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...
Racecars will headline the H&H auction to be held Feb. 21st in conjunction with the first annual International Historic Motorsport...
Many special events are being planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in...
Denise McCluggage, the renowned automotive journalist and pioneer female auto racer, has been named Grand Marshal for the 2004 Gold Cup Historic Races at VIRginia International Raceway, scheduled for the weekend of June 11–13. The 2004 Gold Cup Historic Races will feature Women in Racing, and all female racers are...
Monoposto Racing, North America’s premiere open-wheel vintage racing series, recently crowned two new champions for the 2003 season—Bobby Brown in...
American road racing pioneer John von Neumann died on Christmas night, 2003. Born December 16, 1921, he had just turned...
Founded in 1911 by a Japanese engineer trained in the United States, the Datsun Motor Car Company ranks as one of Japan’s oldest automobile manufacturers. Not only has Datsun been producing automobiles almost as long as the Ford Motor Company, but it also enjoys a rich racing heritage dating back...
March 2004 Maserati: A Racing History By Anthony Pritchard This new book, by noted author and historian Anthony Pritchard, chronicles...
The other evening I watched a panel of motorsport reporters on a TV show name their “driver of the year.” It was an interesting discussion, and I learned a lot. It also made me realize—once again—how much racing has changed in the past few decades. Pete Lyons For one thing,...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Mike Hailwood Lucien Bianchi 3 Future Indianapolis car racer Joe Leonard wins the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on the beach...
Although all paintings are unique, periodically an artist is given the opportunity to work on a special project. When the owner of this 1960 Maserati Tipo 60 consulted with me about creating a paint- ing of his car, I knew this was just such an occasion. The piece we discussed...