As the ninth annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering had chosen to honor Ferrari’s limited edition, top-end America and Superamerica...
The name Robin Donovan may not mean much to most, but this man has quietly gone about his business and...
Behind Le Mans, The Film in Photographs By Michael Keyser Arguably one of the most influential racing feature films of all-time, Steve McQueen’s Le Mans did not enjoy critical or financial success when released in the early ’70s, but it has gone on to become a cult classic for racing...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr....
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit that drives all racers toward excellence on the track, but then again, perhaps it is, just not in an analytical how-it’s-done sense. Following on from his previous Motor Racing: Reflections...
Gooding & Company continued to set the auction world on fire with eleven world records set at its Amelia Island...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner...
The Watkins Glen 6 Hours, on July 21, 1973, served as the final round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship where Derek Bell took this Mirage-Ford-Cosworth M6 he shared with Howden Ganley to a 4th-place finish. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Brian Redman has accepted the position of Grand Marshal for the 2nd Annual Bahamas Speed Week Revival, scheduled for this...
As preparations proceed for the 2nd Annual Bahamas Speed Week Revival, scheduled for November 24 through December 2 in Nassau,...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The Mirage story is, in some ways, a rather complex one, in that the Mirage was a rare example of a well-known racing car that had not been developed consistently year...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and...
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis...
A record, sellout crowd of 149,000 poured into the Goodwood Circuit, near Chichester in West Sussex, England, last weekend for the 18th renewal of the Goodwood Revival. Dressed in period costumes, they were treated to three days filled with automotive delights, including a historic assembly of all six original Cobra...
The fifth global gathering of Porschephiles, Rennsport Reunion V, took place before a record crowd of some 57,531 under sunny...
As Historic Sportscar Racing’s Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA, gets ready to roll at Daytona International Speedway...
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural, Historic Sportscar Racing staged its 2nd annual Classic 24 at Daytona presented by IMSA last weekend as the history-rich Rolex 24 at Daytona was celebrated under sunny Florida skies. The Classic 24 format features six chronologically based race groups with each running...
The two-time British National Hillclimb Champion who was also the man who gave five-time Le Mans Derek Bell his initial...
The fifth global gathering of Porschephiles, Rennsport Reunion V, took place before a record crowd of some 57,531 under sunny...
The two-time British National Hillclimb Champion who also gave five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell his initial international opportunity to race, Peter Westbury, has died at the age of 77. Westbury won the 1963 Hillclimb Championship aboard his homebuilt Felday 1, powered by a supercharged Daimler V8, then repeated his...
The 1982 Porsche 956 was a car that we started with a clean sheet of paper. Everything was new, the...
Hope for Tomorrow will celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a black tie dinner at London’s The Hurlingham...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of course. Too many victories to remember. That’s Britain’s Derek Bell, “Mr. Nice Guy” as he is known among most of his contemporaries. Which is remarkable in itself. Not too many...
The E-Type Club’s three-week Round Britain Coastal Drive in support of Prostate Cancer UK will commence at Goodwood on September...
As it returns for its 11th year, Salon Privé has firmly established itself as the UK’s most prestigious Luxury Supercar...
The 11th annual Salon Privé Chubb Insurance Concours d’Elégance, set for Thursday September 1 at Blenheim Palace, has announced three exciting new entries, including a multi-award-winning, Pininfarina-bodied Maserati A6 GCS Berlinetta (above, photo courtesy of Salon Privé), the third of four ever made, and the only one remaining in authentic...
Following the razzmatazz of the Goodwood Revival weekend, Monday morning should have been back to business, but a couple of...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
Five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell MBE was the featured guest as JD Classics welcomed more than 500 guests to another of its breakfast mornings last weekend. The greatest British endurance racer of all time — who in addition to his Le Mans victories has three wins in the Rolex...