The over 2 liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations...
Denis Hulme Jean Alesi 2 F1 racer and Can-Am champion Bruce McLaren dies in a crash while testing his M8D...
August 2003 Ferrari – The Factory By Karl Ludvigsen So much has been written about the pride of Maranello that it is very hard to pick up a book on Ferrari and find much that is new. However, Karl Ludvigsen and Iconografix has managed to do just that with a...
Uwe Meissner, of Germany’s Modena Motorsport, held his annual Ferrari Driving Days at the Nürburgring on June 23–24 and more...
I was involved in racing in a very interesting time, when a lot of good things happened and a lot...
You know, I had the experience of working with some great teams and on some “interesting” projects. For example, I was in the Ligier team when they had the Alfa Romeo engine, and that was a very difficult period. The problem was that Alfa had a lot of people who...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
A firsthand look at the inner workings Of Ferrari by race team manager Romolo Tavoni, as told to Chris Nixon...
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Prototype I have to confess that we sometimes get very carried away by some of the machinery we get to examine and test. We even have some degree of conflict about not being able to more frequently feature more down-to-earth and historic cars. It’s not that...
Steve Earle and General Racing Ltd., organizers of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the 24-Hours of Daytona (1969). 4 Malcolm Campbell sets a Land Speed Record of 174.833 mph in his Bluebird at Pendine Sands, Wales (1927). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Mike Hailwood Lucien Bianchi 3 Future Indianapolis car racer Joe Leonard wins the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on the beach...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a European...
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Ferrari 250 GTO was designed by Sergio Scaglietti in just over two weeks. Il...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in Germany (1922). 1 Indy car racer Tom Sneva is born (1948). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
Richard Petty Antonio Ascari 3 Mark Donohue wins the USAC Champ Car race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, for Team Penske’s first...
As one of the most recognized names in motorsport, the blood red cars of Ferrari are perhaps one of the...
In a Millennium when Ferrari seems all-conquering in F1, it’s hard to remember the bad old days of the late 1960s, when there wasn’t much prance in the cavallino—and not only in formula racing. One of the biggest disappointments to sports car fans was the firm’s off-and-off-again approach to the...
Ferrari wins! This was not always so for Ferrari in the beginning. After a career building and racing cars for...
I remember the 1968 Oulton Park Gold Cup Race very well because it was my first Formula 1 drive, and...
With Ferrari being the featured marque at this month’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races, we thought it would be interesting to take a somewhat unconventional look at what is perhaps the world’s most famous racecar manufacturer. As such, in this issue we examine the history of Ferrari’s first 3-liter Grand Prix...
Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
The North American Racing Team: An evocative name that is steeped in history and encompasses one man’s ambitions, his passion,...
1967 Ferrari 312 Chassis 0007 After the smaller 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars of 1961–’65, the return to a larger engine size was unanimously welcomed. The smaller cars had been much better than anyone thought they would be, but a “return to power” was thought to be good for motor racing....
The 31st Rolex Monterey Historic Races were again the feature event at a very busy weekend in Northern California, where...
December 2004 Speed in Sweden—A Century of Swedish Motorsport By Björn Tiedemann, et al. While it is easy to overlook frosty Sweden as a hotbed of motorsport history and activity, the truth is that Sweden has enjoyed a wide variety of motorsport for more than 100 years. Speed in Sweden...