Patrick Peter, organizer of the immensely popular Le Mans Classic historic race event, has announced that he will be staging...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
This painting actually depicts the start of the Nürburgring 1000 Kms in 1960. However, everyone familiar with this unique type of starting formation always refers to it as the “Le Mans start”. Running to your car, jumping in, starting the car, then taking off was the way early sports car...
The other evening I watched a panel of motorsport reporters on a TV show name their “driver of the year.”...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World...
The call came late on a Saturday, “I’ve signed us up for a 4-Hour enduro—you in?” Yikes, four hours. As I stood in the middle of my kitchen, with my friend nattering away in my ear, my mind began to drift off… a colorful sea of fans press nearer to...
Lovers of the fantastic “Group C” period will be thrilled to hear that Group C/GTP Racing, the club running these...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in Germany (1922). 1 Indy car racer Tom Sneva is born (1948). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
A great deal of work by Jim Graham and the Group C/GTP Racing Group resulted in an entry of 37...
The last car ends its cool-off lap, sending one last snap of delicious sound echoing away across the raceway. This is when another kind of fun begins. Pete Lyons In the quiet aftermath of a sports car race the other day, I was asking one of the younger pro drivers...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Le Mans, France June 23–25, 2004 Neil Hadfield had a serious accident in his C-Type Jaguar from which he is...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 It’s a bit of a euphemism to say that cars have personalities… of course they don’t....
When the FIA announced a return to pure, purpose-built prototypes in endurance racing—with the introduction of the Group C category for the 1982 season—Porsche knew it needed to design a totally new racecar to succeed the Le Mans–winning 936. However, not since the revolutionary 917 of the early ’70s had...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
This stained glass window was commissioned by Kye Yeung, owner of European Motor Car Works in Costa Mesa, California. The...
The over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsports;...
Porsche called me and asked if I’d drive a factory car—a cheater 924 Turbo—at Le Mans in 1982. I said,...
August 2005 Kings of the Nürburgring By Chris Nixon Of all the world’s motor racing circuits, Germany’s Nürburgring is perhaps the most evocative. Soon after construction was finalized in 1927, it developed a reputation for excitement, danger and demanding racing. Amazingly, there has never been a book in English on...
September 2005 The Amazing Summer of ’55 By Eoin Young There is no logic why 1955 was destined to ring...
The 1965 Le Mans ended with all six Ford GT40s retiring while 1966 brought the famous three-car finish where Ford...
Le Mans, 1967. Giddy as a couple of kids, Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt are spraying champagne on everyone within range—race officials, photographers, crew members, even Henry Ford II. The calendar says June 11, but it’s really the Fourth of July and waving the Stars-and-Stripes is in high fashion. Driving...
