1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into...
The 7th edition of one of the last, great endurance motor challenges, that follows in the wheel tracks of its pioneers,...
Five times World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio competed in the 1948 Grand Prix of South America, and it was 70 years later to the minute that his son Oscar recently flagged off the first contestant in the inaugural re-run of this “greatest ever road race.” Organized by international classic car...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each...
Photo Gallery from the 2019 running of the Copperstate 1000, in Arizona....
Julian Reddyhough and Gus Pope have achieved a convincing victory in Bespoke Rallies’ inaugural Pyrenees 1000 event aboard an Aston Martin DB5. A new four-day contest of, as the name suggests, 1000km, the regularity rally began and ended in Pamplona, Spain (as in The Running Of The Bulls), and passed...
Chairman, Endurance Rally Association Fred Gallagher Fred Gallagher grew up in a part of Northern Ireland where those noted for...
May 2008 Blood, Sweat, and Turnips By John Cordts John Cordts drove a variety of racecars over his career, but...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 Michael Andretti drives a Swift-Ford to victory in the CART Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead, Florida. First CART win for Swift in their first...
June 2008 Lancia 037 The Development and Rally History of a World Champion By Peter Collins Long-time VR author and...
Photo Gallery from the April 2023, Franciacorta Historic rally, in Brescia, Italy. For more information visit www.franciacortahistoric.it...
Robert Newman You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the page. Well, he’s the man none other than Niki Lauda described as The 20th Century’s Greatest Rally Driver. Not the most popular branch of motor sport in America, but rallying...
Alastair Caldwell, team manager at McLaren during the James Hunt era, won the inaugural Marrakech Express Rally in April, along...
In 1980, people laughed when they heard Audi was developing a four-wheel-drive rally car. Hadn’t Ford tried that with their...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod has semi-retired there after his championship-winning career, including toppling the Unser dynasty from Pikes Peak in the United States. Photo: Mark Dunstan What started five...
Markku Alén is the person-ification of his favorite rallying expression: maximum attack. Words he lived by throughout his illustrious career,...
Bespoke Rallies unveiled its biggest ever calendar of classic and 4×4 rallies at the recent Goodwood Revival – the comprehensive...
This year’s Terre di Canossa Rally, April 21–24, will for the first time, be run as a regularity rally opening the doors so that young co-drivers starting from the age of 14 can also enjoy this wonderful experience. Another new addition will be the rally’s focus on the lush Garfagnana area...
• RM Auctions posted its most successful Amelia Island sale to date, generating $35,947,500 of total sales, with 97 percent...
Click here to read “Chargers Part 1—World Rallying 1957–1965 The CSI struck again in 1965, this time putting out a...
Whether it is the FA Cup, Ryder Cup, America’s Cup, Webb Ellis Cup or the Ashes, Britain is famous around the globe for its iconic and inspirational sporting trophies. British motor sport, too, is blessed with some magnificent awards. The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy with its 18 carat gold...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
Les Leston was born in 1920 named Alfred Lazarus Fingleston. He worked in the motor accessory business and was an accomplished drummer in the Clay Pigeons jazz band that included Belgian racer Johnny Claes. Leston’s racing career began in the late 1940s driving a Jaguar SS100, but he soon turned...
The 22nd edition of Modena Cento Ore is about to begin next week starting on October 2nd and ending on...
It’s all change for the Mille Miglia Commemoration and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. The Mille Miglia has been brought...
The beautiful city of Forte dei Marmi, the most glamorous seaside resort of Versilia, Italy, will be the perfect backdrop for the 2023 edition of the Terre di Canossa rally. This latest edition of Terre di Canossa, to be held April 27–30, will take crews along an exciting 600-km route...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose...
The 19th winter running of the Traversée de Paris (Crossing of Paris) will take place on Sunday January 13th, bringing together...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country, had its sporting roots in bull fighting, football, and golf. Motor racing was for a minority of people. During the 1960s, I was a spectator at the Rally of Spain,...