Motor racing lost a vibrant and influential figure with the October 31 passing of Tom Wheatcroft. The man who brought...
Keith Duckworth Biography Since the partnership was formed in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth along with Bill Brown...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has reached an agreement with the Detroit Science Center to relocate a significant portion of the Hall’s collection of vehicles and displays to the Science Center. The Hall was previously located in the Novi Expo Center in suburban Novi, but a number of...
In what is believed to be one of the few one-make series in historic racing, Masters Historic Racing has launched...
April 2010 Racing for Mercedes-Benz By Hartmut Lehbrink With the re-entry of Mercedes-Benz into Grand Prix racing as a factory...
The basic site here is very broad-based, but in its “Racing” section is this subsection devoted to Dan Gurney’s career as a racing driver, car builder and team owner. It has eight separate sections of its own, each dealing with a different aspect and phase of Dan’s time in the...
In honor of its 75th anniversary this year, we’ve partnered with Jaguar to bring you this special issue commemorating the...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing...
Patrick Peter’s Classic Endurance Racing series came to a fine season-ending round at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with two separate races for a packed and exciting field of no less than 80 1966–1979 sports cars. The series, backed by EFG Bank and Motul, has brought a stunning array...
The man who facilitated Danny Sullivan’s rise to motor racing stardom has died of cancer at his home in Milan,...
With the holiday season hard upon us once again, we thought it would be a good idea to take a...
Racemaker Press, The Winners Book • US$65 plus shipping and handling Noted racing historian James O’Keefe has compiled an incredible log of race winners from 1895–2009. www.racemaker.com • (617) 723-6533 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
Circuit de Ledenon, Ledenon Gard/France October 23–24, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
“Revisited” because this is my second column about Ken. My March 2006 column was the first, but in rereading it there were some things I left out and would like to tell about. A short time ago, while looking for a photograph, I came across a negative of Miles I...
The first thing to say about www.autoracinghistory.com is that this is a text-heavy site where the word works more powerfully...
I was fifteen years karting, and ten years karting and car racing. I started with Mercedes Benz as a mechanic;...
Following the enthusiastic response from racers to the launch of the JD Classics Challenge, the new Historic race series for Groups 1 and 2, and Group A Touring Cars from 1977–’85, have come widespread requests to extend the eligibility back to 1972. Duncan Wiltshire of Motor Racing Legends, the company...
June 2011 The Art of Bugatti Richard Adatto, Christina Japp and Julius Kruta Published by the Mullin Automotive Museum with...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit...
For 10 years, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering has provided an unparalleled and exclusive experience for motorsports enthusiasts and collectors from around the world to enjoy rare collections of fine automobiles and motorcycles in a garden-party setting on the rolling greens of Quail Lodge Golf Club, in Carmel, Calif. Hailed...
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK April 9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato, NZ January 27–29, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
The Paddock at Watkins Glen in 1954 is filled with a representative sampling of the caars being raced, including Jaguar XK120 coupes and roadsters, a couple of Porsche 356 roadsters and a coupe, an Austin-Healey 100 and lots of T-series MGs, all getting their numbers on and preparing to go...
Founded by Kent Bain and Charles Webb in 1978, Automotive Restorations, and its racing arm Vintage Racing Services, has grown...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK August 25, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
This month’s Hidden Treasure comes to us courtesy of Gertrude Schmedley of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Schmedley found me via the internet and I quickly surmised from her initial email that she shares nothing in common with the usual Vintage Racecar crowd that I hear from. First, she’s never actually seen a...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to...
British expat, John Amette, is responsible for all Ferrari Classiche submissions for Ferrari of Newport Beach, Ferrari of San Diego...
Quite simply, cars raced by Dick Seaman are few and far between. The British driver was active in our sport for only a handful of years, and for three of those he was employed as a factory driver for Mercedes-Benz. This alone makes it extremely difficult to “get your hands”...