Former World Rally Champion Bjorn Waldegard will be the latest in a long line of star drivers at Rallyday 2005,...
Under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport;...
Several years ago we brought you this fantastic site devoted to photographs of ’50s and ’60s sports car racing, predominantly on the West Coast. Because of the open format where the owner encourages people to contribute old photographs and commentary, this Web site has now become an even better resource...
February 11, 1962, brings back a very striking memory. I had been married for only eight days, yet for some...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana May 30, 2005 Dave Thomas at the wheel of the 1948 Clancy 6-Wheeler. Photo: Jim Hatfield...
Wakefield Park Raceway, Australia April 2–3, 2005 The sports racers get off the line for the final race. Photo: Steve Oom 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...
Thirty-five years after Jochen Rindt won the Formula One World Championship title posthumously for Team Lotus, two of his most...
Joe Huffaker and Huffaker Engineering are, today, names synonymous with excellence in racecar preparation, construction and engineering. The Huffaker name...
An original 1939 Auto Union V-12 D-Type Grand Prix racecar will appear at Shelsley Walsh on Sunday, August 21st as the famous hillclimb celebrates its 100th anniversary. Shelsley Walsh and Auto Union are inextricably linked after Hans Stück raced up the hill in June 1936 as part of the prestigious...
Historic Formula Atlantic cars will once again be racing on the streets of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. After a very successful inaugural...
Road Atlanta, GA April 28–May 1, 2005 The 1999 Lola ChampCar of Bill Hart. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member...
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...
Herhsey, PA April 30 – May 1, 2005 The 1955 Studebaker Commander of Thomas Thomas. Photo: Jay Texter Become a...
The annual Autumn Italian Car Day has a new venue for 2005. It will be held at the Heritage Motor...
Tazio Nuvolari John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987). 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim (1970). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
August 2005 Kings of the Nürburgring By Chris Nixon Of all the world’s motor racing circuits, Germany’s Nürburgring is perhaps...
The Mille Miglia Storica becomes more unbelievable as each year passes. To begin with, its patrons now include the President...
While I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to say this again—I really enjoyed watching this year’s running of the Indianapolis 500. Though I want to come back to this in a future column—as I thought this was one of the best Indy 500s in recent memory—there was one...
Northern California April 24-28, 2005 The 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe of Steve Moal and David Nelson. Photo: Bob Dunsmore Become...
Will Bowden of Orlando, Florida was chosen for this year’s Bill Parish Award. Supported by MGVR and Parish-Heacock Insurance, it is annually presented at MGVR’s Focus Event, this year HSR’s “Mitty” at Road Atlanta, in memory of MG racer Bill Parish. It is presented to an MG racer at the event participating...
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) will honor the 50th anniversary of the MGA at its October 7–8 vintage...
Pete Lyons Forgive me, please, but I can’t tell you much about any of these oddities. I present them here and now for the same reason that made me and, I presume, my dad take their pictures—astonishment. “Hey, isn’t this a weird one?” Some were quite good-looking, but others…well, maybe...
Harry Heuer, whose father was the CEO of the Peter Hand Brewing Company, decided in the late ’50s to go...
The Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation‘ is holding the “Win-A-Shelby” Raffle, the Foundation’s largest fundraising project to date. One lucky ticket...
On August 19, at Bonhams & Butterfields Quail Lodge sale, the last Alfa Romeo TZ2 ever built for Alfa’s Autodelta factory team will go up for sale. Dominant within its category, this sexy TZ2, chassis “116,” was sold ex-works in 1967 to Belgian Count Rudy van der Straten’s private Racing...
Summit Point Raceway, W. VA. May 20-22, 2005 The 1974 Lola T332 of Larry Neviaser. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a...
