1968 Fiat-Abarth 1000 TCR Variations on a theme – that’s the one-liner which always comes to mind when encountering an...
If you are even just slightly interested in Australian motor racing there are two Sundays of the year that are...
Vic Edelbrock In the late 1930s, Vic Edelbrock Senior started up his automotive business in a small way, in a small garage on Los Angeles’ 3rd and La Brea. He did tune-ups and general auto repair, and on the side, he raced various cars at the dry lakebeds just east...
At 30,000 feet, questions begin to crystallize like ice on the wing… Will the circulation ever return to my hopelessly...
Giorgio Pianta started racing in the 1950s, raced and rallied at international levels through the 1970s, and has held important...
The Lancia D24 was the dominant sports racing car of the mid-1950s and was driven by some of the greatest...
Rene Arnoux Achille Varzi 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, is born in Japan...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the...
Anyone who saw the terrifying tape of Mario Andretti’s 200-mph “blowover” at Indianapolis on April 23rd will easily visualize the...
Willow Springs, CA April 5-6, 2003 The Datsun 240 Z of Mark Belrose. Photo: Cheryl A. Jones Become a Member...
Savannah, GA April 3-6, 2003 Start of the Monoposto race. (Left to Right) The Brabham BT29s of Bob Goeldner, Asa Candler and Joe Blacker lead the field into Turn 1. Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
Birmingham, AL March 27-30, 2003 The 1975 Porsche 911 RSR of Ron Barnaba enters Turn 13. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become...
Long Beach, CA April 11-13, 2003 The 1968 Ferrari 312 of Todd Morici is chased by the Williams FW08 of...
July 2003 Toyota 2000 GT—The Complete Story of Japan’s First Supercar By Shin Yoshikawa While Japanese cars are often overlooked by historic racing aficionados and classic sports car enthusiasts alike, several Japanese models built in the late ’60s possess a rich road and race history. One of the most notable...
The original 6.6-mile Watkins Glen Grand Prix circuit has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. The circuit...
On April 24, at HSR’s Road Atlanta “Mitty” event, Jaguar North America pulled the wraps off of a pair of historic XKE racers that will be campaigned throughout 2003 with sponsorship from Jaguar’s Select Edition Certified Pre-Owned vehicle program. According to Steve McKnight, Jaguar Vice-President for Remarketing, “We see our...
On April 11-13, the streets of Long Beach, California once again reverberated to the sound of a full field of...
The rewarding, testing and unforgiving roads of Mallorca provided a mighty challenge to the 150 cars and crews who enjoyed...
Former Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell is no stranger to hard-fought battles but not usually on the grounds of his stately manor. Late in April, police on the British Channel Island of Jersey were called to the home of Mansell when it was reported that the 49-year-old Briton was...
At April’s HSR Walter Mitty race weekend, historic racer Duncan Dayton established a new Road Atlanta track record when he...
Former IMSA World Sports Car champion and FIA WSC C2 champion Fermin Velez lost his battle with cancer on March...
American racing pioneer John Fitch’s contributions to Lime Rock Park, (and sports car racing in general) will be recognized when he serves as an honored guest at this year’s Lime Rock Park Vintage Festival on Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29-Sept. 1. After retiring from active competition for the likes of...
