On July 3rd, the newly formed ACG (Les Amis du Circuit de Gueux) held their first official event honoring the...
Achille Varzi, in the Alfa Romeo 158 “Alfetta”, set the 2nd fastest time for Heat 1 behind the Alfa 158...
The Belgian Grand Prix; Spa-Francorchamps, June 22, 1952. Alberto Ascari tops the hill at Raidillon on his way to another victory with the Ferrari 500/F2. Louis Klemantaski captured the sweep of the Spa circuit in this evocative image. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge...
Australia’s Historic Sports & Racing Car Association (HSRCA) has announced the creation of a 1960s-era Tasman Revival race meeting to...
The 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps; Spa-Francorchamps, May 9, 1971. The Ferrari 312PB driven by Jackie Ickx and Clay Regazzoni rounds La...
Monoposto Racing, one of North America’s finest open-wheel vintage racing organizations, has announced that Barry Durham and Joe Blacker have been crowned the 2004 series champions. Champions are named based upon their best results in six races in two categories. The first category, F70, consists of Formula 5000, Formula Two,...
Historic Photographs As a supplier of rare period photography to VRJ, Ferret Fotographics offers prints from its 1.5 million negative...
There is always an argument at the Monte Carlo Historic Rally as to whether the drivers or the cars are...
NASCAR champion Benny Parsons, Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva and Le Mans 24 Hour king Hurley Haywood will lead a group of nine racing greats into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction ceremony on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at the State Theatre...
The featured marques for the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will not only include French manufacturers Voisin and Delahaye, but...
On September 3-4, the VSCC will host its second annual See Red event at Donington Park racecourse. Billed as the...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Owners and admirers of Turner sports cars in the United States are marking the 50th anniversary of the diminutive two-seat...
Lance Reventlow was the son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. As most aficionados know, he was active in motorsport during the fifties. Lance’s best friend was Bruce Kessler, son of bathing-suit mogul Rose Marie Reid. Because Bruce and I were friends, I became acquainted with Lance. The first time Lance...
Sports car racing in the U.S. during the ’50s was unique. It was very different from the American circle-track or...
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use...
One of the great things about the growth of historic racing over the past decade is the wide variety of events in which an owner can now participate. In addition to the enormous (and growing!) selection of historic race events, there are now more and more fantastic non-racing events open...
From July 27–31, the city of Seattle was invaded by one of the largest gatherings of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts ever...
The American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) will be holding its annual national convention in Seattle, Washington this year, from...
The MG Vintage Racers (MGVR) have recently announced that in celebration of MGVR’s 25th anniversary next year, they will be holding an All-MG race weekend at Hallett Raceway outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 2–4. Billed as the “MG Vintage Racers’ Silver Anniversary Celebration at Hallet” that weekend will be the...
Amelia Island, Florida March 10–13, 2005 This year a record breaking crowd of cars and aficionados filled the greens and...
From March 10–13, Florida’s Amelia Island played host to what, over the past 10 years, has become perhaps the East...
Homebuilt or custom-made racecars were not new to America’s racetracks as they had been appearing for decades on dirt ovals, at the Bonneville Salt Flats and at the Indianapolis 500. In the years prior to WWII, drag racing’s predecessor—speed runs on the dry lakes of the Mojave Desert in California—had...
This month Pete is recovering from a “close encounter of the surgical kind.” Pete is doing well and will return...
Walter Hayes Jim Clark 3 Carroll Shelby drives a Birdcage Maserati to victory in the Los Angeles Examiner Herald-Express International...
Pacific Raceway, Seattle, WA July 27-31, 2005 Between the collections of Greg Whitten, Jon Shirley and Vintage Racing Motors, the Alfa club’s track day enjoyed over a half dozen pre-war Alfa Romeos. Photo: Casey Annis Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
1939 2-Liter Monoposto Speed Model Back in 1966 I bought the second serious car I ever owned, a 1958 Aston...
Most commonly known among the general populace for its oil-squirting, rocket-launching DB5 of the ’60s James Bond movies, the Aston...
In this month’s issue, you’ll find a very revealing interview with Robert Daley, who—in addition to being a renowned photographer and author (The Cruel Sport) also has spent time as a screenwriter working on such projects as “The Racers.” As a bookend to his insights into the making of that...