Recently, I was invited to a birthday party. Now, in my current life, this always translates into jumping up and...
Tragedy marred this year’s Walter Mitty Challenge when historic racer, car preparer and 2-time Sebring champion Bob Akin was killed...
American motorsports lost one of its most colorful early postwar road racers when Boris “Bob” Said passed away in March at the age of 69. Said got his start in motorsport when he talked his way into racing an MGTD at Thompson Speedway in 1951, at the age of 18....
1971 Tyrrell 002 His friends and racing opponents in F3 called him “Chopper,” not because of his on-track driving style...
Sears Point, CA March 23-24 The 1930 Morgan Super Aero of Larry Ayers. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member &...
If this sounds painful, chances are good Dan Gurney would agree with you! After 20 years as a pet project, Gurney’s revoultionary Alligator motorcycle was recently introduced at Los Angeles’ Petersen Automotvie Museum. This radically different looking motorcycle, with its low center of gravity and feet forward riding position, features...
Unfortunately, we tend to get used to losing people who have been on the motor racing scene for many years....
After years of research, Ed McDonough reveals the influences and pressures that drove Mexican racing hero Pedro Rodriguez to the...
During the late ’60s and early ’70s few racecar drivers better fit the image of the playboy racer than Frenchman François Cevert. Born the son of a wealthy Parisian jeweller, Cevert sought adventure and found it in the form of motor racing, winning the French Volant Shell driver training award....
On April 7, an illustrious list of racing luminaries gathered together in Southern California to help 3-time Formula One World...
Horst Kroll started off his involvement with automobiles as an apprentice in the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. Porsche sent him to Canada in 1959 to assist at Volkswagen, Canada. By 1963, he was winning his first races both on ice and road circuits. In 1964, he won the first of...
Winner of the 1956 Indianapolis 500 and Milwaukee 250, Pat Flaherty, passed away on April 6 at the age of...
I was going through a pile of papers when I found the order of service for John Cooper’s funeral. I...
Chris Amon Lance Reventlow 2 Achille Varzi dies in a low-speed accident while practicing in the rain at Bremgarten for the Swiss Grand Prix (1948). 3 Mark Donohue wins the USAC Champ Car race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, for team Penske’s first Champ Car win (1971). Become a Member & Get...
It was June 1970, and I was en route from Los Angeles to Paris, France… this was a dream come...
In motor racing we meet some very able people, and some very fine ones. It’s wonderful when they’re the same...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Mark Leonard Grand Prix Classics (858) 459-3500 Rick Kopec Shelby American Club (860) 364-0449 Bruce Trennery Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 These prices are...
July 2002 Red Arrows—Ferraris at the Mille Miglia By Giannino Marzotto There are few races in the annals of motorsport...
After one of its most successful annual meetings at Lime Rock Park last year, the Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC)...
Roebling Road, GA April 4-7 The 1959 MGA of William Bartlett leads the 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite of Chris Bross. Photo: Gordon Jolley 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...
Ninety-six years after it was first run, the great Targa Florio road race is to have its own museum. After...
In early May, 12 Formula One cars belonging to the now defunct Prost Grand Prix team were auctioned off by...
Paris, France April 16-20 The Ferrari Daytona (s/n 15685) of Slavic and Slavic sits between a GT 40 and the Alpine A110 of Jean Ragnotti at Paris’ Place du Trocadéro. Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
Lime Rock, CT April 12-13 The 1956 Jaguar XK140 of Ian Ross Jenkins leads the 1953 Jaguar XK120 FHC of...
