• VSCCA October Berkshires Rallye-tour, will be held Oct. 24-26. The Rallye is open to all VSCCA members and friends...
• The second annual Arizona Concours d’Elegance has announced four icons of automotive history will appear as featured classes during...
On Saturday, June 7th 2014, Donington Park in Leicestershire, England will reverberate to the sound of Bentley engines spanning nine decades, as Bentleys of all ages come together in a unique one-marque race. This sight of the British marque at the British circuit will celebrate the 90th anniversary of Bentley’s...
Bentley Speed 8 My obvious choice for my greatest racecar has to be the Bentley Speed-8 which I won with...
Donington Park will reverberate to the unmistakable sound of Bentley engines spanning nine decades on Saturday, June 7, 2014, as...
• Stu Hilborn, widely known as the Father of Fuel Injection, has passed away at the age of 96. While in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, Hilborn devised a new way of increasing fuel flow to internal combustion engines, and his mechanical fuel injection system revolutionized the auto racing...
Of the major Western automobile manufacturing nations, England may have been the most staid when it came to streamlining and...
By Bill Rothermel Bonhams will offer a significant vintage Bentley automobile at its upcoming Quail Lodge sale in Carmel, California...
It is true that without the cars there would have been no “Bentley Boys,” but it is equally true that the “Bentley Boys” lent excitement, drama and prestige to the Cricklewood Bentley. Hard-driving on the track, they played hard in their leisure time as well. They were amateurs of the...
Bentley Motors competed in the 2013 Mille Miglia with two unique 4 1/2 Litre Supercharged “Blowers” – a 1930 Le...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
Quite simply, cars raced by Dick Seaman are few and far between. The British driver was active in our sport for only a handful of years, and for three of those he was employed as a factory driver for Mercedes-Benz. This alone makes it extremely difficult to “get your hands”...
St. Georges Barracks, Upper Arncott, Bicester, UK December 1, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim Hall’s air dam problem and the Cooper that Howden Ganley mentioned in his letter. When we ran the Shelby Cooper that was at Laguna Seca in ’64 we did modify...
As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, we sadly report that the elder statesman of American motorsport, John Fitch, has...
To anyone interested in automotive history, the late 1940s and early ‘50s was a fascinating period of time, especially in...
The 10th annual The Quail—A Motorsports Gathering, proved another resounding success with a sellout crowd of 3,000 guests in attendance to view 180 specially selected automobiles and motorcycles. This year, The Quail paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of Iso Automobili, with Piero Rivolta, author, former managing director and designer...
Founded by Kent Bain and Charles Webb in 1978, Automotive Restorations, and its racing arm Vintage Racing Services, has grown...
Photo: RM Auctions During this year’s Classic Car Week in Monterey, 53 cars were sold at auction for prices above $1...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of the long-distance sports racing cars you’ve seen or learned of over the years, and that you still hold in reverence. Cunninghams, Jaguars, Ferraris, Fords, Porsches, classic enduro racers that you...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17,...
Just 35 miles away from the fabled Brooklands race circuit where eight decades ago this single-seat racing Bentley astonished spectators by sprinting its way into the record books, Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin’s dramatic 4.5 Liter Supercharged “Blower” Bentley returned to record-breaking form by reaching a sale price of £4.5 million...
Five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell MBE returned to Circuit de la Sarthe on 6-8 July, 2012 to participate in...
Billed as the United Kingdom’s answer to Pebble Beach, a display of historic motor cars from around the world will...
VR: How did you start writing? CC: My wife had a job with the local police department working nights doing dispatch and secretarial work. So it worked out really well, I would get home from my job as a copywriter in advertising, feed the kids and put them to bed...
Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
Fewer cars rolled across the block than in recent years during the auctions in Scottsdale, but the amount bid for...
