Exactly 70 years ago (May 4), a new brand was introduced to the automotive world with a showcase of three...
1990 Ferrari F40 It has been 30 years since the last car ordered by Enzo Ferrari reached its first owners....
Who invented the motor car, or automobile? There have been several claimants to this title over the years; some justifiable, others hoping for a bit of glory. What is not in doubt is that Gottlieb Daimler and his associate, Wilhelm Maybach, were joint creators of the first lightweight, powerful, internal...
When I was a college student, some friends told me about a woman who ran a hair salon in her...
January 2018 Ferrari: Gli anni d’oro – The Golden Years By Leonardo Acerbi In his introduction, author Acerbi notes that this book in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Ferrari is not a continuation of the marque compendium as represented in two previous tomes his publisher issued on the marque’s...
July 2017 Porsche 914 – The Racing History By Roy Smith Writing about a subject is relatively easy when there...
Beltoise Dear Editor, Interesting reading in your April issue about the P201 and Jean-Piere Beltoise’s involvement with BRM. I am, however, vastly surprised at reading comments attributed by the author to Tim Parnell and Tony Southgate about JPB’s “handicap.” Did Parnell and Southgate live in caves, or were they misquoted?...
I’m always a little bit shocked when I see the worlds of modern and historic racing intersect. Recently, I was...
The first efforts with the 924 rally car involved a non-turbo version, the Monte Carlo Rally 924, of Jürgen Barth...
The FIA Sports Prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon and others on MotorSport New Zealand’s Wall of Fame. Ganley arrived in England in 1961 and was employee number three hired at the fledgling Team McLaren...
100 years ago, almost anyone could become a car manufacturer. The automobile—and the advance in technology to create it—was in...
This year is the 50th anniversary of the 911. Its first public viewing was at the September 1963 Frankfurt Auto...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began offering Grand Touring cars in the 1950s. For founders Enzo Ferrari and the Maserati brothers, racing was their focus and their passion. Yet, in a post-war world screaming for sports...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an...
Photo: Mike Jiggle Driving through a typical English village, passing 18th century period cottages, the Norman-towered church, the post office...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as a shock, and one of those was the news that David Loring had died in mid-September at the age of 62. Although he had endured and survived previous internal ailments,...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have...
The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill, the number one driver of the Ferrari works team and 1961 Formula One World Champion. Born in Miami, Florida, on April 20, 1927, the Santa Monica, California, resident had joined...
Pete Lyons Have you ever crushed an aluminum can, then found yourself wondering, “Could I straighten it back out, like...
Historic motor racing organizer Masters Historic Racing has confirmed details of its series of races for Group C /GTP/IMSA sports...
1964 Lotus 30 During his test drive at Silverstone, the author found that most of what he’d heard about the Lotus 30 over the years wasn’t necessarily true. Photo: Pete Austin Racing car enthusiasts, on the whole, treasure every innovative idea manufacturers have managed to conjure up. However, Auto Union and...
1973 Porsche Carrera RS This could be an opera in several parts. It might have been written by Verdi or...
1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2 “What goes around comes around.” That, I believe, is a largely English way of referring to...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
