It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Cisitalia 202 was a ground-breaking post-war design that placed Pininfarina at the forefront of automotive design. The late 19th century...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Ed McDonough, VR Editor at Large, has been awarded the Peugeot Motorsports Cup by the Guild of Motoring Writers. McDonough...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic Art Deco French. Those swoopy airfoil fenders reminiscent of custom coachbuilder Saoutchik’s Delahayes, as well as Ettore Bugatti’s creations of the era are the giveaway. Also, the almost cubist bright...
Markku Alén is the person-ification of his favorite rallying expression: maximum attack. Words he lived by throughout his illustrious career,...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of...
Two Citroën Traction Avants at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, examples of fairly mild French styling of the Deco era. The French initiated the Art Deco movement in 1924 with the Paris exposition of the industrial and decorative arts, so it is no surprise that some of the automobiles subsequently...
Automobiles Peugeot Armand Peugeot was born on 26 March 1849 in Herimoncourt, in eastern France. He was the son of...
Georges Lemaître actually finished 2nd in the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition in this Peugeot 3hp, but was awarded victory and the posted 5000-franc prize because his ride looked more like a car than the three-wheeler that crossed the line first! Photo: Peugeot It all started as a promo for Monte...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
Looking back, I have to say I enjoyed every moment of my racing career. From the first time I ever...
Hidden Kurtis Dear Editor, Just finished your terrific article on the Curtis Indycar. I am attaching a photo of two midgets, one a Kurtis, the silver upright, and one a Curtis, the red roadster. While not exactly hidden, they are treasures belonging to my friend of 63 years, Bill Chapin....
The most famous race on earth may have a checkered past as part of the World Championship, but foreign flavor...
Hero is far too modest a word to describe Eddie Rickenbacker. Racing driver, World War 1 ace, Medal of Honor...
Our sport is gaudy, so noisy, so cherished and studied and conserved … how can so much of racing’s history have gone missing in the dark deeps of time? Pete Lyons Example: the true background story of this 16-valve Peugeot, 1916 winner of the great Indianapolis race. Become a Member...
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic...
Louis Wagner Gaston Chevrolet 2 Jacky Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand...
Dario Resta competed in the first race ever held on Britain’s hallowed Brooklands circuit on July 6, 1907, and died there trying to set speed records on September 3, 1924. In between the two, his European career had its highs and lows, but his exploits in the United States were,...
Bobby Unser François Cevert 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962...
Peugeot 1912 L76 Car: Peugeot 1912 L76 / Engine: 4-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Peugeot / Bore X Stroke: 92 mm...
Dale Earnhardt Nino Farina 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona. First IMSA GTP race (1981). 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on the beach at Daytona,...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
Georges Louis Frederic Boillot Biography Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was born in Valentigney, France on August 3rd, 1884 A mechanic...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was the first of three children for Sergio and Giorgia Pininfarina, and died after a car collided with the Vespa scooter he was riding to the company’s design and R&D center...
September 2008 Abarth–The Man, The Machines By Luciano Greggio As outlined in this month’s feature article (pg. 52), over the...
Peter Brock Alan Jones 1 Brian Redman finishes 1st and 2nd in the 24 Hours of Daytona when the Gulf...
During the late 1960s and 1970s, the names of Leo and Ian (aka Pete) Geoghegan became known thoughout almost every household in Australia. In the case of brother Leo, a string of successes in Lotus open-wheelers, back-to-back Australian F2 championships and an Australian Drivers Championship gave him not only Australian,...