Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
This year’s 4th Annual Pinehurst Concours, scheduled for April 30 on the fairways of North Carolina’s Pinehurst Resort, will showcase...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism” that was sweeping across other forms of motorsport began to exert its influence at Le Mans. With increased money and prestige now flowing through professional racing, the caliber of teams...
Cavallino Classic at Mar-a-Lago Beach, Florida January 22-24, 2015 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
A rare Cadillac, once owned by 1940s Silver Screen starlet Rita Hayworth, will be one of several iconic automobiles of...
A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in Show at the 2014 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance at Pinehurst Resort on May 4. The car, equipped with a V16 engine and purchased in 1986 by Gillet and then restored by...
The only other Lemans convertible that still exists was returned to the factory in 1959 and restyled by Harley Earl...
• The 12th annual Winter Park Concours d’Elegance, will be held Sunday, November 10, 2013, on Winter Park, Florida’s scenic...
Roy Brown Jr.—designer of the much maligned, ’50s flop the Ford Edsel—passed away on Feb. 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from complications of pneumonia and Parkinson’s Disease. He was 96. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, after World War I, Brown first went to work at GM’s Cadillac Studio before moving...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the...
In addition to being a successful real estate developer, Ted Gildred was appointed Ambassador to Argentina during the Reagan administration. VR: You were born in Mexico, as I understand. TG: Yes, I was born in Mexico City in 1935. My dad was a civil engineer and had worked, when he...
RM Auctions closed out its 2012 auction calendar with the early December sale of the John Staluppi “Cars of Dreams”...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
Another little piece of our motoring heritage is about to be banished to the rubbish bin of automotive history. Like the kerosene lamp, the 8-track cassette deck and the squeezable air horn, General Motors has recently announced that starting in the 2014 model year, there will no longer be an...
In 1903, Henry M. Leland began selling a $750, single-cylinder, automobile under the name Cadillac. Later touted as the “Standard...
It’s been a very long time since Bill Pollack raced his Cadillac-powered Allard to victory through the forested road course...
The 2012 Santa Fe Concorso, a gathering of more than 100 rare and exotic cars and motorcycles, will take place September 28-30 at The Club at Las Campanas, a stunning development located just 15 minutes from the historic Plaza in downtown Santa Fe. The event, now in its third year,...
Under warm and sunny skies at the 3rd annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California,...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
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As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing...
Few auctions in the world can match Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic for variety, and fewer still are able to...
• The Branson Auto Museum has pledged to rebuild and reopen at the same location after a tornado with 130-mph winds touched down on the last day of February. Although the roof was destroyed in the twister and flying debris damaged some cars, the majority of the collection survived unscathed....
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford...
Frank Sinatra purchased his first hybrid car in 1957. So did pals, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Eddie Fisher, as...
Motor sport anniversaries and centenaries seem to have filled the calendar in the last few years, and as our sport continues to get older, there will be many more. 50 Years of Lister Jaguar to 60 Years of Lotus, everyone gets a celebration or at least a tribute these days....
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle...
In my book Vintage American Road Racing Cars, I wrote, “Of all the Kurtis road racing cars, the 500X is shrouded in the most mystery regarding how many cars were constructed. By some accounts as many as 12 were built, but some believe six or even fewer cars were actually...
