Mercedes-Benz Classic will have three of the legendary compressor cars lined up on the starting grid at the 2011 Mille...
Photos by Dennis Gray and Bob Ross The 21th running of the California Mille was held April 24-28, 2011 on...
For the 2011 edition of the historic Mille Miglia tribute, the Alfa Romeo Historic Motoring team will be lining up three official Museum vehicles which, in accordance with the regulations, took part in the Mille Miglia race, held from 1927 to 1957, and which saw Alfa vehicles triumph some eleven...
The inaugural Mille Miglia North American Tribute will be held in advance of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Historic...
The Coppa Milano-Sanremo historical revival is back for the ninth year in a row, to be held 11 to 13...
Carlo Pintacuda was one of the Florentine greats, a motor racing elite from the Tuscan city that also included Gastone Brilli-Peri, Emilio Materassi, Clemente Biondetti and Giulio Masetti. Pintacuda not only won the fabled Mille Miglia twice in Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeos, he was also the man who convinced Enzo...
The Mille Miglia 2011 will take place from Wednesday, May the 11th (optional), to Sunday, May the 15th in Italy....
Motor Racing History – The Monsters F1 Turbo Engines The Turbo Years The war between FISA and FOCA continued into...
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred during 1977, the Renault turbo made its debut at the British Grand Prix while the Lotus-Ford 78 debuted in Argentina. Both would effect racing for years to come. The Lotus...
Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The...
Motor Racing History – New British Teams & The Rear-Engined Revolution The Rise of British Racing Green Green cars began...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four races of Grand Prix calibre were held. Rules for a Grand Prix World Championship had been laid out before World War II, but it took several years afterward until 1947...
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula...
Ferrari 166 MM – Car Profiles Introduction Designed for long distance competition, the 166 MM took its name from one...
Motor Racing History – Early Racecourse Development Racing on public roads was illegal in England and British drivers had to resort to racing in Ireland or on the continent. The British motor industry suffered as a consequence. In response to this a group of wealthy enthusiasts led by Hugh F....
The 2011 Ferrari Tribute to Mille Miglia will take place from Wednesday, May the 11th (optional), to Sunday, May the...
Motor Racing History – Origins of the First Automobile Races and the First Grand Prix Dawn of Automobile Racing The...
The Mille Miglia 2011 will take place Wednesday, May 11th (optional), to Sunday, May 15th, running clockwise from Brescia to Rome and back, on the fabled Mille Miglia roads crossing seven regions: Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, the Marches, Umbria and Lazio on the way down, adding Tuscany on the way...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Notable Mille Miglia Drivers – The History In our ongoing series on the History of the Mille Miglia, we take...
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR – Car Profiles While know as the Mercedes-Benz 300SLR the car was based neither on the famous 1954 300SL (W198) Gullwing road car, nor the earlier 1952 (W194) race car, although it bears a strong resemblance to both. Instead, it was based on the 1954-1955 Formula 1...
Ferdinando Minoia Biography Ferdinando Minoia was born in Milan on June 2, 1884. Known by his friends as Nando, he...
Ferrari 290 MM – Car Profiles Introduction Designed for the 1956 Mille Miglia and as a replacement for the 860...
Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed “Gigi” he came from a prosperous family and began competing in local rallies at the age of twenty-two with a Lancia Lambda and a few years later acquired a Fiat Balilla, which was very popular...
Mercedes-Benz SSKL – Car Profiles The early twenties was a period of consolidation in the German Automobile manufacturing community. Daimler...
Ferrari 166 Uovo – Car Profiles Horribly Beautiful – the Ferrari 166/212 Uovo At the Mille Miglia The story of...
Giannino Marzotto Biography He was born at Valdagno on 13 April 1928, the son of the king of the Italian wool industry, Count Gaetano Marzotto. Soon after his 20th birthday he entered his father’s Lancia Aprilia in the Giro di Sicilia and came in second in his class. In 1950...
Lancia D24 – Car Profiles In 1937 Vincenzo Lancia passed away leaving his widow and teenage son Gianni Lancia to...
Piero Taruffi Biography Piero Taruffi was born in Rome, Italy on October 10th, 1906. Like many of his peers Taruffi...
Carlo Pintacuda Biography Born in September 18, 1900, Florence, Italy Pintacuda held a steering wheel for the first time at the age of thirteen. The car was a 30 hp Darraq, owned by his father. In 1914 his family bought a Nazzaro which had just won the Giro di Sicilia...