in instinctive talent. Varzi was a...
Garie Cooper Jurgen Barth 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967)....
November 2005 Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich was destined to be the first man to win a third consecutive event in 1955. However, it was not to be as Vuky was involved in someone else’s accident that...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A Mille Miglia Photo: Peter Collins The Alfa cockpit has a number of refined details for a...
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