Before the ad offering it for sale was published in February 1982, ALP 598 was mine. “One of the prettiest...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit “Come Together” somewhere in the back of my head. I have often used the metaphor of how some of the most interesting motor racing tales are based on an almost...
With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the...
Like most German industrial companies, World War II left much of Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart factory in ruins. However, with time Mercedes...
Experience a thrilling ride onboard the Aston Martin DBR9, the very car that conquered Le Mans in 2007. This beautiful machine is powered by a potent 6.0-liter V12 engine, delivering pure adrenaline on the track....
Watch this onboard footage of a 6.0 liter V8 Panoz Esperante GTR-1 racing against other endurance racing legends on a...
Watch this onboard footage of a Toyota GT-One racing in Le Mans reaching speeds of over 334 kph (208mph) thanks...
After one hundred years of providing some of the finest motor racing on the planet, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest(ACO) has presented the motorsport world with a spectacle par excellence. This year is not the 100th race, its actually the 91st race as the Le Mans 24 Hours was not...
All images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale Some Le Mans 24 Hour Background Do you remember when your favourite band or...
A century ago, a Bentley 3 Litre would become the first British car and the first Bentley to compete at...
Check out this 91 year old Aston Martin race car driven as it should be at Le Mans....
1966 24 Hours of Le Mans The iconic finish of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans – Ford crosses...
To mark 20 years since Bentley’s sixth victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and 100 years since the...
In 1991, the Mazda 787B achieved a historic milestone as the first Japanese car to triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, prevailing over Jaguar, Porsche, and other formidable opponents in the ultimate test of endurance racing. Watch as MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi gets behind the wheel of his...
Support races are nothing new to Le Mans Classic. In several previous editions, in addition to the 6 regular grids...
The 11th annual Concours of Elegance will return to Hampton Court Palace with a major new feature: a celebration of...
Images courtesy of Glen Smale, Peugeot Motorsport, and Archives Terre Blanche/Photononstop On 26-27 May 1923, the first Le Mans 24 Hours event was held, or the Grand Prix d’Endurance de 24 Heures, as it was called in France. In the early years, it was not a race as such, but...
The Ford Mustang, fresh off its seventh generation unveiling, will soon return to Le Mans in the form of the...
Ninety-nine years ago, a handful of employees at the French automobile company Chenard & Walcker, a major supplier of taxis...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour I could find to the Le Mans 24 Hours, via a rickety old plane and a bus. It proved to be one of the most remarkable races in the event’s...
Motor Racing Legends has announced that the Jaguar Classic Challenge will feature as one of the principal support races to...
Each year the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion celebrates the greatest achievements in motorsport by accepting only the best of the...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has announced the passing of Gordon Spice, third place finisher at the 1980 24 Hours of Le Mans then turned constructor. Born on April 18, 1940, in London, Gordon Spice first made his mark on his home turf at the end of the 1960s in...
The legendary and most famous sports car race in the world—the 24 Hours of Le Mans—will be honored at the...
The 70th anniversary of Porsche’s debut and class victory at the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans was celebrated on...
At 4pm on the June 23rd, 1991, Johnny Herbert crossed the finish line at the Le Mans 24 Hour race to mark a unique achievement. Mazda had become the first Japanese manufacturer to win the world’s most famous endurance race, not only that they’d done it with a totally unique engine...
I have always liked creating paintings of historic motorsports scenes, either to present a different angle or to try to capture the dramatic value of the subject...
The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, France; June 9–10, 1973 Two N.A.R.T.-entered Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytonas surge along next to...
Ferrari has announced the start of a factory Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) program that from 2023 will see the manufacturer enter the new top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Following a period of study and analysis, Ferrari has kicked off the development of the new LMH car to...
