Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
Among the cars that Russo and Steele will offer at its 5th annual auction in Newport Beach, California, on the...
This is a little-known story, but the real father of Riverside Raceway was Jim Peterson. I thought this would be a good time to tell it, because the new Riverside International Raceway Museum is having a “Legends of Riverside” celebration on March 27-29. It might be appropriate to include at...
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year...
Mecum Auctions registered $20 million in overall sales when it returned to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, last week with 858 vehicles on...
Since it opened last June the Newport Car Museum has welcomed more than 14,000 visitors and become an instant hit with car clubs and tour groups exploring the Northeast — especially the popular vacation destination of Newport, Rhode Island. The museum’s location in a 114,000-square-foot building once devoted to missile...
Corvette’s contemporary ZO6 is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who drive slower cars, such as Ferraris...
The iconic purpose-built 1956 Corvette SR-2 will be one of the featured Corvettes at this Saturday’s Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance at...
Many might find it unusual that the 58-year old son of legendary racecar driver Dave MacDonald had never driven a race car on a racetrack, but it’s true. Going fast has always been in my blood—as evidenced by countless speeding tickets—but it’s only in the past five years that I’ve...
Dave Friedman in his book on American sports car racing in the golden era of racing called Dr. Dick Thompson...
A 1969 Maserati Ghibli 4.9 Spyder took top honors for the highest sale price at last week’s Mecum Kissimmee Auction...
Pete Brock, stylist for the Corvette Sting Ray, designer of the Cobra Daytona Coupe, founder of BRE and a multi-disciplined Renaissance Man in his spare time, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with its Phil Hill Award at the organization’s annual banquet in Daytona Beach prior to the...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
The 16th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing automotive and motorsports enthusiast event weeks, will this year pay tribute to the grit, gruel and glamour of endurance racing. Now in its ninth year, the Festival’s “Life” exhibits honor automotive culture and...
Ken Miles in the Shelby Cobra, with Shelby’s personal racing number, leads Jim Hall in the Corvette Grand Sport. Ken...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931...
1965 Corvette XP-819 In 1965, famed General Motors designer Larry Shinoda designed a one-off concept car, the XP-819, that tested the concept of a rear-engined (not mid-engined) Corvette. Built under Frank Winchell’s Chevrolet Research and Development group, the XP-819 featured a reverse rotation, marine 327-cu.in V-8 hung out the back...
Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in...
This year’s HMSA Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races, to be run July 7–9 at Portland International Raceway, will pay tribute to America’s first sports car, the Corvette, as well as Britain’s Allard. Legendary Corvette driver Dick Guldstrand will serve as the event’s Grand Marshal on a race weekend that...
Barrett-Jackson helped raise $1,050,000 for charities supporting U.S. veterans and their families, youth programs and medical research during its 14th...
The Corvette SR2 competition car was created by the design team of GM styling boss Harley Earl, and made for Earl’s...
The Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance will return on July 17, 2021, to celebrate Corvette – “America’s Sports Car.” Last year’s two-day event was cancelled due to the pandemic and this fourth “annual” event has been rescheduled as a one-day program. All current State guidelines for pandemic restrictions will be in place...
John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as...
Tony Parella They say there is no greater zealot, than a recent convert. Though he came to the sport fairly...
Several excellent examples of America’s favorite sports car will be crossing the auction block at Barrett-Jackson’s 2nd Annual Northeast Auction, June 21-24 at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. “Corvettes have captured the imagination of enthusiasts and collectors since 1953,” said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. “One of the most unique aspects...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s...
The 25th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance has announced the Featured Marques for the event slated for Saturday and...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, but not all of those races were run for a full 24 hours. The first two runnings had a three-hour duration, while the next two...