In early December, Miles Morris and Malcolm Welford, guiding lights in Christie’s Auction House’s U.S. motoring department, announced that they...
Morgan will be the featured marque at the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, hosted by the Vintage Sportscar Drivers Association (VSCDA)...
On October 30, the historic racing community was saddened to learn that vintner and historic racer Gil Nickel had lost his courageous battle with cancer. He was 64. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1939, Gil served in the military for a number of years, before returning to Oklahoma to help...
On March 20–21—40 years to the day after a team of Qvale-owned MGBs finished 17th and 22nd overall in the...
This year marks the 70th birthday of the famous Napier Railton. Commissioned and driven by John Cobb and designed and...
On Nov. 2–6, noted Jaguar expert Terry Larson and his wife, Darlene, hosted their 6th annual Arizona tour for Jaguar C- and D-types. This year’s event saw four C-types, two D-types, two XKSSs and a Lister-Jag take part in four days of spirited driving through Arizona and New Mexico. As...
The Petersen Automotive Museum, in Los Angeles, California, is currently paying tribute to the cars and career of Carroll Shelby...
Aston Martin recently announced that it will return to sports car racing in 2004 with a racing version of its...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of Osimo, in the Marche region of central Italy. His family was in the business of manufacturing pasta which allowed him to pursue a racing career though he studied accounting just...
February 2003 Formula A and Formula 5000 in America By Wolfgang Klopfer From 1968 to 1976, open-wheeled road racing was...
Coronado, CA, October 11–12, 2003 Lou Sellyei rounds Turn 11 in his 1963 Ferrari 250P and heads for the main...
Mugello, Italy October 18–19, 2003 Christoph Steiger’s Ferrari 312PB. 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 enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers...
Lime Rock Park, CT October 17–18, 2003 The 1933 Ford Indy Car of Rex Barrett. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz...
Summit Point, West Virginia November 28–30, 2003 The 1959 Fiat Abarth Zagato of Joe Parlanti leads the 1957 Fiat Abarth...
The first time I went to VIR-ginia International Raceway was in 1960, and road courses like this pastoral gem were normal. You expected to see fast curves through a natural, naked landscape. For me, anyway, there was a tingly sense of drama and magnitude arising from both the simple purity...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the...
This painting actually depicts the start of the Nürburgring 1000 Kms in 1960. However, everyone familiar with this unique type of starting formation always refers to it as the “Le Mans start”. Running to your car, jumping in, starting the car, then taking off was the way early sports car...
Peter Westbury The first circuit I ever went to was Brands Hatch, in the ’50s, when I was still at...
As I laid the magazine back down on my desk, I looked across the room and had to laugh. I had just read an interesting news story in “AutoWeek” about the Corvette Grand Sports. The article described how most historians have believed for years that there were only five Grand...
Last month, European Editor Ed McDonough spoke with Vic Elford about his first Formula One encounters, and his Ford and...
Hollywood actors play them—Luigi Fagioli was one. Built like Rocky Marciano with wide shoulders, muscular arms, thick neck and a...
The Grand Prix Alfa Romeo: Alfetta 158/159 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 158/159. Photo: Peter Collins As a long-term Alfa “person,” I have never had any problems when it comes to the inevitable discussion of the best Alfa Romeo of all time or, for that matter, the Alfa one would most like...