Car Aficionado and Host of Discovery’s Wheeler Dealers The surroundings we grow up in can sometimes have a profound effect...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
Short, sharp, summer showers didn’t dampen the spirit or enthusiasm of the many thousands attending the Flywheel Festival weekend event, which took place on July’s first weekend at former World War II bomber base Bicester Heritage. VR’s European team was on hand to meet and greet friends and welcome new...
This was the start of the racing career of Sir Stirling Moss, who drove a BMW 328 owned by his...
The schedule for the 2016 Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum, presented by AIG and TDC, has just been announced, and...
Short, sharp, summer showers, didn’t dampen the spirit or enthusiasm of the many thousands attending the Flywheel Festival weekend event, which took place at former World War II bomber base Bicester Heritage on Saturday July 2 and Sunday July 3. VR’s European team was on hand to meet and greet...
Touring car racing has usually been seen as the court jester to the serious stuff of single-seaters, but in a...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
“Mr. Motor Racing,” Sir Stirling Moss, has confirmed his attendance at the second annual Flywheel Festival, scheduled for Bicester Heritage on Saturday and Sunday July 2nd and 3rd. The British legend, winner of 212 of the 527 races he entered between 1948 and 1962, will attend with his wife Susie,...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
On Thursday May 19, the Royal Automobile Club hosted a “Salute to Women in Motor Sport” dinner, celebrating the achievements...
As expected, Alberto Ascari impressed everyone with his driving of the 340 hp Ferrari 375MM in the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, but no one anticipated the power of the new Dunlop disc brakes on the Jaguar C-Type. In the end, the Jaguar pairing of Duncan Hamilton and Tony...
Hope for Tomorrow will celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a black tie dinner at London’s The Hurlingham...
It took a racing department of 240 people and a huge budget to put Michael Schumacher on top of the...
Der Safety Wagen Dear Editor Just a note to say I enjoyed the article on the Herbert Linge Safety Wagon. It’s a good solution for the big courses they have in Europe, especially the Nürburgring. John Fitch and I worked with Professor Sid Watkins, or at least tried to. He...
Jochen Rindt (right) and Lotus boss Colin Chapman celebrate the Austrian’s 1970 British Grand Prix victory. Photo: Maureen Magee The poet...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on that role has had to make many difficult and radical decisions to secure the future of Silverstone Racing Circuit—The Home of British Motor Racing. Some may ask who is John...
My first race was a small event at a BARC Goodwood Members Meeting, at the wheel of my Jowett Jupiter....
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
Sex, infidelity, theft, intrigue, a lightly raced car, a tragic airplane crash and a pack of lifelong friends…some famous, some not—this is the twisted tapestry of this month’s Hidden Treasure. The story begins in Woodside, California in the 1950s. Locke de Bretteville says he fell in love with racecars at...
Two breathtaking Maseratis are set to be among the “showstoppers” at this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, held at...
Sunny Labor Day weather graced the 33rd annual Historic Festival at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park last weekend as both racecars...
This weekend’s Lime Rock Historic Festival 33 has expanded its list of attractions by adding a 1908 Mercedes Brooklands, the only one left of three produced, and the car that finished 4th in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911 driven by Spencer Wishart. The car will travel to Connecticut courtesy...
Four competition cars from Mercedes-Benz will be the feature attractions at this year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival 33, scheduled for...
At the Prescott Hillclimb on May 9, 1948, a truly momentous career began with the first hillclimb run (in a...
Mike Costin Bill Milliken.Photo: Bentley Publishing 1 Dario Franchitti wins the CART Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Ohio (2001). 2 Pierre Veyron wins the voiturette race at Albi, France, driving a Bugatti Type 51A (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Twenty-three-year-old artist Masha Pasichnyk from Kiev, Ukraine, is on an extended tour of the USA at present under the guidance...
Mike Lawrence This year we celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Within weeks, what had been RAF Westhampnett, now the...
MotorBinder: Classic Photographs from the golden age of motor racing By Roy Spencer Journey with us now down the dusty pathways of yesteryear when going racing often involved little more than driving to the track, removing anything extraneous from the car, taping over the headlights and sticking on some numbers....
