In 1991, the Mazda 787B achieved a historic milestone as the first Japanese car to triumph at the 24 Hours...
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 Le Mans’ centenary. The Concours of Elegance will work in partnership with the Automobile Club Ouest to commemorate motorsport’s most famous event reaching this significant milestone. Next year’s show will...
Images courtesy of Glen Smale, Peugeot Motorsport, and Archives Terre Blanche/Photononstop On 26-27 May 1923, the first Le Mans 24...
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 Paris, had a hope. A hope of racing their Type U3 15CV Sport in the inaugural marathon race called the 24 Hours Grand Prix of Endurance. In May, on...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour...
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 best historic race cars to compete like they once did. Come Wednesday, Aug. 17 through Saturday, Aug. 20 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, four of the groups will pay tribute...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has announced the passing of Gordon Spice, third place finisher at the 1980 24 Hours...
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 Thursday, June 24th at the Petersen Automobile Museum in Los Angeles, California. The class victory by the Porsche 356SL-063 driven by French drivers Auguste Veuillet and Edmond Mouche launched the...
At 4pm on the June 23rd, 1991, Johnny Herbert crossed the finish line at the Le Mans 24 Hour race to...
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 the Ligier-Maserati JS2 driven by Jean-Pierre Paoli and Alain Couderc. Daytona # 38 was driven by François Migault and Luigi Chinetti, Jr., while the #6 was driven by Milt Minter...
Ferrari has announced the start of a factory Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) program that from 2023 will see the manufacturer...
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB The 1961 24 hours of Le Mans GT class winning Ferrari 250 GT SWB, was...
24 Hours of Le Mans, June 20–21, 1964 The Chevrolet-engined Bizzarrini A3 Grifo of Pierre Noblet and Edgar Berney en route to a 14th place finish. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: info@klemcoll.com • Web...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
The Maranello Concessionaires 250 LM driven by Graham Hill and Joachim Bonnier won the 1964 12 Hours of Reims. A...
He crashed numerous cars and aeroplanes, did his best to drown an admiral, and his dog delayed a critical wartime convoy for four days by eating top secret naval documents. Yes, Duncan Hamilton was certainly a larger than life character, but was also one of Europe’s premier racing drivers of...
Kirk F. White, consummate enthusiast and partner with Roger Penske when the pair entered a Ferrari 512S for Mark Donohue...
The “Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans” exhibition opened at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, to celebrate 70 years of...
Lloyd Ruby hailed from Wichita Falls, Texas, up in the north central part of the state, not far from the Oklahoma line. Born a year before the Depression, he was soft-spoken by nature — a wicked sense of humor notwithstanding — but not someone to be taken lightly. He began...
The terms Porsche and racing have now become virtually synonymous. In no small part, this is due to the German...
A Triumph TR2, raced in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, far exceeded its pre-sale estimate for this past...
Silverstone Auctions has opened its catalogue for entries to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with a very rare and important car from British motorsport, the ex-works Triumph TR2 which finished 19th at the 1955 Le Mans. The Triumph TR2 was launched in 1952 and was soon in great demand...
June 14–15 ,1952, 24 Hours of Le Mans This was a great idea that failed. Jaguar fitted special streamlined bodywork...
The Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ driven by Giampiero Biscaldi and Giancarlo Sala at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans....
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an idea rolling around in Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin’s head. Bruce was even more daredevil than most of the Boys. One of her minor accomplishments was in 1929, when she single-handedly drove...
