Le Mans, France June 18, 2005 The 1953 Aston Martin DB 2/4 of Donald Flatt and Alan Cosby finished 14th...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
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...
1949 Gordini 23S Anyone who has ever listened to Peter Ustinov’s fabulous motor racing spoof of the 1950s, “The Grand...
The FIA (Federation International Automobile) sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed...
American racer Jim Busby started his racing career, like most California k3ids, in hot rods and drag racing. However, in the coming years he would make the rare transition to road racing and would go on to become a two-time winner at Le Mans. Casey Annis recently spoke with him...
Pete Lyons 2006 already! Those mileposts are just whizzing by, aren’t they? I feel like I’m riding up Pikes Peak...
Quite a few younger folk seek me out and want to hear about how wonderful sports car racing was during...
The historic support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours has become one of the most prestigious and sought-after entries on the international historic racing calendar. As such, and in celebration of the Centenary of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, Motor Racing Legends has announced that this year’s Le Mans...
1955 Le Mans-Winning Jaguar D-type Chassis XKD 505 The temptation is to dissolve into a wave of superlatives…that would not...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
Jim Clark Peter Bryant 2 Four-time 500-cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and auto-racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born in Birmingham, England (1940). 3 Carrol Shelby drives a Birdcage Maserati to victory in the Los Angeles Examiner Herald—Express International Grand Prix at Riverside, California (1960). Become a Member &...
In 1962, Georges Filipinetti, a wealthy Swiss buisnessman and diplomat, founded his namesake racing team, essentially a Swiss national team,...
The historic Le Mans 24-Hour racing circuit, made up of country roads with constructed racetrack sections, has always been a...
Just after 4:00 pm on the rainy Sunday of June 19, 1966, a trio of squat, massive, 427-engined American coupes splashed by a Frenchman waving a giant, sodden checkered flag, and thereby rumbled into international immortality. Pete Lyons We mark several towering milestones this year, but one of the tallest...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans, June 13–14, 1953. The experimental Porsche 550 coupe, which was driven by...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
The Le Mans Classic is now one of the most difficult historic motor racing events to obtain an entry for. The 2006 meeting was well oversubscribed and all of the six “plateaus” were full, a very healthy sign for serious historic racing. The Patrick Peter Organization again did the impossible...
Le Mans, France July 8–9, 2006 The Alfa Romeo 33TT12 of Nicolas Comar and Philippe Rambeaud.Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These 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 racing...
I have driven many cars, some good, some bad, and some that nearly cost my life. A good car I...
January 2007 Sunshine, Speed and a Surprise: The 1959 Grand Prix of the United States By Joel Finn In “Sunshine, Speed and a Surprise” author Joel Finn takes an extremely detailed look at the first USGP, held at Sebring in 1959, and the events that led up to it. The...