Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Jack...
Remember the Fastmasters? A dozen of motorsport’s racing greats pitted against each other in identically prepared Jaguar XJ220’s? Well, the...
You may recall that last year we brought you the bizarre saga of the lost Daytona Coupe, CSX2287. One of eight Daytona Coupes built by Carrol Shelby, CSX2287 raced at Le Mans and Daytona, finished first in class at the 1964 12-Hours of Sebring and set 23 national and international...
Few racing personalities have been involved in as many capacities as Lew Spencer. From herding Cobras around Sebring to managing...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
Sadly, there aren’t many “perks” associated with my line of work—terrible hours, constant deadlines—I know, “Boo, hoo. Welcome to the real world!” However, every now and again—if you’re a good boy and are in the right place at the right time—nice people will let you drive their cars. OK, who...
September 2004 Lotus Seven & The Independents By Dennis Ortenburger In 1957, Colin Chapman introduced the Lotus Seven and, in...
Jochen Rindt Richie Ginther 3 Ferdinand Porsche is born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia (1875). 3 First race at Monza, Italy, a...
In 1963, three Willment-run cars were taken to South Africa for the South African season—a Lotus Cortina, a Ford Galaxie and the Cobra GT I am running at the Goodwood Revival in 2004! There were several drivers and we used to just switch drivers and switch races. I drew the...
The over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsports;...
Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions will offer another historically important Shelby factory Cobra racecar at its August 20 auction...
During the FIA World Championship of 1965, the Ford Cobra Coupes competed in the Monza 1000 Km. The two-car team, run by Alan Mann, finished 1st and 2nd in class. Although not an overall win, the team was focused on the World GT Championship, which the team succeeded in winning...
Billy Krause started his racing career driving midgets on California oval dirt tracks. He went on to race his own...
Dan Gerber started racing in midwest SCCA events in an Austin-Healey in 1961, while in 1962 he also started racing...
Russo and Steele will feature several rare and collectible automobiles form the Jim Foust Collection at their August 18–19 Sports and Muscle in Monterey Collector Automobile Auction. Some of the more significant cars from the Foust Collection will be a Full Competition 427 Cobra and a Ford Galaxie 427 R...
Peter Gethin Nino Farina 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive their Porsche 962 to...
David Purley was a hero you have probably never even heard of, but a hero he most certainly was. If you remember him at all, it will be for his one-man attempt to rescue his friend and fellow F1 driver, Roger Williamson, from a burning car during the 1973 Grand...
Although there were a number of pre-WWII cars that can be described as sports cars, the craze in the U.S....
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North...
Over-2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don...
I don’t have one favorite racecar; I have several: the Daytona Coupe I raced at Le Mans with Dan Gurney,...
November 2008 Can-Am Thunder DVD By Duke Video As highlighted in this month’s feature on the 1970 Can-Am event at Watkins Glen, the original Canadian-American Challenge Cup series was one of the most unique and awe-inspiring racing championships ever to grace the world motor sport stage. Part of the series’...
Vintage Greeting Cards Dinstinctive collection of vintage-themed holiday greeting cards. 10 packs of cards starting at $35. www.viacelli.com/vintage Become a...
December 2008 La Carrera Panamericana By Johnny Tipler Among the many over-the-road races that spread or rekindled enthusiasm for auto...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It resulted in transforming Cobras into world-class automobiles, not only on tracks, but also on roads. The relationship between the two was not just a business one, it was also very...
Five-time IMSA champion Jim Downing, one of the creators of the HANS Device, is the latest recipient of the Road...
On July 4, 1965, Bob Bondurant drove the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe CSX2601 to victory at Reims, France, to clinch the first and only World Manufacturer’s Championship for the United States. “Winning that World Championship was the crowning achievement of my career,” offered Bondurant. “I think it’s wonderful that the...