For the burgeoning Formula Two category for 1½-liter cars, French star driver Jean Behra based a new racing car of...
One of the strongest number sequences ever produced by Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year: the Porsche 917....
As Bentley marks its centenary year in 2019, the British company’s ground-breaking supercharged model of the pre-war years won the marque a legion of motor sport fans around the world. The legendary ‘Blower’ Bentley, with a supercharged engine, was sensationally quick in 1929. Especially with Bentley Boy, Sir Henry ‘Tim’...
The 1957 Ferrari 355 Sport (chassis 0674) owned by Cavallino Investments of Cortland, Ohio was awarded the Spirit of the...
The white 1915 Stutz Indy racer comes alive with a thumping bark and a faint cloud of blue smoke, shattering...
The Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupe is not just one of the legends from the French automaker but perhaps the greatest. Only four of these cars were created between 1936 and 1938, with three of the extraordinary coupes still in existence. As they are regarded as one of the...
By Louis Galanos Over the past 60-plus years the legendary Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance has been surrounded...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 featuring ten race cars...
The story of the Cooper Car Company is well known where father and son team Charles and John Cooper in 1946 set up shop in the south-west London suburb of Surbiton. John was keen on motor racing and the first cars built were comprised of joining the front ends of...
McLaren Special Operations (MSO) has completed a unique new McLaren P1 GTR project to mark the 30th anniversary of Ayrton...
A Good (Car) Guy is Hard to Find: A Girl’s Memoir By Petra Perkins with Louis Galanos Memory: A blazing...
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2019 was held January 26-27 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 12-turn, 3.56-mile track is made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. As the race began the teams and drivers set out to go...
Rear-mounted, air-cooled cars are a common site at racetracks, persistently challenging their conventional, front-engine, water-cooled competition often with great success....
The 1951 Panhard Dyna X 110/X85 owned by Yoshinobu and Miyoko Kato won the FIVA Best Preserved Vehicle award at...
That Don Martine is an MG guy is beyond dispute; the long-time Monterey-area hotelier and racing enthusiast lives and breathes the Octagon brand. At one time or another he’s owned an example of just about every early MG built. Right now he owns several notable old MGs, including the 1949 TC...
In 2012, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray profiled famed car collector, Jon Shirley. Ever gracious with his...
Porsche set another new record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in cooperation with Manthey-Racing. On Thursday, 25 October 2018, the Porsche GT2...
Lotus needs your help in tracking down the long-lost Lotus Mark I, the first car built by company founder Colin Chapman. Built in London in 1948, its whereabouts have been unknown for over 60 years. As the British marque continues its 70th celebrations, it wants fans from around the world...
Twenty Lamborghini Espada and Islero models gathered on 7 September 2018 in Perugia, Italy to tour the region in celebration...
At its final huge public appearance on the “919 Tribute Tour”, the record-breaking Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo met a historic...
How on earth does someone with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin become known as “Wacky?” Apparently, a young Stanley Howard Arnolt II purchased the rights to a small marine engine from a manufacturer who went bust during the Depression – more on that later....
Porsche unveiled the new 935 race car at the 2018 Rennsport Reunion VI, which was staged September 27-30 at WeatherTech...
Fitting an engine many times the size of the original is never a sure fire recipe for racing success. Mark...
The Aston Martin DB5 is back, thanks to a collaboration between Aston Martin and EON Productions, the company that produces the James Bond films. Following the DB4 G.T. continuation project, a series of 25 Goldfinger DB5 continuation editions will be created for customers by Aston Martin Works and EON Productions....
The debut Grand Basel was staged 6-9 September 2018 in Basel, Switzerland. Celebrating ‘Excellence in Motion’, the inaugural Basel edition...
The new Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 were recently announced at the factory in Maranello. These limited-edition special-series cars are...
Ruf Automobile GmbH displayed the all-new CTR and recently restored CTR ‘Yellowbird’ #001, which was awarded Best In Class at the Quail Motorsports Gathering. Seven RUF vehicles from different eras were corralled for “The Alois Ruf Reunion”, a culmination of a career that honors Alois Ruf Jr.’s decades of dedication...
Louis Wagner [dropcap]S[/dropcap]eeing the Darracq 120 racer that Louis Wagner (also a pioneer aviator) drove to victory in the 1906 Vanderbilt...
By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost,...
Amid the bustle and hubbub of a popular Riviera restaurant, a baritone burble rises through the floor, vibrating up high, elegant heels and tapered table legs to resonate around the rims of thin-stemmed wine glasses. Angry pops and crackles from the street outside are followed by a final ear-splitting bark...
