In 1956, three Aston Martin DB2/4 chassis were sent to Carrozzeria Touring, in Milan, for custom, lightweight bodywork. The first...
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The Goodwood Festival of Speed is celebrating 20 years since the first event in 1993. Unbelievably, the target audience for the inaugural Festival was a mere 5,000, but to the utter amazement of Lord March and others involved, more than 25,000 people turned up. However, many of those who attended...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987)....
The Oldtimer Grand Prix at Nürburgring is a great historic race event, and here, in his characteristic style, artist Ehret...
Leading historic race organizer, Motor Racing Legends, has launched an all-new race series for Groups 1 and 2, and Group A Touring Cars, such as raced in the British and European Touring Car Championships between 1977 and 1985. The new series will be called the JD Classics Challenge, thanks to...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began...
• Following a highly successful inaugural event, the date for the second-annual Arizona Concours d’Elegance at the historic Arizona Biltmore...
Coppa Intereuropa organizer Jason Wright will shake up this year’s Monza meeting, scheduled for June 1–3, with a four-hour race on Saturday June 2 echoing the famous Monza 1000-kilometer contests of the ’60s and ’70s. The Monza 1000K was for many years the highlight of the Italian season, often eclipsing...
Motor Racing Legends has renamed its JD Classics Challenge race series, for 1966-’85 Touring Cars, as the Historic Touring Car...
Following the enthusiastic response from racers to the launch of the JD Classics Challenge, the new Historic race series for...
The 1920s and 1930s were not only a pivotal time in world history, they proved to be the crucible from which the Italian Alfa Romeo brand would forge its future. Engineer Giuseppe Merosi launched A.L.F.A with the 4-cylinder 24 HP, in 1910. Founded by gifted engineer Giuseppe Merosi, on January...
My interest in touring cars goes back to the ’60s when I watched the likes of Jim Clark in a...
With Mark Nugent, it certainly is in his blood as father Kevin has been involved in the motor vehicle repair...
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...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports for,...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
Patrick Watts in the Peugeot 406 at Donington in 1997.Photo: Pete Austin From my point of view, a great racecar is one that brings back good memories irrespective of the performance and success of the car. The British Touring Car Championship Peugeot 406 that I drove in 1997, and Tim...
When he contests the 24 Hours Nürburgring this June, sharing a car with his sons Johannes and Ferdinand, Hans-Joachim Stuck...
Due to VR’s European team being involved with Flying Scotsman Rally (see separate story), the first Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar UK Touring Assembly – “Trains, Boats and Planes” – will now be held on Saturday April 12, 2014. The event is a 100-mile tour of the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire countryside, and...