General Racing, Ltd., organizers of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque for the 2007 Historics...
I’ve been associated with many great racecars over the years, and for the most part Indycars. I’m particularly proud of...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G2 The author gets up to speed on the banking of England’s Rockingham Speedway. Photo: Mike Jiggle When Champ Cars made a very rare appearance in Europe a couple of years ago, many of us thought this would be a dream come true for those people who...
Joseph Pendergast, historic racer, race organizer, and collector for nearly 40 years, succumbed to complications from pneumonia on September 14,...
Paul Russell and Company, the automotive restoration and preservation specialists of this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show...
Billed as “The Aristocrat of the Automobiles,” the vehicles produced by the Fabbrica Automobili Isotta Fraschini were owned by some of the most exclusive clientele ever boasted by one marque: movie stars like Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino, athletes like Jack Dempsey, magnates like William Randolph Hearst and all manner...
The Indianapolis Revolution will be celebrated with a special class on the competition field of the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance...
Although he will probably be remembered mainly for a contrasting pair of Indycar accomplishments, Jerry Grant was yet another of...
Talking with famed Indianapolis chassis builder A. J. Watson, the question arises about the front, twin air inlets—the signature of the Watson Roadster. The first four Watson Roadsters, of 1956–1958, had a single air inlet and chrome grille, so why the change? Surely it had some advantage. Was it the...
Jaguar’s XK120 Roadster was introduced at the London Motor Show in the fall of 1948. A year later, cars began...
Then After back-to-back wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1953 and 1954, Bill Vukovich returned for the ’55 race with only one goal…to win three in a row. His mount was Lindsey Hopkins’ 1954 Offy-powered Kurtis 500C (Kurtis Chassis #372; the Hopkins Special; car #4) which had finished 21st at...
Pagoda Watch By 69Pitstop In honor of the 50th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s “Pagoda” SL roadster, watchmaker 69Pitstop has released an...
May 2018 The first major car show I attended was the 1971 L.A. Auto Expo. As a wide-eyed nine-year-old, everything seemed special. Bright colors, racy shapes, and a handful of pretty ladies (still a few years away from becoming a distraction from cars) the event was largely dominated by the...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to...
Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
October 2007 F1: Soon to Be Formula Teenager? Photo: ISPFD Dear Editor, Lewis Hamilton’s astounding success in his debut season is a sure sign of an incredible talent, a future multiple world champion if he plays the team card properly. At the same time, this is a stunning reminder of the...
Mecum Auctions’ record-setting 10-day auction, held January 18-27, broke the record for the largest collector car auction, based on the...
1940 BMW 328 MM “Berlin-Rome” Touring Roadster The author puts the 328 MM Roadster through its paces at BMW’s Spartanburg,...
Kiwi Stephen Bell relocated to Colorado when he was 18 to find snow-skiing glory. Along the way, however, he also discovered a talent for unearthing forgotten European sports cars and fixing them up. Working from the dirt-floor, single-car garage at his Denver home, Bell began buying and restoring British sports...
Photo Gallery from the Millers at Milwaukee event, held July 13-14, 2018. Subscribers click here for more photos from the...
The 7th running of the fall races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was held at the Interim Course, a 4.6-mile, 9-turn...
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