Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a retired racing driver from England. His success...
Dr. Elio Zagato passed away on September 14th, 2009 at the age of 88. Son of Ugo Zagato, founder of...
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer, who was born on October 14, 1909 in Lingen in north-west Germany. To honor the anniversary, Audi Tradition will be laying a bouquet at the memorial on the A5 Autobahn in Germany....
Story by Leigh Dorrington Houston trial attorney John O’Quinn, who has recently emerged as a towering figure in automotive and...
Pioneering race car driver Janet Guthrie – the first woman to compete at the Indianapolis 500 and in NASCAR –...
The late 1960s and early 1970s formed a significant epoch in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road-going vehicles, prototype sports car racing captured the imagination of manufacturers, teams and fans alike....
The saying the eyes are the window to the soul is particularly apt when peering into the eyes of racing...
Ferrari Classiche was established to provide restoration and maintenance services, technical assistance and Certificates of Authenticity to owners of classic...
Racing great Sir Stirling Moss OBE is recovering in a hospital after a freak accident in his London home. While the injuries are reportedly not life-threatening, Moss broke both ankles and four bones in his feet in the fall, as well as damage to some vertebrae. The accident happened as...
Book Review: Porsche Showroom Posters: The First 25 Years Author: Everett Anton Singer Publisher: VintageAutoPosters.com Format: Hardcover, 12” x 12”,...
The Allure of the Automobile exhibit is currently displayed at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia through June...
Interview and photos by Greg Wing Brian Donovan, owner, operator, team manager and lead engineer of Donovan Motorcar Service, regularly gives “Tech Sessions” in the handsome showroom of his full service shop in Lenox, Massachusetts. I caught up with him before a recent talk he gave to members of the...
Story by Will Silk True enthusiasts will be the first to admit that, had it not been for the events...
Story by Will Silk Perhaps no single man had more involvement in the development of West Coast racing in the...
Story by Will Silk I recently received an email from a gentleman in Maryland that does wood carvings of sports cars. One look at the pictures he sent along made me promptly sit down and have a closer look. The carvings were of a Porsche 917K and a Ford GT40,...
Mullin Automotive Museum – Worth the Trip from Anywhere Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor There are number...
By Will Silk Few in the realm of motorsports will deny that one of the most capable drivers to climb...
Famed aviator, race car driver and inventor John Fitch has been selected as the recipient of the third annual “Spirit of Competition” Award, to be presented at a dinner at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum Wednesday, October 20th, 2010. Fitch joins drivers Mario Andretti and Janet Guthrie, last year’s honoree,...
Rob Walker Biography On his passport, under occupation, it read simply Gentleman, a description, a description to his many friends, one...
By Will Silk True Scale Miniatures is a relatively new company to the world of scale sports car models, having been...
Paul Ernst Strahle, one of the most successful racing drivers during the 1950s and 1960s, passed away October 27, 2010 at the age of 83 in Schorndorf, Germany, his place of birth. Wolfgang Dürheimer, Executive Vice President for Research and Development at Porsche, paid tribute to the deceased racing driver,...
Petersen Automotive Museum is celebrating the opening of the exciting new exhibit, NHRA: Sixty Years of Thunder by paying tribute...
A growing number of businesses have committed to 2011 advertising campaigns with Sports Car Digest – and we’d like to...
Story by Will Silk and photos by Marshall Autry The outbreak of World War II spawned the American aviation company known as Grumman to begin design of a twin-engine high performance fighter aircraft that would later become known as the Grumman F7F Tigercat. It was in 1941 that Grumman was...
Interview by Greg Wing and photos by author and Dan Tooker Jim Glass owns a Corvette shop and showroom in...
Interview and photos by Dennis Gray Bruce Canepa has been involved with automobiles in one fashion or another nearly all...
By Will Silk In 1952, Schuco Toys of Nuremburg, Germany released a tin toy motorcycle powered by a wind-up clock spring that was known as Charly 1005. Fifty-eight years later, Schuco is re-releasing this classic tin motorcycle in a limited batch of 2000 pieces. Schuco gained fame throughout the 1930s...
Brian Redman Talks – Redman in Redmond By Jay Gillotti and photos by Curtis Creager We were greatly honored to...
By Will Silk Belgium is a nation that many will associate with some of the finest racing drivers ever to...
By Will Silk Tom Walkinshaw passed away December 12th, 2010 at just 64 years of age after a battle with cancer. The Scottish-born Walkinshaw began racing in 1968 in an MG Midget, shortly after moving to the open wheeled realm by transitioning to a Lotus Formula Ford. In 1969, Tom...