There’s sun, sea, surf and sand on a summer Sunday morning — no it’s not California, but Weymouth on the...
In 1992, Tim Harvey won the British Touring Car Championship. His lengthy driving career has spanned three decades and he’s...
George Lister & Son was a very old engineering company in my hometown of Cambridge, starting in 1895. I joined them in 1947, having done two years training at the Technical College, as their only apprentice. At that time, Brian Lister, grandson of George and son of Horace, had just...
The MG Vintage Racers have selected the Vintage Racer Group’s Historic Races at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville on...
The Endurance Rally Association’s ninth Flying Scotsman Rally ended with a nail-biting finish as the winning crew of Paul Crosby...
The 75th renewal of Goodwood’s annual Members’ Meeting took place last weekend at the historic Chichester circuit, awarding classic cups and trophies in a dozen classes, the winners of which are listed below. The event also marked the recent passing of the legendary British double World Champion John Surtees with...
Minnesota’s 5th annual 10,000 Lakes Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for Sunday July 30 on the shores of Lake Minnetonka on the...
1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car Author found the Maxi rally machine to be very responsive to driver inputs. Photo: Kary Jiggle...
Electric vehicles are suddenly all the rage. Showing one’s “green” credentials is very popular in this low or zero emission age, and in my neighborhood I often see a Tesla with “Zero Emissions” as its license plate, which does give out the message to some of us fossil fuel engine...
In this age of hi-tech carbon fiber car and aircraft construction, wood may now seem an odd material to use,...
Visitors to the 9th annual Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion, scheduled for August 27-30, 2017, will discover a decidedly Italian flavor at this year’s event as it celebrates racers of vintage Alfa Romeos, Fiats and (who knows?… perhaps even a few Isettas and Siatas). Beyond the tribute to Italy, the event...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane...
From the very beginning of the automobile, men built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
The 2016 edition of the Classic Sports Racing Group’s annual Charity Challenge will honor MG as its featured marque. The showcase event will take place October 1-2 at California’s Sonoma Raceway. Many are the “household names” who took their early steps toward glory behind the wheel of an MG, men...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
The eighth Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion will again wake up the residents of sleepy South Bass Island (off Ohio’s North Coast near Sandusky) with the sights, sounds and smells of vintage sports cars roaring through the island’s quaint streets and around its airport, much as it was on the island...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Storm Frank, which battered and flooded many parts of the UK at the turn of the New Year, didn’t deter...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of 1962, arriving by train after a three-hour journey from London on an oven-like day in June. It all seemed like the poem Adlestrop, as nothing stirred. Little did I know...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle After a very successful year in 1935, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, who financed Prince Birabongse’s racing, decided...
Any MG enthusiast would remember the sad day on October 23, 1980, when the last MGB left the famed Abingdon...
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, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing sports...
Canadian MGA racer Jim Holody from London, Ontario, was awarded the prestigious “MG Collier Cup” at this year’s Collier Cup...
Wooden Memories Dear Editor, Just a friendly correction to your comment in the March “Mail Box” letter on “Wooden Racers”...
In response to the repaving project scheduled to commence at Watkins Glen in August, the Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage Grand Prix presented by Welliver has been moved from its usual September date to the weekend of July 24-26 — but just for this year.
The event’s featured racecar marque...
Photo: Sean Smith Just prior to 1930, Pocantico Hills, New York, was the country home of Barron Collier, a wildly...
Stephen Laing is curator of the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon. Stephen Laing is the current Curator of the Heritage...
VSCC Cotswold Trials, Prescott Hill, Gloucestershire, UK, November 22, 2014 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and...