Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the...
Aston Martin recently announced that it will return to sports car racing in 2004 with a racing version of its...
February 2003 Formula A and Formula 5000 in America By Wolfgang Klopfer From 1968 to 1976, open-wheeled road racing was dominated by an exciting, thunderous series of V8-powered racecars known as Formula 5000s. Originally founded as a high-horsepower, low-cost race series, Formula 5000 evolved over its eight-year life span to...
The Grand Prix Alfa Romeo: Alfetta 158/159 Alfa Romeo Alfetta 158/159. Photo: Peter Collins As a long-term Alfa “person,” I...
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...
In early December, Miles Morris and Malcolm Welford, guiding lights in Christie’s Auction House’s U.S. motoring department, announced that they...
Summit Point, West Virginia November 28–30, 2003 The 1959 Fiat Abarth Zagato of Joe Parlanti leads the 1957 Fiat Abarth...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two. From 1964 to 1978, these racing categories and the flat-bottomed formula cars manufactured to compete in them served as a stepping stone to the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing, be...
Lime Rock Park, CT October 17–18, 2003 The 1933 Ford Indy Car of Rex Barrett. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz...
Morgan will be the featured marque at the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, hosted by the Vintage Sportscar Drivers Association (VSCDA)...
Coronado, CA, October 11–12, 2003 Lou Sellyei rounds Turn 11 in his 1963 Ferrari 250P and heads for the main straight. Photo: Bob Krueger 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...
This painting actually depicts the start of the Nürburgring 1000 Kms in 1960. However, everyone familiar with this unique type...
On Nov. 2–6, noted Jaguar expert Terry Larson and his wife, Darlene, hosted their 6th annual Arizona tour for Jaguar...
Peter Westbury The first circuit I ever went to was Brands Hatch, in the ’50s, when I was still at school. That must have been 1953, when the circuit was one mile and went the other way around! I was hooked at an early age. My father had taught me...
This year marks the 70th birthday of the famous Napier Railton. Commissioned and driven by John Cobb and designed and...
Mugello, Italy October 18–19, 2003 Christoph Steiger’s Ferrari 312PB. Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Last month, European Editor Ed McDonough spoke with Vic Elford about his first Formula One encounters, and his Ford and Porsche days in rallying. This month the story continues, and Elford talks about the legendary Porsche 917 which he drove at Le Mans and Sebring, where he won in 1971....
On October 30, the historic racing community was saddened to learn that vintner and historic racer Gil Nickel had lost...
The Petersen Automotive Museum, in Los Angeles, California, is currently paying tribute to the cars and career of Carroll Shelby...
On March 20–21—40 years to the day after a team of Qvale-owned MGBs finished 17th and 22nd overall in the 1964 12 Hours of Sebring—HMSA will honor the effort with a special historic race meeting and team reunion to be held at Laguna Seca Raceway. In addition to a full...
The first time I went to VIR-ginia International Raceway was in 1960, and road courses like this pastoral gem were...
As I laid the magazine back down on my desk, I looked across the room and had to laugh. I...
Hollywood actors play them—Luigi Fagioli was one. Built like Rocky Marciano with wide shoulders, muscular arms, thick neck and a broad chest, his attitude could be as tough as his appearance and that could lead to violence when his temper took over. Fagioli was an explosive cocktail of hard-nosed single-mindedness,...