Former Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell is no stranger to hard-fought battles but not usually on the grounds of...
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...
Paris, France February 7-16, 2003 Etoile Filante… Renault’s Flying Star record car. Photo: Casey Annis Become a Member & Get...
Lime Rock Park, CT The 1956 Jaguar XK140 roadster of Ian Ross Jenkins. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a...
Virginia International Raceway has announced that the featured marque for this year’s Gold Cup Historic Races will be a tribute to Road Racing Specials. In the heyday of 1950s sports car racing, many resourceful road racers applied what was known as “hot-rod” principles to develop low-cost alternatives to the expensive...
In 1954, Jaguar introduced the D Type, a replacement for the successful C Type which had won Le Mans in...
I drove for Colin Chapman for about four years because I was a junior driver in the Lotus team, so...
Did your heart rev up when you heard Dan Gurney was trying to resurrect his old Eagle F1 team? Dan...
Donnington Park, U.K. May 4-5, 2003 The 1964 4.7-liter AC Cobra of James Lindsay/Bill Wykeham during the 40-minute Gentleman Drivers...
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On April 24, at HSR’s Road Atlanta “Mitty” event, Jaguar North America pulled the wraps off of a pair of...
Motorsport comes in many forms, but perhaps the oldest variation is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which this year celebrates its 107th anniversary. First held on November 14, 1896, the run was originally organized as a celebration to commemorate the passing into British law of the Locomotives on...
The MG Vintage Racers organization (MGVR) has announced the creation of three “All MG” races for the 2003 racing season....
I have just watched “The Italian Job,” the 1969 original. At the time of writing, the remake has not hit...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A Mille Miglia Photo: Peter Collins The Alfa cockpit has a number of refined details for a race- car including side bolsters for the legs, a clock, a cockpit light and even an upholstered grab handle for the passenger! Photo: Peter Collins For those of you who...
Sir Stirling Moss had a fall from his motor scooter on Thursday, July 17 while crossing Lambeth Bridge in London....
Le Circuit Mt. Tremblant, St. Jovite, Canada July 4–6, 2003 The 1967 Lotus 49B of Pete Lovely. Photo: Robert Harrington...
A historically unlikely motorsport marriage was consummated at the end of July. Former Ligier and Williams Formula One driver Jacques Laffite joined forces with the Morgan car company to race a Morgan Aero 8 GT at this year’s 24 Hours of Spa. The French racing star, who scored six wins...
September 2003 Jean-Pierre Wimille by Jean-Michel Paris & William D. Mearns This has been one of those long, awaited books...
Cameron R. Argetsinger has been named president of the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen. The appointment to...
Donington Park, U.K. May 26, 2003 Ron Maydon sandwiched by John Mould’s Brabham BT23C and Rob Harvey’s Chevron B17C.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 paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most...
Champ Car racing is in the middle of an ongoing drama, which can be best described as character building. Starting...
Phoenix, AZ February 14-16, 2003 Canadian racing pioneer Bill Sadler at the wheel of his Sadler MkIII. Become a Member...
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...
Derek Bell Gaston Chevrolet 2 The Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company holds a press conference in Carmel, California,...
The Jaguar XKD-Type is perhaps one of my favorite auto designs ever. Introduced in 1954 as a replacement to the...
At April’s HSR Walter Mitty race weekend, historic racer Duncan Dayton established a new Road Atlanta track record when he and his ex-Jacques Villeneuve 1995 Reynard Indy car posted a 1:11.366 lap time. The previous lap record was held by Allan McNish driving an Audi LMP900....