From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
1984 Lancia LC2 Twenty years ago, when Group C sports car racing was in its heyday, the focus of attention...
Watching it happen, it was hard to appreciate the magnitude of the achievement. The big blue roadster hardly made any noise, and it was being driven with such poise, such command, that its motion around the track didn’t really rivet the eye either. Yet, as Mark Donohue cruised his turbocharged...
An unusual bridge in American racing history was crossed this past August when British racer Lorina McLaughlin became the first...
In the world of racing, automotive brands, more often than not, become flag bearers of national pride and heritage. In...
You know, I had the experience of working with some great teams and on some “interesting” projects. For example, I was in the Ligier team when they had the Alfa Romeo engine, and that was a very difficult period. The problem was that Alfa had a lot of people who...
Famed British racing engineer Tony Rudd died on August 22 at the age of 81 following a heart attack and...
Motorsport comes in many forms, but perhaps the oldest variation is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which this...
Elkhart Lake, WI July 18-20 Bill Adam drove the 2000 Champion Audi R8 to 2nd place behind the Porsche of Aaron Hsu.Photo: Fred Sickler 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...
Readers may recall that last month we brought you the story of John Fitch’s planned attempt to break an existing...
Monterey, CA August 14-17 The start of Saturday’s Trans-Am race saw 32 “ground-pounders” pour into Laguna Seca’s Turn 1.Photo: Jim...
The “Matiche” is a hidden treasure, one of the best classic car events we have come across. It is open only to barchettas— two-seater, open sports and sports racing cars built through the early 1960s. This three day event, with scrutineering on Friday at Bassano del Grappa in northeastern Italy,...
Lorina Boughton McLaughlin was the first woman to ever win the “Man of the Meeting” Award given regularly by BP...
Bonhams On Friday evening, Quail Lodge hosted the Bonham’s sale, but it wasn’t a racecar market. The closest thing to a racing machine to get the hammer was the 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, which Sam Hanks drove as the pace car at the 1957 Indy 500, for $439,100. An Alfa...
Like so many great racing drivers over the ages, Swede Savage was a talented, up-and-coming racing driver who was snatched...
In Part 1, we took a look at the beginnings of the Huffaker legend, with the ferocious Formula Juniors and...
Canada June 19-22, 2003 David & Goliath—a pack of small bore British sports cars attempts to keep in tow with the Corvette of Larry Barcza.Photo: Walt Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
November 2003 Alfa Romeo TZ—The Cars, the Race Results By Philippe Olczyk It came as something of a surprise to find...
The Jaguar XKD-Type is perhaps one of my favorite auto designs ever. Introduced in 1954 as a replacement to the...
The 2003 “Monterey” weekend was, again, a jam-packed period of several days of diverse automotive events, with the celebration of 100 Years of Ford the prominent theme at auctions, concours and racing activities. At the Mazda Laguna Seca circuit, the usual Friday qualifying and Saturday practice and racing featured no...
A life-size statue of John Surtees, the only man to have won the World Championship on two and four wheels,...
Derek Bell Gaston Chevrolet 2 The Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company holds a press conference in Carmel, California,...
Another new event appeared on the Monterey calendar this year, with the arrival of the “Quail” featuring a selection of special vehicles from motor racing at Quail Lodge, formerly the home of Concorso Italiano, which has moved to the Black Horse Golf Club at Monterey Bay. The new event was...
Mario Andretti started the 1978 Formula One season in the Colin Chapman–designed Lotus 78. After winning the season opener in...