When the world got back to normal life, after World War II, there was so much pent up demand for...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race at all. The previous year there had been a fatality on the 6.6-mile course that ran right through town on Franklin Street. The Austin-Healey 100 pace car leads the pack...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17, when the annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance celebrated their “THE BRITISH ARE COMING!” theme, with over 30,000 people in attendance. As the 2012 featured marque, Aston Martin was the centerpiece...
As preparations proceed for the 2nd Annual Bahamas Speed Week Revival, scheduled for November 24 through December 2 in Nassau,...
A special panel of “Junior Judges” organized by Hagerty Insurance made their way to the UK’s Cholmondley Castle on Sept...
• Paris’ famed Retromobile automobile exhibition has announced that its next event, February 6–10, 2013, will pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of Roland Garros’ first crossing of the Mediterranean by air. Included in the display will be Garros’ type H “Morane” airplane and his 5-liter “Roland Garros” Bugatti. For...
Two-time Canadian Formula B champion Craig Hill has died at the age of 78. Hill was an outgoing character who...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials and Land Speed Record attempts, the postwar competition and special tuning department in Abingdon, England, was synonymous with “Giant Killing” performance right up through 1967. However, the late ’60s brought...
Kiwi Stephen Bell relocated to Colorado when he was 18 to find snow-skiing glory. Along the way, however, he also...
The historic Brooklands motor racing circuit echoed to the sounds of the past on February 16, when a group of...
The largest collection of Aston Martin racing cars ever to gather on a single track will meet at Brands Hatch July 6-7 to mark the British brand’s centenary. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Aston Martin, and more than a hundred of the marque’s racing cars,...
Photo: Pete Austin I have many memories of competing in rallies across Europe, but one that really sticks in my...
With 17,712 built between 1963 and 1968, the Austin-Healey 3000 MIII BJ8 represents just over 24 percent of total big...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher The famed Ford GT40 appears to be one of the most talked about and sought-after cars in...
Stephen Laing is curator of the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon. Stephen Laing is the current Curator of the Heritage...
Donald Healey and his small team at the Donald Healey Motor Company in Warwick, England, were on a roll. Late 1952 brought the combining of Austin and Healey into the new marque of Austin-Healey. Part of the agreement between the newly formed British Motor Corporation and the DHMC was that...
RM Sotheby’s will hold its biennial Villa Erba sale, this Saturday, May 23, on the shores of Italy’s Lake Como....
More than 112 vintage racers and 760 collector cars filled Oregon’s Portland International Raceway over the Labor Day weekend with...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject is a very tall order. As a writer and researcher you stand alone with your head above a parapet just waiting to be shot down once your findings are published....
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
Coker’s Lines Dear Editor, Your story about the recreated 1953 Austin-Healey 100S Record Car was interesting. The caption notes how “sleek and slippery” the 100’s lines are. The image of the 1954 “Streamliner” also demonstrates the beauty of the design of this Austin-Healey. The story might have included credit for...
My first race was a small event at a BARC Goodwood Members Meeting, at the wheel of my Jowett Jupiter....
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on...
A 1953 Austin-Healey that raced in the inaugural New Zealand Grand Prix will make its public show debut at Race Retro in Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK, this weekend, February 26-28, the first time it has been on public display anywhere in the world. In storage for 34 years, the car...