Six cars from the Ford Performance Collection of megadealer Jim Click will be offered for sale by RM Sotheby’s at...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his...
For all the great drivers who contested the old Can-Am, few did well. Your Amons, Andrettis, Brabhams, Elfords, Joneses, Halls, Motschenbachers, Parsonses, Poseys, Rodriguezes, Sifferts, many more…none of them ever won a race. How surprising is it that so much talent came up so dry? Pete Lyons Frankly, not that...
Donington Park in the English Midlands, the historic site of 1930s Grands Prix, has once again echoed to the sound...
Ted Cutting, the man who designed the Aston Martin DBR1 that took Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori to victory at...
Le Mans, 1967. Giddy as a couple of kids, Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt are spraying champagne on everyone within range—race officials, photographers, crew members, even Henry Ford II. The calendar says June 11, but it’s really the Fourth of July and waving the Stars-and-Stripes is in high fashion. Driving...
Ex-Essex Wire 1965 Ford GT40 #1010 One hundred years of Ford! Where do you start? There are far too many...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
The FIA (Federation International Automobile) sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed...
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...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
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...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Artist Fernando Hoyos visually examines the design evolution and family lineage of the famed Ford GT40 in this illustration, starting...
Fifty years ago last June, Henry Ford II’s dream of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans came true as...
As a tribute to the Ford GT supercar, the prototype vehicle that gave life to the program more than a half-century ago, Ford is introducing the 2022 Ford GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Edition. The limited-edition vehicle is inspired by the 1964 Ford GT prototype that debuted at the New York...
Frank Gardner was the classic sportsman, excelling in swimming, rowing, surfing, and boxing before he began to race speedway bikes...
1966 Lola T70 SL71/48 Proper warming up of components and attention paid to maintaining balance with the handling were the...
In 1966, the GT40’s finished Le Mans 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. First and second were the Shelby-American cars driven by McLaren and Amon, and Miles and Hulme. They fought out the closest ever finish to the great race, the winning margin being, “officially” judged to be, just 8 meters. However, the...
The world’s finest gathering of significant and authentic racing Ford GT40s will be assembled at the 2013 Goodwood Revival, September...
The Goodwood Road Racing Club has announced that its 74th Members’ Meeting will be held March 19-20, 2016, at Goodwood...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher The famed Ford GT40 appears to be one of the most talked about and sought-after cars in...
On November 4-7 twelve Ford GT40s were reunited at the HSR Brumos Continental Historics held at the Daytona International Speedway. Among the many GT40s present was the 1965 MkII (#2 in picture) which won the 1966 24-Hours of Le Mans at the hands of Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon. Also...