As a fan of motorsport, you’ve likely noticed that in recent years the fastest car does not always win the...
May 2004 Women in Motorsport From 1945 By Susan TP-Jamieson and Peter Tuthill The topic of women in motorsport is...
December 2004 Speed in Sweden—A Century of Swedish Motorsport By Björn Tiedemann, et al. While it is easy to overlook frosty Sweden as a hotbed of motorsport history and activity, the truth is that Sweden has enjoyed a wide variety of motorsport for more than 100 years. Speed in Sweden...
July 2005 The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley Two years ago, I received this e-mail from Robert Daley: “I am...
The Expert’s Guide to Collecting FUNDAMENTALS OF MOTORSPORT BOOK COLLECTING by Chris Knapman Book collecting is a very personal pastime,...
On October 25, 2007, state officials joined the developers of Oregon International Speedway to break ground for Pacific Northwest Motorsports Park, just off I-84, in Boardman. The first motor-sports country club in the Pacific Northwest is expected to open to members and enthusiasts in the fall 2008. The construction of...
West Coast photographer John Wilson started shooting pictures of racing in the 1960s at various racetracks in California. As such,...
As winter arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, the reverse occurs south of the equator with summer coming on and bringing...
The new Historic Motorsports Productions organization has scheduled three events for its inaugural 2010 season. Watkins Glen International was the first track to announce its affiliation with the new organization, but it won’t be hosting the first event, as that honor will go to Barber Motorsports Park. The Alabama track...
Duncan Rabagliati, chairman of the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association, has announced the inclusion of Formula Junior in the three...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has reached an agreement with the Detroit Science Center to relocate a significant...
As enthusiasts and students of racing history, we have a natural tendency to idolize, if not deify, the great men...
Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway, host of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, has announced that this year’s event, scheduled for August...
Warm and sunny weather greeted the 375 entries that took part in General Racing’s Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Infineon Raceway on first weekend in June. The vintage of those entries ranged from before World War I all the way up to the 1990s, and their number represented nearly a...
To Salute Dan Gurney’s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer...
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The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America held its 22nd annual induction ceremonies at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit during the last week of August. This most recent class of inductees includes: drag racing legend Dale Armstrong; daredevil stuntman Joie Chitwood; underdog stock car champion Alan Kulwicki; motocross hero Jeremy...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 13–15, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has published a five-race 2011 schedule that takes the high-powered series to some of North...
In March, The Legends of Motorsports group —who kicked off their sophomore year at Barber Motorsports Park this May—sent out a press release that raised some eyebrows, at least in the U.S. In it they announced that this year they would be instituting a new Ford Contingency money program at...
Red Line Oil Most classic car enthusiasts would sooner pour water into their crankcase before using synthetic oil in vintage...
The U.S. motorsports community as a whole, and the profession of motorsports journalism in particular, suffered a great loss on September 28, when Chris Economaki passed away just two weeks shy of his 92nd birthday. Economaki may be best known as editor and publisher of the weekly racing newspaper National...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
The largest collection of Aston Martin racing cars ever to gather on a single track will meet at Brands Hatch...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will celebrate its 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit. Inducted into the Hall that night will be racing industry legends Jack Chrisman, Harvey Firestone, Masten Gregory, Brad Lackey, Bud Moore, Robert E. Petersen and...
One stop shop for road, rally or track performance In the UK, Northampton is one of those towns that is...
• The field for this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion—where Corvette is the featured marque on the occasion of its...
The over two-liter Grand Touring 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 1972-1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
