I was blessed with car-friendly parents and grandparents. My mother, who took part in several rallying events as a driver,...
2018 Indochina Road Classic Route What are the ingredients for a good rally? Breathtaking scenic roads, unique cars and great...
Photo: Gerard Brown Photo: Gerard Brown The original plan was to take my two-liter Low Chassis Lagonda. This was a “barn find” bought nine months previously. I subsequently found out that not only was it an original supercharged car, but had a rally history, including the 1931 London to Edinburgh...
In several sections of this month’s issue, you’ll find coverage of just a small sampling of the constellation of events...
Say what you will about Bernie Ecclestone, but you cannot deny the fact that he has an eye for a...
A fish that swims in the dirt? Well, no. Just North of the town of Snoqualmie, a historic Washington State lumber mill town and the famous Snoqualmie Falls, lies more than 315 acres of mostly flat land, some open, some tree-covered, and home to the home of the largest rally...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on...
More than 200 classic cars from around Europe took over the streets of Vernasca in Piacenza, Italy, for a weekend...
The Royal Automobile Club has announced that the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run will be going ahead as planned on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Ben Cussons, Chairman of the Club explained: “It gives the Club enormous pleasure to be announcing this news and it’s wonderful that we...
Reg Hillary, long time Canadian racer and rallyist died on Tuesday, December 4th in his 98th year, a life well...
In 2007 I attended the Press Day prior to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. You can be a passenger in...
Photo: Gerard Brown A Talbot 105 Alpine has won the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Alpine Trial, 80 years after a Talbot won the original 1934 rally —with the winning car and driver from 1934 also competing in the ERA event. The all-British team of Gareth Burnett and Jeremy Haylock won...
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most spectacular successes in the history of international motorsport. With Irishman...
Ultimately, I wanted to be a fashion designer—a very feminine thing to do—so from school that’s what I did. I...
Morgans were regularly used in England before World War II in Rallies, Trials and Speed Tests. This is a Morgan (a +4 perhaps) being driven by Mr. M.A.C. Simmonds at the Handling Test that was part of the Seventh Brooklands Rally on March 26, 1938. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
Chile and Argentina November-December 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Robert Newman You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the...
The first efforts with the 924 rally car involved a non-turbo version, the Monte Carlo Rally 924, of Jürgen Barth...
My time with the BMC competitions department saw me racing the big Austin Healeys, and later racing at Le Mans...
Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One, has been killed in a head-on crash during a vintage rally near his South African home city of George. A mini van apparently pulled out from behind a truck into...
Vintage Racecar and Historica Racewear, in association with the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club (BWRDC), have introduced the “Champion of...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 29–February 3, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
With this month’s main feature story looking at the Alpine Renaults that played a prominent role in the World Rally Championship during the early 1970s, we thought a good rally-based site might be of interest. This one, based in the Netherlands, allows you access to results and clarifications from the...
The fifth Flying Scotsman Rally, which takes enthusiasts on a drive from London to Edinburgh in a pre-war car, proved...
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story...
1955 Aston Martin DB 2/4 Four days, four countries, more than 1,000 kilometers, in cars that are the envy of every petrolhead. From historic streets and piazzas to snowy mountain passes, the third edition of the Coppa delle Alpi rolled through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. 1957 MG A 1962...
The Automobile Club de Monaco has announced the cancellation of the 2021 running of the famed Rally Monte-Carlo Historique, due...
1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into...
Jim Petty and his wife Wendy had been watching the news for two weeks straight and seeing what the pandemic was doing to some of the more challenged communities as the lock-down and quarantine unfolded. He knew there was a stimulus package, but it would dry up pretty quickly. It...