A new record was set for a Mustang selling at auction during Mecum’s 26th Original Spring Classic, May 14-19, 2013,...
February 2018 Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures By Mario Donnini The latest in author Donnini’s series of “Life in...
The Petersen Automotive Museum and Checkered Flag 200, the museum’s premier membership group, will present another gala tribute this November in honor of the SCCA’s Trans-American Sedan Championship. “Tribute to Trans-Am” will take place November 12, beginning with a 6:00 p.m. cocktail reception, followed by dinner. Also scheduled is a...
Mecum Auctions took its collector-car auction show to the Mile High City this past weekend, July 22-23, with 591 vehicles...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack...
Walter Maynard “Bud” Moore Jr., a decorated veteran of World War II and D-Day’s Normandy Invasion and a 2011 inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, died November 27 at the age of 92. Moore was a self-described country mechanic who fielded championship-winning teams in both NASCAR Cup competition and...
The chase begins … Using black and white markers on an 11″x 14″ piece of green paper artist Paul Chenard...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
A selection of American muscle cars will highlight of this year’s 10-day Mecum Kissimmee Auction, scheduled to commence on January 6 and close on January 15 in Kissimmee, Florida. Camaros, Mustangs, Plymouth Superbirds, Dodge Hemi Challengers and the last Buick GNX ever built will feature, but among the other machines...
The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company...
In a world where the value of words is often diminished by over-use and misapplication, there is absolutely no doubt...
Ford Mustang enthusiasts from around the world are expected to attend September’s 40th Anniversary celebration of the Mustang Club of America at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event will take place September 1–4 and feature an exciting lineup of performance cars and track events, as well as a Night at...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel...
The Andes adventure started in Antofagasta, on the coast of Northern Chile with 15 cars and teams from Belgium, Finland,...
The Historic Motor Sports Association staged an exhibition race for Historic Trans-Am cars as part of the festivities surrounding the 44thrunning of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach last weekend, featuring the pony cars that made the SCCA’s original Trans-American Sedan Championship a huge draw in the late ’60s...
Members of Carroll Shelby’s “Original Venice Crew” including Ted Sutton, Jim Marietta and Duane Carling, were on hand in mid-February...
A million clichés come to mind. Giant killer is probably the worst, pummelled to death by a thousand newspaper hacks,...
Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams In observance of Carroll Shelby’s recent passing, VR is presenting an edited combination of the interviews he granted the magazine—one conducted by Editor/Publisher Casey Annis, the other by Associate Editor John Zimmermann—during which he discussed various aspects of his life in the sport. Behind the wheel...
1966 Shelby GT350H When Ford introduced its new Mustang in 1964, it was an immediate sensation. By itself, it created...
We seem to hear more and more these days about the sorry state of the media. I’d say I have...
Mecum Auctions will celebrate its 30th anniversary at its original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis from May 16-21, where some 2,000 consignments will cross the block at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The six-day Spring Classic auction is considered the largest and best muscle-car auction anywhere, and has historically attracted valuable...
Mecum Auctions’ record-setting 10-day auction, held January 18-27, broke the record for the largest collector car auction, based on the...
The inaugural Spring Classic vintage racecar weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca enjoyed flawless Monterey Peninsula weather as fields of well-turned-out historic racing cars populated eight race groups. Six drivers posted dual victories in their group races while the big winner was Connecticut’s Travis Engen, who swept the three Group...
No one could envisage the ultimate success of the Mustang. Carroll Shelby brought the car greater fame when he created...
Bob Tullius “I have often categorized Mosport as the most exciting and challenging track of all,”says Bob Tullius. “In fact...
Mike Costin Bill Milliken.Photo: Bentley Publishing 1 Dario Franchitti wins the CART Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Ohio (2001). 2 Pierre Veyron wins the voiturette race at Albi, France, driving a Bugatti Type 51A (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
The Mustang Owner’s Museum will host an event “55 Years of Mustang”, in conjunction with the Grand Opening of the...
The history and intrigue of the sprawling Doheney Estate — known by most as Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California...
A pair of million-dollar Shelby Cobras took top honors at Dana Mecum’s 29th Original Spring Classic, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, the largest muscle car auction in the world. A 1967 427 Roadster sold for $1,100,000, while a 1964 289 Roadster hammered for an even $1,000,000. With the Cobras leading...