With its revised and corrected rear suspension, the car is a blast to drive especially when steered with the throttle. Photo:...
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
As part of its annual time-warp journey through the past, this weekend’s Goodwood Revival will feature a 50th Anniversary Reunion of all six original Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupes as part of the Revival’s theme of “Front-Engine GT Racecars.” The Coupes were integral players in Shelby American’s successful efforts to wrest...
A record, sellout crowd of 149,000 poured into the Goodwood Circuit, near Chichester in West Sussex, England, last weekend for...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
On Saturday December 12, in the Main Space at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, the Museum will host the first in a series of Preservation Workshops, single-day symposiums focusing on the preservation efforts and long-term stewardship of a featured vehicle from the Museum’s collection. Dr. Fred Simeone will...
This year’s Goodwood Revival will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic GT racing cars of the...
The Daytona Continental (2000-km), Daytona, February 16, 1964 The grid is ready to go, in pit lane, for the rolling...
I don’t have one favorite racecar; I have several: the Daytona Coupe I raced at Le Mans with Dan Gurney, the Ford GT40, the Ferrari P3, and, of course, the Ferrari Formula One. The Daytona Coupe was a one-off and I loved racing it. They only built six and only...
1964 Porsche 904 GTS Resplendent in its red and white Scuderia Filipinetti livery, 904 #079 looks lean and lithe and...
Peter Brock, designer of the Cobra Daytona Coupe (above, photo courtesy David Newhardt), will be the honored guest at the...
Edited by Rex McAfee A Lifetime of Achievement: On the centenary of Shelby’s birth, January 11, 2023, Goodwood is delighted to announce the legendary American driver, car manufacturer and entrepreneur Carroll Shelby, will be celebrated at this year’s Goodwood Revival, 8-10 September 2023. The tribute will include cars that were...
Shelby Legendary Cars, the official licensed builder of authentic 1960s Shelby continuation Cobras, Daytona Coupes and GT40s, has moved to...
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the marque’s 1965 FIA World Manufacturers Championship, Shelby American is set to produce a...
If you arrived at Goodwood just after the gates opened on any of the three days (September 16-18) there’s every chance that you were greeted by the sound of V12 engines firing up. Nothing unusual in that, as the Goodwood Revival is the premier historic race meeting, but these were...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August,...
Dan Gurney shared this 4.7-liter Cobra Daytona Coupe with Bob Bondurant for the 1964 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They finished 4th overall and won the GT category, and as none of the GT40s finished that year, were the highest placed Ford. Gurney’s drive is featured in...
