After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the...
Patrick Peter, organizer of the immensely popular Le Mans Classic historic race event, has announced that he will be staging...
My first good job after college was designing suspension bits for Traction-Master Co. Later in 1968, I became a small contractor to Douglas Aircraft. In those days I enjoyed competing in slalom racing, which is how I met Elliott Forbes-Robinson who introduced me to Dan Gurney. After several lengthy interviews,...
Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
Summit Point, West Virginia November 28–30, 2003 The 1959 Fiat Abarth Zagato of Joe Parlanti leads the 1957 Fiat Abarth...
A world-record price of £4.18 million paid for a 1929 Mercedes-Benz sports car boosted the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale on Friday, September 3, to a new British record as the most valuable car auction ever held in the U.K.—totalling £7.7 million. This broke the 15-year-old existing record set in 1989...
Brands Hatch, England July 17–18, 2004 David Stevenson’s 1962 Lotus 22 heads Barry Westmoreland’s similar car at Stirlings.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 ads, lets you...
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
Pedro Rodriguez A.J. Foyt 1 FIA declares there can be sponsorship on cars participating in racing they sanction, provided the...
In 1963, three Willment-run cars were taken to South Africa for the South African season—a Lotus Cortina, a Ford Galaxie and the Cobra GT I am running at the Goodwood Revival in 2004! There were several drivers and we used to just switch drivers and switch races. I drew the...
I once accepted a commission to write a book called AZ of Sports Cars. It was to cover the post-war...
Montlhéry, France March 13, 2004 A Gordini T16 s/n 31. Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Known more for his mercurial temper than his victories over the likes of Carraciola and Nuvolari, prewar Italian driving star Luigi Fagioli still ranks as one of the great unsung heroes of racing’s Golden Era. In this the final instalment, Robert Newman chronicles the final years of his career including...
Ferrari wins! This was not always so for Ferrari in the beginning. After a career building and racing cars for...
A speed hillclimb at Harewood in Yorkshire, England was the climax of a week’s celebration by the Vintage Sports Car Club to mark its 70th anniversary year. The VSCC’s aim is to preserve and encourage the competitive use of sports cars built before 1931, together with selected post-vintage thoroughbred sports...
Cosworth Racing has announced that it is to remanufacture the most successful engine in the history of Formula One, the...
Australia June 19–20, 2004 As usual the 1967 Matich SR3 of Keith Berryman looked immaculate.Photo: Steve Oom Become a Member...
FORMULA ONE & TWO AT REIMS, 1958 | It could never happen now. Ian Burgess was a works Cooper driver but he had to borrow Cyril Atkins’ Cooper T-43 for the race. His steady drive saw him break away from Taylor/McLaren and finish 4th. Photo: Ed McDonough In the 1950s...
Bob Bondurant’s racing career has had many diverse facets including stints in small-bore production cars, big bangers such as the...
Steve Earle and General Racing Ltd., organizers of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque...
Goodwood, UK June 5–6, 2004 Jean-Pierre Jassaud returned to Goodwood to drive the wors LeMans Alpine Renault A442.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 ads,...
1964 Formula One World Champion John Surtees was honored at a charity dinner held near Northampton, England on June 29....
On September 11–12, Britain’s Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) will celebrate its 70th anniversary with its Vintage and Historic Festival...
With six collector car auctions taking place over the course of this year’s Monterey Historics weekend (August 12–15), there was a virtual orgy of collector car buying on the Monterey Peninsula, resulting in over $50 million worth of automobiles changing hands over the course of just four days. Christie’s The...