In the three-liter class, one of sports racing’s most competitive, Britain’s Aston Martin fancied its chances in international racing from...
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Lyn St. James Jim Clark Photo: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 Rupert Manwaring, team manager and assistant team manager for several...
1973 Porsche Carrera RS This could be an opera in several parts. It might have been written by Verdi or...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons: he was a motor racing driver, car constructor and team owner, whose outstanding good looks could just as easily have qualified him for an acting...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
Jerry Grant was one of the many American racing drivers who could, and did, drive virtually anything he could get...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, will celebrate both famed coachbuilder Bohman & Schwartz and a pair of 50th anniversaries for significant races at Sebring and Daytona. Additionally, this year’s event will pay tribute to...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner...
The Sebring 12 Hours; Sebring, Florida; April 1, 1967 On the grid before the start is one of two factory Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s. This one would be driven by Andrea de Adamich and Teodoro Zeccoli, though hit would retire at one-third distance. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTIONPO Box...
When it comes to American racing cars, most followers of the sport reserve a special place in their hearts for...
March 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of what many feel is the greatest endurance road race in history –...
Johnny of the ready smile and blonde hair was a motor racing shooting star who might have aspired to becoming the new Jim Clark. His rise to fame, however, came to a sudden—even if temporary—standstill after a horrendous 10-car, 150 mph Formula 3000 accident while driving Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Ford Cosworth...
Tony Parella They say there is no greater zealot, than a recent convert. Though he came to the sport fairly...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced that sportscar racing legend Bob Tullius will serve as Grand Marshal for...
Six new inductees will be welcomed into the Sebring Hall of Fame at ceremonies held the day before next Spring’s 64th running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours on the legendary Florida circuit. The six are Tom Kristensen, Sam Posey, Dick Smothers, Alex Job Racing, Tres Stephenson and Tom McEwen....
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL November 30–December 2, 2007 Byron DeFoor takes Turn 11 in his 1973 BMW CSL.Photo: Chuck...
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A close and competitive seventh running of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Sebring 12 Hour came to a grand...
RM Sotheby’s has announced the addition of a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM with a significant motorsport pedigree, for its Petersen Automotive Museum Auction on December 8. Campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari for the 1956 and 1957 seasons, the fully matching-numbers, Ferrari Classiche-certified racer was piloted by an amazing assortment of factory...
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• Historic Sportscar racing (HSR) will sanction a vintage/ historic sportscar race as part of the 62nd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring, America’s oldest endurance race, on the weekend of March 12-15, 2014. The race meeting will also mark the debut of the newly reunited Tudor United SportsCar Championship for...
Engineer, Champion Rider, Champion Driver and Team Manager John Surtees, four-time motorcycle World Champion, aboard one of his title-taking MV Agusta...
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The J. Frank Harrison story Given today’s racing environment with its multi-million-dollar corporate budgets, it can be hard to imagine a time when private individuals paid these expenses. Wealthy enthusiasts such as Lindsey Hopkins (a Florida investment banker), John Edgar (a California industrialist), Joe Lubin (a California tractor parts dealer),...