While the 2000 edition of Lord March’s Festival of Speed will be remembered by many as the year of disaster,...
In a tragic accident during the Saturday afternoon Good-wood Festival practice runs, the 4-wheel drive Lotus 63 driven by the...
This year, SAAC (Shelby American Automobile Club) celebrated its 25th year with an enormous five-day gathering of street and racing Shelbys at Connecticut’s beautiful Lime Rock Park Raceway. The event, held from June 30 – July 3, included on-track racing and high-speed driving sessions, as well as a massive concours/car...
Brazilian Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi will be a special guest of honor at SVRA’s Zippo Grand Prix to...
Perhaps nowhere else in the world are there as many racetracks per square mile of land as there are in...
September 2000 Where They Raced: Lap 2 Auto Racing Venues in Southern California, 1900-2000 By Harold Osmer Where They Raced: Lap 2 is an extensively expanded second edition of Osmer’s original book on the history of racetracks in Southern California. As a graduate student in geography and land use, Osmer...
Chichester, England June 23-25 Current F1 star Jean Alesi excited the crowd with his rainy run in the 1990 Tyrrell...
Mosport Park, Canada Jun. 30-Jul. 2 The 1969 Marcos GT of James Therien. Photo: Bob Harrington Become a Member &...
Danville, VA Jun. 8-10 The Caterham’s of Burt Levy (#37) and Tom Yeager (#47) charge through the gorgeous Virginia countryside.Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our...
First comes denial. No, it can’t be that bad. The driver will get out ok. There’ll be pain and recuperation...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Jack...
Richie Ginther Sir Stirling Moss 3 Dario Resta dies in a crash during a speed record attempt at Brooklands, England (1924). 3 Jim McElreath wins the first California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway in A.J. Foyt’s back-up car. Jim Hurtubise qualifies 33rd in a front-engined roadster (1970). Become a Member...
This month, Carroll puts down his wrenches long enough to reminisce about some of his early Can-Am experiences. Shelby American’s...
“It’s pretty loud,” he warned, as the starter slowly cranked. The big Buick coughed a couple of times, belching vapors...
“LIQUID” is the word coming most readily to mind; SENSUOUS being the next. The really exquisite fiberglass (!) body was by Franco Scaglione of Turin and appeared in various differing versions of the same shape. Evolved from the successful Type 33/2 Sport Prototypes, the Stradale (or ‘Street’) was developed and...
Just before he opened the door to the garage, I’d swear he gave me the evil eye and muttered something...
Few, professional drivers can lay claim to having active racing careers that span 40 years. One of the only drivers to be able to make this claim is the quiet and affable John Morton. Starting in the early ’60s with Carroll Shelby and the prototype Cobra, Morton has raced everything...
Mercedes-Benz’ incredibly successful first half of the 20th century was going to be a really tough act to follow. Ritter...
1972 Giannini Gruppo 2 Corse The story of Giannini is the tale of the Italian car tuners, the specialists who...