The 16th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing automotive and motorsports...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
Tony Southgate began his lengthy career in motorsports by joining Lola Cars in the early days of that venerable marque’s existence. The young Englishman became the first drawing office employee of founder Eric Broadley’s growing company, a firm that would serve as fertile ground for a number of aspiring young...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy...
• RM Auctions’ February 18–19, Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum sale generated more than $9.1 million with 100 percent of all...
The news has emerged that Roy Lunn, known to many as the Godfather of the GT40, passed away on August...
As a tribute to the Ford GT supercar, the prototype vehicle that gave life to the program more than a...
June 2005 Pebble Beach Remembered By Art Evans Shortly after World War II, road racing returned to the United States, first on the East Coast with races at places like Bridgehampton and Watkins Glen, and shortly thereafter on the West Coast, most notably at Pebble Beach, on the Monterey Peninsula....
Some highlights from the infamous 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans that marked the first time Ford won the prestigious...
London Classic Car Show, ExCel, London, UK, January 8-11, 2015 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
As a tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s 1966 Ford GT lightweight experimental prototypes, Ford is introducing the Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition. The limited-edition vehicle celebrates the role the prototypes played in the history of the development of the Ford GT. “Whether it’s going like hell at the racetrack...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
VR: Why don’t we take a step right back to the very beginning. How did you first get started with...
Photo: RM Auctions During this year’s Classic Car Week in Monterey, 53 cars were sold at auction for prices above $1 million. Incredibly, 22 of those were cars built specifically for racing, and this group was led by a Gulf/Mirage Lightweight version of a 1968 Ford GT40 (P/1074) that set a...
Although he will probably be remembered mainly for a contrasting pair of Indycar accomplishments, Jerry Grant was yet another of...
1969 Porsche 917K In 1969 it was make-or-break time for Porsche. After over a decade of dominating small-bore racing, the...
Onboard video of a Ford GT40 making some laps around the Spa Francorchamps ahead of the 6 hour endurance race....
Fair disclosure—I’ve wanted to write about this car for years. The Ford GT appeared, in 2005, as a production offering...
A new Historic Racing Festival to celebrate Snetterton’s rich motorsport heritage has been launched by Motor Racing Legends. The ‘Snetterton...
The grass had grown long and dense in the cloudy English spring, and the silver racing coupe – a lean, lithe-limbed thing – lay low in it with the muscular ease of a young lioness. I stood at an uneasy distance, as if teetering between the pull of helpless enchantment...
18 Reasons Why a 65 is not a 47 Dear Editor. Being the owner of an authentic Lotus 47 and...
Hermann Lang Vittorio Jano 1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper...
Duncan Hamilton Jeff Andretti 1 Moises Solana wins the USRRC race in Mexico City, Mexico (1968). 2 Motorcycle and F1 racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Hand carved from mahogany, the Ford GT-40 shown above measures 13 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall,...
The world’s finest gathering of significant and authentic racing Ford GT40s will be assembled at the 2013 Goodwood Revival, September...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of the long-distance sports racing cars you’ve seen or learned of over the years, and that you still hold in reverence. Cunninghams, Jaguars, Ferraris, Fords, Porsches, classic enduro racers that you...