The original Morgan factory built by H.F.S. Morgan in 1905 is due to be demolished if a Malvern garage gains...
Boss or Big Open Single-Seaters is set to stir the passions of European motorsports fans in 2000 with the sounds...
Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, two of the East Coast’s largest vintage and historic racing organizations, recently announced that they have entered into an alliance involving cross investments by each organization in the other and joint cooperation agreements. The two organizations currently sanction and/or promote...
On June 9-11, 2000, the Vintage Drivers Club of America will hold “The Gold Cup Historic Races” as part of...
The Collier Automotive Museum in Naples, FL was the recent site of a 4-day symposium on the collection and restoration...
Cinco de Mayo, “Fifth of May,” 2000, will be the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Mexican Road Race. To commemorate this historic event, known as La Carrera Panamericana, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is gathering the cars, drivers and crew for a special evening at the museum on...
Stirling Moss This new site is devoted to Britain’s living racing legend, Sir Stirling Moss. Features of this site include,...
May 2000 Mille Miglia Race: The Postwar Years By Giorgio Nada Editore As chronicled throughout this special issue of VRJ,...
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Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
Sam Posey Alberto Ascari 1 The gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911)....
One of the greatest fears in racing is to have some type of catastrophic suspension or steering failure. The best way to avoid this dangerous (and potentially costly!) situation is regular inspection and crack testing of critical steering and suspension parts. What follows is a brief synopsis of the different...
John Fitch is a genuine American hero, and a survivor. If they made a movie about his life, Jimmy Stewart...
Here’s a sure bet: a lot of what you know about the Mille Miglia, and most of how you feel...
“Prelude – anticipating 7:22, May 1, 1955. Jenkinson and Moss reflect the tension before the start of an all-out, record-setting victory that was notable less for Moss’ usual relaxed artistry than for sheer aggression and a 300SLR that refused to be broken. Not far behind, however, was the cool intelligence...
With flashing precision, my memory recaptures exactly the milli-second that motor racing entered my life. It was reading a three-month-old...
For over 70 years the month of May has been synonymous with two of the most historic and challenging motor...
Enzo Ferrari, Aymo Maggi, Piero Taruffi, Clemente Biondetti, Tazio Nuvolari, Giovanni Canestrini, Juan Manuel Fangio, Antonio Brivio, Stirling Moss, Giuseppe Morandi, Alberto Ascari, Federico Fellini Some of the great names of the Mille Miglia. They include the man who came up with the idea for the race, drivers who won...
Clemente Biondetti Describing Clemente Biondetti as colorful is like saying the Sears Tower in Chicago is tall. Unpredictable, imaginative, irascible,...
Robert Newman examines the men and machines that made the Mille Miglia one of the world’s greatest races. The Mille...
Have you ever sat in front of the television watching a beautifully filmed documentary about the archaeological wonders of Egypt, and were overwhelmed at how meticulously the experts sift through acres of ancient sand to piece together minute fragments of bone until they have reincarnated King Rah’s second cousin, beyond...