Have you ever sat in front of the television watching a beautifully filmed documentary about the archaeological wonders of Egypt,...
Robert Newman examines the men and machines that made the Mille Miglia one of the world’s greatest races. The Mille...
Clemente Biondetti Describing Clemente Biondetti as colorful is like saying the Sears Tower in Chicago is tall. Unpredictable, imaginative, irascible, gentle, gruff, fascinating, stubborn, generous, outspoken, he was all of those things. He was also the only man to win the Mille Miglia four times, an extraordinary feat of skill,...
Enzo Ferrari, Aymo Maggi, Piero Taruffi, Clemente Biondetti, Tazio Nuvolari, Giovanni Canestrini, Juan Manuel Fangio, Antonio Brivio, Stirling Moss, Giuseppe...
For over 70 years the month of May has been synonymous with two of the most historic and challenging motor...
With flashing precision, my memory recaptures exactly the milli-second that motor racing entered my life. It was reading a three-month-old account of the 1953 Mille Miglia in a copy of Motor Trend. In 1953, all the new Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CMs had led the 1000-mile thrash round Italy, and...
“Prelude – anticipating 7:22, May 1, 1955. Jenkinson and Moss reflect the tension before the start of an all-out, record-setting...
Here’s a sure bet: a lot of what you know about the Mille Miglia, and most of how you feel...
John Fitch is a genuine American hero, and a survivor. If they made a movie about his life, Jimmy Stewart would have played him. You know, a handsome, lanky six-footer, thoughtful, modest, brave and true in the face of a challenge or worthy cause. Truth is, Fitch has been accepting...
One of the greatest fears in racing is to have some type of catastrophic suspension or steering failure. The best...
Sam Posey Alberto Ascari 1 The gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911)....
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May 2000 Mille Miglia Race: The Postwar Years By Giorgio Nada Editore As chronicled throughout this special issue of VRJ,...
Stirling Moss This new site is devoted to Britain’s living racing legend, Sir Stirling Moss. Features of this site include, Moss-related news, historic and current photos, a calendar of his personal appearances and a shopping area with Moss merchandise. (Heh, even retired legends have to make a living). Also available...
Cinco de Mayo, “Fifth of May,” 2000, will be the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Mexican Road Race. To commemorate...
The Collier Automotive Museum in Naples, FL was the recent site of a 4-day symposium on the collection and restoration...
On June 9-11, 2000, the Vintage Drivers Club of America will hold “The Gold Cup Historic Races” as part of Virginia International Raceway’s official reopening. An active road racing circuit in the ’50s ’60s & ’70s, VIR fell into disuse until vintage racer and developer Harvey Seigel acquired the property...
Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, two of the East Coast’s largest vintage and historic racing...
Boss or Big Open Single-Seaters is set to stir the passions of European motorsports fans in 2000 with the sounds...
The original Morgan factory built by H.F.S. Morgan in 1905 is due to be demolished if a Malvern garage gains approval to redevelop the site. Following the success of the prototype three-wheeler in 1910, the garage business was scaled down and the building adapted to produce the “Runabout”. After WWI,...
