1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this!...
Mecum Auctions is preparing to return to the Fairplex in Pomona, California, February 16-17 for its Los Angeles 2018 auction,...
Phil Bachman has been collecting Ferraris at a rate of about one a year since he got his first one in 1984. He prefers yellow, and nearly all of his Fer- raris are that color. Thanks to a mutual friend, Larry Benson, Vintage Road- car had the privilege of visiting...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has opened a new exhibit featuring the engines that have earned fame in the annual...
Barrett-Jackson will host its 10th Annual Las Vegas Auction on the weekend of October 19-21 at the Mandalay Bay Resort...
Juan Manuel Fangio Biography Affectionately known as “bandy legs” by his many fans, Juan Manuel Fangio was born in Balcarce, Argentina the son of an Italian immigrant in 1911. After military service he opened his own garage and would race in local events. These “local” events were not the weekend...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Environment affects evolution. Case in point: racing sedans. European sedans, contending with high fuel costs and operating on winding and...
Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie beneath the surface. He raced from the mid-1950s to around 1962, but he gave it all up for his business of selling cars in London, Ontario, Canada. Here was a...
The combination of GM’s Jim Musser and Jim Hall proved to be one of the most potent combinations in autosport...
The 1960 Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle known as CERV 1, that was used by Zora Arkus-Duntov as he developed the...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod has semi-retired there after his championship-winning career, including toppling the Unser dynasty from Pikes Peak in the United States. Photo: Mark Dunstan What started five...
1970 Phil Henny IMSA GT Chevrolet Camaro (Chassis#124870L515127) Phil Henny is one of those guys you’ve probably never heard of....
In this concluding installment of our interview with Trans-Am record-breaker Tom Kendall, we pick up the narrative just after he’s...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving a Ferrari 333SP (1997). 4 Giuseppe Campari wins the fifth Coppa Acerbo road race in an Alfa Romeo P2 (1928). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
RM Sotheby’s Motor City auction is the official auction of the Concours d’Elegance of America at the Inn at St....
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie...
Over two-liter Grand Touring 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, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
James Bond and the Receivers Photo: Max Earey Dear Editor, Congratulations on maintaining a great magazine. It never fails to...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California to the open roads of Le Mans, Guldstrand’s list of racing accomplishments is long and legendary, and on the occasion of his recent passiing we remember him by rerunning Casey...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a...
Gaston Chevrolet L. Motschenbacher 1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at...
The Ed Foss Low-Mileage Corvette Collection will be featured at the Mecum Monterey 2015 auction, scheduled for August 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in California during Monterey Classic Car Week. The Collection includes 26 of some of the lowest-mileage and most original examples of America’s sports car in...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
Ian Ashley Lola T330 F5000. Photo: BRDC Archive Motor racing is a very expensive hobby, but once you start with...
In late 1967, three 1968 model year Chevrolet Corvettes were prepared to L88 specifications and finished in Le Mans Blue for James Garner’s American International Racing team (AIR) to race at Daytona in February. To pick up the three COPO-ordered racers Dick Gulstrand, Bob McDonald and Perry Moore flew out...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are...
Earls Court, London, England. October 1960. Battista Farina (second from right) pictured with the Farina-Bodied Chevrolet Corvair. Photo courtesy of:...
For 2013, GM added quite a bit of flair to the Camaro lineup. Overall, changes were limited mostly to the improved suspension and nicer interiors, but they also introduced the exciting ZL1 Convertible to the public along with the fabulous 1LE, a true driver’s Camaro that we tested in the...
