The 53rd Annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will showcase the magnificent cars of Ettore Bugatti on August 17, 2003, at...
June 2005 Pebble Beach Remembered By Art Evans Shortly after World War II, road racing returned to the United States,...
Sports car racing in the U.S. during the ’50s was unique. It was very different from the American circle-track or drag racing of the time. It was also different from previous decades or those that came after. First of all, it was an amateur sport. But unlike most amateur sports—except...
Quite a few younger folk seek me out and want to hear about how wonderful sports car racing was during...
Since the very beginning of motorsports competition, a common thread has run through the sport: It takes money to go...
In several sections of this month’s issue, you’ll find coverage of just a small sampling of the constellation of events that now make up the week of the Monterey Historics. It seems like every year, in this column, I make some comment on how it couldn’t possibly get any bigger...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last one was held during April 1956 and, from then on, races in the area were held at Laguna Seca Raceway. In my May column in this magazine, I remembered the...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be...
Gaston Chevrolet Ricardo Rodriguez 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican Grand Prix (1962). 2 The Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company holds a press conference in Carmel, California, to announce the formation of the Bud...
January 2008 Bugatti T35 by CMC We all seem to love highly detailed scale models of iconic racecars. Most highly...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I...
May 2008 To Drift or Not to Drift… Dear Editor, Ah, Mr. Hall, methinks you’ve not actually driven a racecar at speed… [Mail Box, February 2008]. 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 offers...
During the early fifties, road racing in the United States took place, for the most part, at airports. While airports...
Gooding & Company, the official auction house for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, has announced early entries for its annual...
Members of the renowned Automotive Fine Arts Society will return to the shores of the Pacific on August 17th for their 23rd annual art show during the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Sponsored by the Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Company, the exhibit will join the world’s premier vintage automobiles...
After 53 Year Absence, ’34 Packard V12 and Its Owner Return to Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance In 1955, San Francisco...
Lancia, the Italian auto manufacturer known for its elegant originality and innovative spirit, will be celebrated as a featured marque...
Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, has announced its latest consignment. The company has been chosen to sell three of Oprah Winfrey’s classic cars to benefit the annual Arts and Culture Workshop at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – South Africa....
Preservation Treasures, including the First Production Porsche, to appear at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Prewar and postwar preservation classes show...
The 2008 Gooding & Company “The Pebble Beach Auction” will be held Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August, 17th at...
The 2008 Gooding & Company “The Pebble Beach Auction” was held Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August, 17th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding & Company’s 4th annual auction, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance...
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance began in 1950 when spectators came to see a display of 30 cars in the...
The 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance featured an incredible array of Alfa Romeos, Duesenbergs, Packards, Ferraris, V16 Cadillacs, GM Concepts,...
The 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance included competitors from 27 states and 12 countries, all hoping that their prized automobiles would win one of the 24 general classes. Participants also contended for the prestigious Elegance Awards, which, as the name implies, honor the most elegant convertible,closed car, open car and...
The 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance included competitors from 27 states and 12 countries, all hoping that their prized automobiles...
The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina, Washington, was named “Best of Show” at...
On August 28, we lost our great and good champion, Phil Hill. The entire world of motor sports is saddened. He was a wonderful and honorable friend who will be sorely missed. After hearing of Phil’s passing, it was inevitable that many of us were on the phone with one...
