By honoring 45 years of Carroll Shelby’s Mustangs and a full century of Alfa Romeos, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering,...
A total of 26 cars sold for more than $1 million during Classic Car Week in Monterey, California this August,...
October 2010 At the sports car races in Palm Springs on the first weekend of December, 1955, Tony Parravano (third from left) looks at Carroll Shelby who’s seated in Parravano’s Ferrari 375 Plus before a practice session. Parravano was known as “Saturday Night Tony” because he often wouldn’t bother to...
From time to time, event organizers make the mistake of asking me to speak or MC at their event. You...
When Japanese cars first came on the scene, although practical, most were somewhat stodgy. In the mid-’60s, however, Toyota decided...
The second annual Legends of Riverside Film Festival and Gala took place at the Riverside International Automotive Museum in that California city the last weekend in March, and proved an excellent follow-up to last year’s highly praised inaugural. Carroll Shelby was featured as this year’s Legend of Riverside, and those...
Although he will probably be remembered mainly for a contrasting pair of Indycar accomplishments, Jerry Grant was yet another of...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the...
When I first talked with Vintage Racecar editor Casey Annis in 2005, the conversation revolved around the subject of me writing about the fifties, the fabulous fifties as it were. After all, this was what I was known for. I had written seven books about the decade. One of my...
By 1963, Cobras were doing very well in Sports Car Club of America races. Cars driven by Shelby American drivers...
The second annual Legends of Riverside racing reunion and film festival has named Carroll Shelby as its special guest of...
My column in the October 2006 edition of Vintage Racecar was titled, “Shelby, the Early Years.” For the most part, it was about Carroll Shelby’s racing career that culminated in winning Le Mans in 1959. I followed up on the column with the publication of my book, Shelby, the Race...
Several record-breaking sales of racing cars were made during the auction activities surrounding Monterey Auto Week 2009. Topping the list...
October 2009 Fast Ladies By Jean-Françoise Bouzanquet Women play the most crucial role in human life as mothers of us...
Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago. Heading up the...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner...
June 2009 Spewing flame on a downshift, Carroll Shelby presses onward with the Aston Martin DBR1 at Goodwood’s six-hour Tourist Trophy race on September 5, 1959. Joined by Stirling Moss, he and Jack Fairman won the race to give Aston the 1959 World Sports Car Championship. Photo courtesy of: THE...
Dan Gurney, as American as we make ’em, was once proposed to be President, and I still think our conflicted...
On July 4, 1965, Bob Bondurant drove the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe CSX2601 to victory at Reims, France, to clinch...
Five-time IMSA champion Jim Downing, one of the creators of the HANS Device, is the latest recipient of the Road Racing Drivers Club’s Bob Akin Trophy. The award was presented by RRDC president Bobby Rahal and committee chair Archie Urciuoli. Each year the Akin Trophy honors the driver who best embodies...
The 1949 MG TC raced by Carroll Shelby in the early stages of his career drew the top bid during...
There were a number of outstanding road-race weekends during the fifties. Phil Hill’s win at the first Pebble Beach comes to mind as well as Carroll Shelby’s at the last. In Southern California, one of the best-loved venues was Palm Springs. It had everything: a famous resort, wonderful winter weather,...
December 2008 La Carrera Panamericana By Johnny Tipler Among the many over-the-road races that spread or rekindled enthusiasm for auto...
Vintage Greeting Cards Dinstinctive collection of vintage-themed holiday greeting cards. 10 packs of cards starting at $35. www.viacelli.com/vintage Become a...
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’...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don...
We seem to hear more and more these days about the sorry state of the media. I’d say I have to agree, after a formerly reputable automotive radio talk show, Drivers Talk Radio, recently asked me to be a guest. Jeez, how low will these people sink for material? The...
