What a weekend! Winter Jam finally made its return to Sonoma Raceway in 2021 after a yearlong pandemic absence. With...
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Central Valley will be conducting its 27th annual Collector Car Drawings this year and the stunning lineup...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie raced as slowly as he talked he’d never have won anything! Charlie did win, however, and he won big. He finished 3rd in his very first race in a jalopy...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
Boy Meets Car, Loses Car, Finds Car By Steve Smith | Photographs as credited Every car guy has the automotive...
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette “America’s Sports Car,” the Petersen Automotive Museum is hosting two days of events and educational exhibits. On March 1-2, 2013, the Petersen will be filled with fabulous Corvette racecars, historic concept cars and rare production models, along with experts and icons...
1990 Penske PC19-Ilmor Chevrolet I first saw Roger Penske racing a Maserati Birdcage at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. He...
By 1963, Cobras were doing very well in Sports Car Club of America races. Cars driven by Shelby American drivers...
Barrett-Jackson’s 16thannual Palm Beach auction, held last weekend, April 13-15, enjoyed record attendance, record auction sales and the largest number of registered bidders for any Palm Beach auction. Three impressive collections were sold at the auction, highlighted by renowned collector and philanthropist John Staluppi’s coveted Cars of Dreams vehicles, which...
Bonhams & Butterfields announced that the ex-James Garner/American International Racing 1968 Corvette L88 will be added to the roster of...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has opened a new exhibit featuring the engines that have earned fame in the annual...
In the automotive world, Corvette is a name that is synonymous with unique sportiness and dynamism. Among those automotive legends came the third generation Corvette, known as the C3 Corvette- one of the most iconic generations of them all. Many people want to acquire the Chevrolet Corvette C3 as a...
This is not a vehicle for the sports car buyer, obviously. The 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ might, however, be a...
Earls Court, London, England. October 1960. Battista Farina (second from right) pictured with the Farina-Bodied Chevrolet Corvair. Photo courtesy of:...
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 looking for some Formula 5000 video, we recently stumbled across this fantastic piece of a documentary on YouTube that...
The 1963 Corvette Sting Ray holds a special place in automotive history as it ushered in the second generation of...
Roy PikePhoto: Pete Austin The special relationship between Great Britain and the USA is said to be strong in the political arena; it’s for sure stronger in motor racing terms. Many talented Americans have crossed the Atlantic to hone their talents in the UK’s racing scene over the years. Examples...
1967 Chevrolet Corvette Vintage Race Car Drivetrain: 1965 327 block, +.030 = 331 CID with reported 410 HP. The engine...
Photography by Kristina Cilia (@kristinacilia_autos) and Debi Retterer (@debirettererphotography). Automotive enthusiasts will have their preference on what catches their attention...
Mecum Auctions held its annual Bloomington Gold Corvette auction on June 24-25, 2011, in St. Charles, Illinois, resulting in total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $5.8 million. Headlining the Mecum Bloomington Gold Corvette auction 2011 was a collection of 23 Black Corvettes ranging from 1954-1969 with at least one...
Corvette: Sixty Years By Randy Leffingwell Corvette: Sixty Years celebrates the history of this fabled machine, from the early 6-cylinder...
My first racing was in motorcycles on a Triumph 350. That would be in 1958 while I was in Japan...
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North American road racing. He began as did so many others of his contemporaries in the 1950s, went on to race with Briggs Cunningham’s team, and from there went to the...
The seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette made its debut Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit....
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are to liven things up when things get a little stale, or as a response when it is perceived that the public is losing interest. Other times it’s driven by sponsors...
Mecum Auctions is preparing to return to the Fairplex in Pomona, California, February 16-17 for its Los Angeles 2018 auction,...
Racing’s fabled “Pink Lady,” Donna Mae Mims, the first woman to win an SCCA National Championship, has passed away at...
Don Yenko and Yenko Stinger By Charlie “Bud” Doerge In 1957, Chevrolet racer Don Yenko set up his own tuning shop in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Starting in 1965, Yenko’s shop began turning its attention to Chevrolet’s new, rear-engined car, the Corvair. Yenko saw both performance and racing potential in the Corvair...