Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in...
Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in...
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Chevrolet’s Corvette, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has selected “America’s sports car” as the featured marque for next August’s edition of the annual vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. A large turnout of Corvette racers is expected to be on hand...
The Corvette SR2 competition car was created by the design team of GM styling boss Harley Earl, and made for Earl’s...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California...
French racing driver Henri Greder, who focused his career around the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has died at the age of 83. Greder first attended the 24 Hours in 1952 and rejoined the festivities each year as a spectator until racing there for the first time in 1967, when...
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama Show Car. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette, it is appropriate to reflect on...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
Pat Flaherty A.J. Foyt John Watson Zora Arkus-Duntov 1 Zora Arkus-Duntov, who will go on to become the “Father of the Corvette”, is hired as an engineer by General Motors (1953). 3 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman drive a Gulf Porsche 908/3 to victory in the Targa Florio on the...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and...
September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as...
April 2009 OttoVú By Tony Adriaensens While I have said it before, thank God for obsessive enthusiasts—they always produce the best books! Sometime in the 1980s, Tony Adriaensens had his first exposure to the FIAT 8V and 8V-powered SIATAs, while helping his brother transport an 8V for a classic car...
For the enthusiast, it is a good thing to be able to say that your car is based on a...
Photo: Hal Crocker In the world of motor sports, the wind genie escaped from his bottle during the mid-1960s, and...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim Hall did not get the inspiration for his innovative designs overnight. Although he grew into an accomplished engineer, an excellent mechanic, and a top driver, it took Hall almost seven...
Duntov at the wheel of the Chevrolet Experimental Research Vehicle, CERV 1, a single-seater that he designed and constructed as...