On April 25th, the motorsports world was rocked by another recent tragedy, when F1 and sports car veteran Michele Alboreto...
Few cars in the history of motorsport have generated more awe and acclaim than the prewar Mercedes Benz W154. The...
The surge in interest in historic Grand Prix cars created by last year’s series of races at places like the USGP and the Monterey Historics has spawned the formation of an independent organization devoted to the competition of these historic single-seaters. The new body, known as Historic Grand Prix (HGP),...
The City of Parma, Italy, honored one of its famous sons on April 21, when it dedicated the day to...
Last month we brought you the bizarre legal battle revolving around the long-lost Cobra Daytona Coupe prototype CSX2287. At the...
The VSCDA has recently announced that MG will be the featured marque for this year’s Elkhart Lake Vintage festival to be held on September 21-23. Additionally, the MG Vintage Racers Group has announced that this event will also serve as its “Focus Event” for 2001. Early estimates predict well over...
With the return of the month of June comes the return of one of racing’s most prestigious and historic races...
June 2001 The Works MGs By Mike Allison & Peter Browning The racing history of the MG Car Company dates...
Monterey, CA Mar. 31 – Apr. 1 The 1931 MG C-Type of Jonathan Feiber. Photo: Casey Annis 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 membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access...
Donington, England Apr. 8 Howard Culley piloted his unique 1964 Attila MkIII in the RJB Thundersports Championship race for sports...
Roebling Road, GA Apr. 5 – 8 The 1976 Dekon Monza of Jim Mallone. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become...
My colleague Tim Considine cordially feels I was unfair in my recent column about Cooper’s development of mid-engined race cars. Not for anything I wrote about Cooper; he protested my saying the mid-engined Auto Unions of the 1930s won races through “occasional good luck.” A meticulous and caring historian (vide...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
Bruce McLaren Umberto Maglioli 2 Bruce McLaren is killed in an accident while testing the McLaren M8D Can-Am racer at...
A wonderfuly “human” being, Shaw pursued auto, powerboat and airplane racing for 35 years. He won Indy three times; convinced Tony Hulman to rebuild The Speedway after WWII; was president of The Speedway at the time of his death in 1954; was idolized by the kids he found time to...
I wrote a book on the history of March, which came out in 1989 under the title, “Four Guys And...
The pundits, who supposedly know something about these things, say that in racing, rain is the great equalizer. But from what I’ve witnessed during my recent trip to England, I’d say – as far as historic racing goes – it is more likely the great delineator. When one compares historic...
John Zeitler – driver, engine builder, racecar designer and manufacturer – had a racing career spanning over 20 years, most...
Michael Andretti slides the all-conquering Ralt RT-5 Super Vee to victory at Riverside Raceway in 1981. Andretti was just one...
When the first “Birdcage” Maseratis burst onto the world racing stage in 1959, a number of people were shocked and many laughed at their “strange” chassis, made up of hundreds of pieces of small tubing. A few dominant racing victories turned the nay-sayers around pretty quickly, and it was not...
