After a 15-year hiatus, organizers have recently announced a four-race Healey Challenge series will take pace in 2005, pitting American...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was cosanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen and brake lights and meet various...
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran...
A speed hillclimb at Harewood in Yorkshire, England was the climax of a week’s celebration by the Vintage Sports Car...
Colin Chapman Keke Rosberg 2 Roger Penske drives a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Tourist Trophy race at Nassau in the Bahamas (1962). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Out of all the competitors who raced at that very first 1948 road race at Watkins Glen, there are perhaps...
Sir Jackie Stewart This Audi TT is a car capable of being driven on or pretty close to the limit....
In 1955 Denis Jenkinson wrote of the EMW sports racers: “By comparison, the well-known 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz sports cars have a poor air-flow over the bodywork with their numerous louvers, scoops and bulges.” Praise indeed! The prototype BMW 340-1 Sportswagen was produced in 1949 and intended for series production. For...
The 2004 Goodwood Revival set records for attendance and was completely sold out well before the September 3–5 event....
Chichester, England September 3–5, 2004 Rene Arnoux enjoys a playful moment in the Goodwood heat. Photo: Peter Collins Become a...
Lotus—The Early Years An in-depth look at the formative years of Lotus from 1951-1954. Peter Ross examines the men and cars that took Lotus from a backyard hobby, to one of racing’s most prestigious brands. Harbound, 210 pages. $64.95 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
With more than 60 chapters across the U.S. and Canada, Jaguar Clubs of North America is undoubtedly one of the...
Shanghai’s gaudy new, $300-million supercircuit, home of the first-ever Grand Prix in China, has a truly distinctive first turn complex. It coils up tightly one way like a watch spring, then unwinds. It seems obvious to me it’s meant to look like the oriental yin and yang symbol. SpeedTV commentators...
A world-record price of £4.18 million paid for a 1929 Mercedes-Benz sports car boosted the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale on...
Jenks used to write pieces titled, “Pity the Poor Historian”, where he would list, say, the conflicting reasons for a...
The final round of the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series 2004, held at Spa September 17–18, was narrowly won by Hubert Fabri and Adrian Stoop in their 1933 Alfa Romeo 8c Monza. Victory came only after a nail-biting battle with the similar 8c Monza owned by Bill Ainscough...
December 2004 Speed in Sweden—A Century of Swedish Motorsport By Björn Tiedemann, et al. While it is easy to overlook...
Ray Heppenstall, creator of the innovative Howmet TX turbine-powered sports car, has passed away at the age of 73. Born...
Lime Rock Park, Connecticut September 3-6, 2004 The 1937 BMW 328 of David George leads the 1933 MG L1 of George Chilberg and the 1934 Miller of Tom Malloy.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
Watkins Glen, New York September 9-12, 2004 The 1960 Lotus 18 F1 of Charles McCabe. Photo: Jay Texter Become a...
