Heveningham provides the perfect setting for a concours event with its tiered, Kim Wilkie-designed, sweeping lawn terraces to display beautiful...
My wife and I traveled back to Indianapolis for the “500” to take part in the vintage race portion of...
Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other...
Greg Smith is a long time vintage racing enthusiast and runs a restoration shop that has traditionally specialized in European...
To be honest, I’ve had a lot of great racecars in my career and it’s very difficult to select just...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the 2019 Indianapolis 500 Legends Day and Historic Pre-Race Laps, May 25–26. The Indianapolis Motor...
While generally held in September (season finale), this year’s INDYCAR Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey was moved to June. With...
The roar of vintage Indianapolis 500 champions will permeate the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 23-25 as the IMS Museum sponsors the 21st annual “Indianapolis Historic Racing Exhibition.” Some of the most popular and legendary cars of the Indianapolis 500’s glorious history will run on the famed 2.5-mile oval, and when...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna...
This week, Maserati celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Maserati 8CTF’s fantastic win at the Indianapolis 500. On Sunday May 30, 1939, the Maserati 8CTF, driven by 27-year-old Warren Wilbur Shaw, crossed the line first after a race lasting 4 hours and 20 minutes at an average speed of over...
This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, to be held July 6-8 in Chichester, England, will feature over 90 years of...
Sam Hanks may have been a quiet man who preferred to keep to himself, but at the wheel of a...
Since the first race in 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has always been considered America’s greatest race, attracting huge crowds and media attention around the world. 200 laps around a 2.5-mile oval was a grueling test of driver and his car, a real test of endurance. From the beginning, the winning...
This large, domineering man invented the job of motor racing team manager and in doing so changed the way the sport was run forever. Believe it or not, racing drivers of the 1920s used to thrash around circuits for hours on end without ever knowing their position or even whether...
Racer, writer, broadcaster, entrepreneur and motivational speaker Lyn St. James is the Honoree of the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours...
Dan Gurney, as American as we make ’em, was once proposed to be President, and I still think our conflicted...
Homebuilt or custom-made racecars were not new to America’s racetracks as they had been appearing for decades on dirt ovals, at the Bonneville Salt Flats and at the Indianapolis 500. In the years prior to WWII, drag racing’s predecessor—speed runs on the dry lakes of the Mojave Desert in California—had...
Mario Andretti, one of only two drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500, has been named...
Carlos Sainz Al Unser Jr. 2 Three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham is born (1926). 3 Pierro Taruffi drives...
The third annual Arizona Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for January 23-24, 2016, will open America’s ongoing celebration of the forthcoming 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 with a showing of significant Indy racecars from the past, a display of historic artifacts and a very special public event, all of which preview...
One of the highlights of this year’s Arizona Concours d’Elegance, set for January 23 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in...
Many might find it unusual that the 58-year old son of legendary racecar driver Dave MacDonald had never driven a...
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser will be the guest of honor at the 22nd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 10-12, 2017. Growing up in a racing family meant that becoming a racing driver was simply the natural progression of his life, and Al Unser made the...
Bill Puterbaugh, who finished 7th in the 1975 Indianapolis 500 and was named Rookie of the Year, passed away last...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active...
Bob Harkey, an Indycar regular during the ’60s and ’70s, has passed away at the age of 85. Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Harkey made his National Championship debut at Milwaukee in June of ’63 driving Jake Vargo’s six-year-old Kurtis-Offy roadster. Starting 9th he finished 5th to enjoy...
