The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man,...
June 2010 Le Mans, France, June 16–17, 1939. Shown here rounding Tetre Rouge, this Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Special Berlinetta was driven by Raymond Sommer and Prince Bira, but retired on the 173rd lap with engine problems. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B – Car Profiles He seemed to be well positioned at Fiat, then the leading racing...
Alex Bacon grew up a student of automobile design. He cut his teeth as a teenager with a ground up...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through Grand Prix motor racing of the Thirties, and too early to give Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss and Hans Herrmann any real competition in the W196 of 1954 and 1955....
The tree-shaded campus of Pacific University proved a popular spot on a scorching July Sunday as thousands of auto enthusiasts...
Photo: Peter Collins Cruise through Como on Saturday; line up for the Parma Poggio hillclimb on Sunday. Alfa Romeo: great...
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...
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
The 33rd annual Concorso Italiano, arguably the world’s largest and most prestigious exotic and luxury Italian car show, announced that a...
It seems strange to me that I’ve become an Alfa enthusiast, as I apparently have come to the party relatively late in my automotive life. As a kid, I was certainly crazy for Italian cars, Ferraris in particular, of course. They were fast and loud, low slung, sleek and sexy....
The more in-depth summaries of the life and career of Phil Hill have focussed on three significant aspects: the racing...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
Andrea Vesco and Fabio Salvinelli, driving a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport, won the 1000 Miglia 2021, after almost 1800 km through some of the most beautiful cities in Italy. Andrea Vesco already has three victories to his credit, all in Alfa Romeos. After winning earlier editions with...
It’s wrong to call Baconin Borzacchini the “eternal second,” as some motor sport historians do. Sure, he came 2nd in...
Classic and vintage car restoration specialist Thornley Kelham is undertaking its most challenging project yet; a complete nut-and-bolt concours-standard restoration...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time in a test session at Snetterton, England, by Martin Brundle (1985). 3 Michael Kranefuss, NASCAR team owner and one-time head of racing at Ford, born (1938). Become a Member &...
From Abarth’s angry little stingers to V12 Ferraris and everything in between, Italy offers one of the world’s most diverse...
