I have driven most types of racing car from Formula Ford to Formula One and from the best in sports...
Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race...
Two Ross Brawn designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race winners, but in a totally different formulae. My experiences in one led to a drive in the other. The two cars are the TWR Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-14 and...
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The 60th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will focus on the 75th anniversary of Jaguar, as the 2010...
The Silverstone Classic, firmly established as “the world’s biggest classic racing festival,” celebrates 21 years since its inception this July 22-24. This is the event that started the British boom in historic racing festivals. Under the same management that successfully ran the event last year, an entry of 1200 drivers...
Since 2003 Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano has shown signs of a healthy future with many features not normally found...
The California Mille will once again take participants on a tour of Northern California this April 24-27, all in celebration...
Motor Racing Legends has been appointed by Jaguar Classic to run the Jaguar Classic Challenge for the 2021 season. Open to Pre-‘66 E-types, C and D-types, XKs and Mk 1 and Mk 2 saloons – the highly regarded series, founded by Jaguar Classic in 2015, is looking towards its seventh...
I have been making the trip up to Vermont to watch the Mt. Equinox Hillclimb for many years… and getting...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna Seca track map to the right, over the course of those 35 years, a wide variety of significant automotive marques have been honored with the distinction of “featured marque.” Interestingly,...
Seven Decades of Porsche will be celebrated at this year’s 41st annual Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance, set for June 8-10 in...
The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car’s 50th anniversary. The...
A major celebration has been announced by Motor Racing Legends and Classic Silverstone to mark the 60th birthday of the Jaguar E-Type in 2021. The “60th Anniversary E-Type Challenge” is an all-Jaguar E-Type race that will receive headline billing at next summer’s three-day Classic Silverstone festival. 2021 will see a number...
The famed Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will celebrate its 60th anniversary this August by recognizing the 75th anniversary of Jaguar....
More than $325 million worth of collector cars were hammered sold over the Monterey Car Week Auction Season, with 70...
The All British Field Meet billed as the largest gathering of British cars took place on September 7–9, at Portland International Raceway, and attracted over 700 entries. Jaguar was the featured marque during this celebration which also honored the 60th birthday of the Jaguar Clubs of North America and the...
No one reveres their heroes like the Brits (well, maybe the Italians). Whether it’s a perpetual race winner like Stirling...
The J. Frank Harrison story Given today’s racing environment with its multi-million-dollar corporate budgets, it can be hard to imagine...
1988 Jaguar XJR9 & 1991 Jaguar XJR12 Almost all of Jaguar’s competition effort in the post-war period became directed at a single target, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was an effort that was immensely successful, and having done it once, Jaguar waited for a period of years and...
Mainstream media are chattering these days about “green” cars. Like it’s some new idea. Well, I’ve been a fan of...
I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type....
Sports car racing in the U.S. during the ’50s was unique. It was very different from the American circle-track or drag racing of the time. It was also different from previous decades or those that came after. First of all, it was an amateur sport. But unlike most amateur sports—except...
During my mid-teens a particular photograph in Motor Sport caught my eye. It was of an old Aston Martin racing...
While boasting more than 40 entrants, the 1953 Australian Grand Prix looked to be a three-man race: Whiteford, Jones and Davison. The smart money, however, was on Stan Jones, in the 4.3-liter Maybach, as he had convincingly defeated the Talbot-Lago of Doug Whiteford just six weeks before. Lex Davison certainly...
The unique Salon Privé Double Concours Weekend presented some of the world’s most desirable automobiles on the prestigious grounds of...
The 14th annual Concours d’Elegance at Amelia Island drew an estimated 20,000 onlookers to the fairways of the Ritz Carlton...
It was done in haste. It was to be an alluring delivery system to introduce Jaguar’s brilliant new XK engine intended to power the substantial Jaguar Mk VII luxury sedan. But the Mk VII wasn’t ready, so Jaguar Chief William Lyons and his men created a quick solution. They shaped...