This year is the 50th anniversary of the 911. Its first public viewing was at the September 1963 Frankfurt Auto...
1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are to liven things up when things get a little stale, or as a response when it is perceived that the public is losing interest. Other times it’s driven by sponsors...
The very first Porsche spanned the Second World War like a bridge over troubled waters, from peacetime to peacetime. It...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began...
The first efforts with the 924 rally car involved a non-turbo version, the Monte Carlo Rally 924, of Jürgen Barth and Roland Kussmaul in 1979. The stillborn 924 turbocharged record car that never turned a wheel in anger. A water-cooled engine? And it’s at the front? And it’s a Porsche?!...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2 “What goes around comes around.” That, I believe, is a largely English way of referring to...
During the Fifties, a number of women were involved in the sports car craze. This was during a time when a female wasn’t allowed in the paddock of a U.S. professional circle-track race, much less behind the wheel. Mary Davis, Ruth Levy, Denise McCluggage, Linda Scott and Ginny Sims come...
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in...
Who invented the motor car, or automobile? There have been several claimants to this title over the years; some justifiable,...
1990 Ferrari F40 It has been 30 years since the last car ordered by Enzo Ferrari reached its first owners. That car, the F40, was in honor of the firm’s 40th anniversary, and it was kept very quiet until it was shown, first to a few Ferrari dealers and then...
100 years ago, almost anyone could become a car manufacturer. The automobile—and the advance in technology to create it—was in...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
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...
The FIA (Federation International Automobile) sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed...
The FIA Sports Prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren,...
Grand Prix racing comes with a new look in 2009. Among other significant technical changes—wider cars, grooveless slicks, and Kinetic...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will celebrate “Dream Cars” from the 1950s with its newest exhibit, “GM’s Marvelous Motorama: Dream Cars From the Joe Bortz Collection,” which will open on March 16. The exhibit will feature six concept cars, together for the first time under one roof, originally displayed at GM...
Well-known American historic racer Duncan Dayton has announced that he and his team, Highcroft Racing, have purchased an ex-Dyson Racing...
This official site for Aston Martin Racing offers an insider’s view of the marque’s competition efforts over the years. Most...
Following their highly successful “GT & Sports Car Cup” race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais have announced a new race series to compliment GTSCC, for genuine Pre-’74 Italian Sports, Sports-Prototype, and GT cars of a type that were raced in the World Endurance Championship and...
Exactly 70 years ago (May 4), a new brand was introduced to the automotive world with a showcase of three all-terrain vehicles that would be known as Land Rovers. And the rest, as they say, is history… A key component of that history, one of the three Land Rover prototype...
The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill,...
1969 Porsche 917K In 1969 it was make-or-break time for Porsche. After over a decade of dominating small-bore racing, the...
From May 27 to July 3, Lime Rock Park underwent a major transformation. Not only was the original 7-turn configuration completely re-paved, re-curbed and re-guardrailed, but Skip Barber went a step further. He designed and had built two new (optional) corner complexes, at The Uphill and West Bend. Mainly in...