From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Watching it happen, it was hard to appreciate the magnitude of the achievement. The big blue roadster hardly made any...
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...
Elkhart Lake, WI July 18-20 Bill Adam drove the 2000 Champion Audi R8 to 2nd place behind the Porsche of...
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...
November 2003 Alfa Romeo TZ—The Cars, the Race Results By Philippe Olczyk It came as something of a surprise to find myself pictured behind the wheel, on page four of Olczyk’s TZ book, in a picture that has never been released of a totally nonexistent car! Become a Member & Get...
Like so many great racing drivers over the ages, Swede Savage was a talented, up-and-coming racing driver who was snatched...
Bonhams On Friday evening, Quail Lodge hosted the Bonham’s sale, but it wasn’t a racecar market. The closest thing to...
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...
Famed British racing engineer Tony Rudd died on August 22 at the age of 81 following a heart attack and...
Another new event appeared on the Monterey calendar this year, with the arrival of the “Quail” featuring a selection of...
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,...
An unusual bridge in American racing history was crossed this past August when British racer Lorina McLaughlin became the first...
Motorsport comes in many forms, but perhaps the oldest variation is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which this...
A life-size statue of John Surtees, the only man to have won the World Championship on two and four wheels, was unveiled at Mallory Park in the U.K. on July 14, as a tribute to the great motorcycle and Formula One star. Surtees was in humble mode as Sir Jack...
Readers may recall that last month we brought you the story of John Fitch’s planned attempt to break an existing...
1958 Devin D Porsche Across the southern hills of the Dolomite Mountains of Italy, north of a line drawn between...
Huffaker Engineering has been more successful, over a longer period of time, and in more forms of motorsport, than any other American racecar manufacturer. Who else has built winning sports racers, production cars, Trans-Am sedans, Formula cars and Indy racers besides Joe Huffaker and his son, Joe. Their engines powered...
Over the course of his life, Frank Gardner has been a boxer, a surfer and a motorcycle mechanic before moving...
I was involved in racing in a very interesting time, when a lot of good things happened and a lot of bad things. I was co-driving with Herbert Mueller. After Zeltweg in 1971, we were asked by Rico Steineman, the Porsche racing manager, if we had a car for Pedro...
Mario Andretti started the 1978 Formula One season in the Colin Chapman–designed Lotus 78. After winning the season opener in...
Derek Bell Andrea de Adamich 1 The Lancia Fulvia 1.6 is homologated for rallying (1969). 2 The first post-WWII road race in the United States is run through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York (1948). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Mansfield, OH June 19-22, 2003 A “50th Anniversary of the Corvette” feature race included over 28 entrants. Photo: Jim Hatfield 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,...
Le Circuit Mt. Tremblant, St. Jovite, Canada July 4–6, 2003 The 1967 Lotus 49B of Pete Lovely. Photo: Robert Harrington...
Virginia International Raceway, VA June 5-8, 2003 The rare 1933 MG L2 “monoposto” of George Chilberg. Photo: Gordon Jolley Become...
Chichester, U.K. July 11–13, 2003 John Surtees prepares for a run in the 1967 Honda RA 300 which won the Italian Grand Prix on its debut.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
