1990 Leyton House CG901/3Photo: Mike Jiggle Examining the Leyton House CG901 it is as much about the man who designed...
Vintage Racecar Features
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 was held 16-17 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe...
From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54 with a “Double-Bubble” Zagato roof. Highlights of Chassis No. 2155 One of 20 Zagato-bodied A6G/54 Berlinettas Likely the only A6G/54 with a “Double-Bubble” Zagato roof Raced in the 1956 Mille...
Lister Motor Company announced a new continuation run of the Lister Costin, a racing car driven in period by legends...
For the classic car enthusiast, auctions are a veritable gold mine of possibility. There are auctions for every type of...
In Part 1, we took a look at the beginnings of the Huffaker legend, with the ferocious Formula Juniors and the Genie sports racers. In this, the final installment, we explore the Huffaker’s time at Indy and their contributions to American sports car racing. INDY AND FORMULA CARS One of...
In this final installment of Casey Annis’ interview with Dan Gurney, Dan discusses his “second” career as a constructor and...
The 1948 Ferrari 166 MM is the definitive 1950s sports car configuration, with its smooth envelope, long flowing hood and...
The occurrences at the 2011 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans brought to mind those of 1955, the race that lives in infamy. During the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, more than 80 spectators were killed plus some 120 injured in the most horrendous accident in motor...
Patriotic Races “It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of a persistence by Germany of...
National Motor Museum mechanics have discovered time capsule finds during the start of the restoration of Land Speed Record breaker...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour I could find to the Le Mans 24 Hours, via a rickety old plane and a bus. It proved to be one of the most remarkable races in the event’s...
BMW has a long and distinguished history at the Mille Miglia, culminating in 1940 when Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and...
Ferrari specialist Talacrest is offering for sale the second Ferrari 250 GTO ever made. This car was the first 250...
Brian Redman is well-known as one of the most successful and versatile sports car drivers of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Late in 1971, Redman joined a veritable “Dream Team” of drivers racing the soon-to-be dominant Ferrari 312P sports car. Redman spoke with Casey Annis about what made the...
If you ever saw a Porsche 959 in the wild, consider yourself very lucky, because the car was built in...
The Targa Florio is like an opera. Dramatic, historic, and totally Italian. An event orchestrated to honor tradition and emotion,...
Many were the similarities shared by young American racer Bobby Marshman and the Scottish Legend Bobby Marshman Photo: IMS Colin Chapman called Bobby Marshman the American Jim Clark, and it is difficult to imagine a higher compliment. The two men shared many common characteristics as both were relatively slight of build...
Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography Woody Woodard was employed as a mechanic by Roger Penske, and in so doing worked...
Imagine what it was like for Eric Broadley to have come up with the T70 coupe after the heady days...
March 31, 2016 may be a day that won’t make it into any official “History of Porsche” timelines but it is as momentous to North American Porsche lore, particularly in motorsports, as any. Late last year, Brumos Porsche was acquired by the Field Automotive Group and after 56 years, during...
Driver, team owner and motorsports legend Roger Penske joined racers Pete Lovely, Wayne Rainey, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Eddie Lawson...
Tony Parella They say there is no greater zealot, than a recent convert. Though he came to the sport fairly...
Gracing the cover of Griot’s Garage Handbook #272 is a very unusual car, a 1948 Daimler DE36 Drop Head Coupe. Not to be confused with the German automotive leviathan of the same name, the Daimler Company of the U.K. is Britain’s oldest automotive marquee. Daimlers served as primary transportation for...
Heavens To Murgatroyd! – Big surprise at the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona Story by Louis Galanos; photos by Louis...
1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce Race Car For Sale Details: 1600 race engine built by Dan Marvin; Twin...
Prior to the 1914 French Grand Prix, the ultimately successful Mercedes team lines up in preparation. Eventual winner Lautenschlager’s car is second from left.Photo: Daimler AG It was the race every manufacturer and driver wanted to win. Having created the Grand Prix de l‘Automobile Club de France in 1906, France...
Story and photos by Louis Galanos (except as noted) This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first race run...
If you grew up a petrolhead and a Ferrari aficionado in the nineties, there’s a tremendous possibility you secretly lusted...
Click here to read Part 1 of Something Special One of the chief complaints about early sports racers is that they cost too much, with RS Porsches, Jaguar D-Types and Ferraris going for $500K to over $1 million. Here are some suggestions that will get you into vintage sports racer...