Al Moss, known to almost everyone who reads this journal, died peacefully on September 25 at his home in Sedona,...
During the Fifties, a number of women were involved in the sports car craze. This was during a time when...
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged with a likable but sometimes gruff personality. Hulme never regarded himself a star, even if that were the case, and often went unrecognized in the most public of places, among...
A new chapter in the MG story has just been announced at Auto Shanghai 2023 with the company officially confirming...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs...
Wooden Memories Dear Editor, Just a friendly correction to your comment in the March “Mail Box” letter on “Wooden Racers” where you state that the Protos F2 car was made of balsa wood. I can assure you the monocoque was made of birch plywood. As an enthusiastic 14-year-old in 1967,...
From 1950 until his premature retirement from road racing and hillclimbing just three years later, Tommy Hoan set his competitors...
From the very beginning of the automobile, men built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Photo: Ian Welsh Heavy rain, corrugated iron roof and a cup of tea! You really can’t get more Australian than that. However, I had come to suburban Brisbane to see a very atypical, non-Australian pre-war car. Built in 1936, this MG TA is reputedly the only one in existence fitted...
The MG Vintage Racers organization (MGVR) has announced the creation of three “All MG” races for the 2003 racing season....
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting in Australia was held during January 1976—mid-summer in this part of the world. I am fortunate to say that I was there, but the first Amaroo Historics was a bit...
The 2016 edition of the Classic Sports Racing Group’s annual Charity Challenge will honor MG as its featured marque. The...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete, with a passion for speed and technology. These...
It may be hard to imagine, but some vintage events are now becoming vintage themselves, and SVRA’s vintage Collier Cup race for MGs at Watkins Glen will celebrate its 25th running this September 10–13 at the Optima Batteries U.S. Vintage Grand Prix. It was initiated by SVRA in 1985 with...
1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car Author found the Maxi rally machine to be very responsive to driver inputs. Photo: Kary Jiggle...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17,...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
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...
During the late 1960s and 1970s, the names of Leo and Ian (aka Pete) Geoghegan became known thoughout almost every...
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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...
Breaking with the tradition that awards the Vintage Collier Cup to an MG racer selected by a vote of his...
Although there were a number of pre-WWII cars that can be described as sports cars, the craze in the U.S....
There is a section in The Sunday Times called In Gear and it is basically boys’ toys, with cars as the headline, plus pod things, which I do not understand. Every week it features a new supercar, and even then it doesn’t get all of them, supercars are everywhere. England...
Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage...