The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill,...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) 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 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
A selection of Porsche competition and road cars will be among the featured entries at the RM Auctions Monterey 2012...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
When Peter Gregg did his deal to race BMWs in IMSA in 1976, he asked me to take over in the Brumos Porsche. At the end of the season, Peter decided he wanted to come back to Porsche to run the Trans-Am, and my Brumos deal went South. He hooked...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars...
Back in the free-and-easy days when you still could cozy up to naked racecars right out in plain sight, some...
Anatole “Tony” Lapine, respected Latvian-born designer, and former design chief at Porsche has died at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany. Lapine died just one month before his 82nd birthday. Born in 1930, Lapine started his design career with an apprenticeship at Daimler-Benz, before moving to the U.S. to work for...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the...
The designer of the iconic 911 and the scion of the family that left an indelible mark on the history...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing in America, with a career spanning from the late 1940s well into the 1960s, but Jack the man was a relatively shy and soft-spoken person. Known fondly as “Jack the...
Swiss-born Bernard Juchli is the Higgins to Jay Leno’s Robin Masters and serves as the Major Domo for the Big...
Amelia Island, Florida March 9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands Hatch, England, driving a Copper-Climax (1955). 3 Brian Redman drives a Chevrolet-powered Lola T-600 to victory in the 100-mile IMSA sports car race at Laguna Seca, California (1981) Become a...
The stars are beginning to align in preparation for the 2012 Donington Historic Festival on May 5–6, with early entrants...
Gooding & Company continued to set the auction world on fire with eleven world records set at its Amelia Island...
• The Branson Auto Museum has pledged to rebuild and reopen at the same location after a tornado with 130-mph winds touched down on the last day of February. Although the roof was destroyed in the twister and flying debris damaged some cars, the majority of the collection survived unscathed....
“At this time there is nothing in the world any quicker, any better handling, any more advanced technically, or any...
Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche was born on the 3rd of September in 1875 in the village of Maffersdorf, now part...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Billed as the world’s largest classic automotive show, the 24th Techno-Classica Essen will take place from March 21-25, 2012 and...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
The Porsche Collection of Matt Drendel will be offered at the 2012 Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction, scheduled for...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar 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+ More) Access to...
For more than four decades, the Porsche 911 has been deemed an automotive icon and the epitome of the sports...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to the top echelons of the endurance racing world. From winning the British Saloon Car Championship, Fitzpatrick went on to factory rides with Ford and BMW, as well as notching up...
