Historic Photographs As a supplier of rare period photography to VRJ, Ferret Fotographics offers prints from its 1.5 million negative...
The MG Vintage Racers (MGVR) have recently announced that in celebration of MGVR’s 25th anniversary next year, they will be...
Few individuals could better be thought of to embody the spirit of the American sportsman than Briggs Swift Cunningham. Born in 1907 to a family of means, Briggs’ life was forever changed by a chance ride in his uncle’s Dodge touring car, outfitted with a Hispano-Suiza aero engine. From that...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
Like many other drivers in the West, Chuck Daigh arose out of the California hot rod culture and became one...
Garrie Cooper Keke Rosberg 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967). 2 Peter Arundell wins a one-car “race” at Monza, Italy. Journalist Richard von Frankenberg had accused Lotus of using an illegal engine in Arundell’s car in a race there a...
Chichester, England September 16–18 Sir Stirling Moss’s driving style was as smooth as ever in this Ferrari 250 SWB. Photo:...
History was both made and remembered over the Labor Day holiday when a Porsche Carrera GT production car driven by racecar driver David Donohue and NBC television The Tonight Show host Jay Leno set a series of closed-course speed records at Talladega Superspeedway, where David’s father, Mark Donohue, set a...
Racing transcends venue. I’ve done my time at grungy old bullrings, squalid street courses, insipid parking lots, sterile speedways, a...
In terms of greatest racecars of all time, clearly, Mercedes had some extremely innovative cars like the one Moss drove...
The Masters Series, organizers of the Grand Prix Masters Historic Formula One races, and of the World Sportscar Masters events for 1960s and 1970s Le Mans-type cars, has recently announced that it has acquired the two major historic race series presently managed by Carol Spagg’s Gentleman Drivers’ organization, with immediate...
I had just been discharged from the Army and was pursuing my education with the help of the GI Bill....
One of the things that comes up is a little record I am very proud of that there are only...
Founded by David Murray in the ’50s, the famed Ecurie Ecosse race team scored two famous wins at Le Mans with Jaguar D-types before its eventual demise. In 1983, the name was revived when Ecurie Ecosse enthusiast Hugh McCaig, re-formed the team to compete in the C2 category of the...
A short history of Racing in the Far East When you read about racing in Asia, it will invariably be...
On January 26, 1906, Fred Marriott shocked the burgeoning automotive world when he drove the steam-powered Stanley Rocket Racer to...
The Goodwood Revival is thought by many to be the largest historic race meeting in the world and the only sporting event held entirely to a period theme, recalling, with great attention to detail, the glory days of the circuit that saw action between 1948–1966. Taking place over the weekend...
On September 24, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, opened a new retrospective exhibit honoring the automotive and...
Practice—the Peco Trophy Race; Brands Hatch, August 5, 1962. John Surtees practicing at Brands Hatch in the Bowmaker Ferrari 250GTO for...
Watkins Glen, New York September 8–11, 2005 The 1975 Chevrolet Monza of Garry Lefever leads a pack of Group 10 cars. 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...
Tonino Ascari, the 63-year-old son of 1952–1953 Formula One World Champion Alberto, stunned the Italian motor racing community on September...
Not only did I enjoy reading Art Evans’ column this month on his first race as a competitor (click here to read), but I have to say that it triggered a trip down memory lane for me, as well. One of the many things that Art’s column reinforced for me...
1949 Gordini 23S Anyone who has ever listened to Peter Ustinov’s fabulous motor racing spoof of the 1950s, “The Grand...
The word had gone out, I was told for the thousandth time, but I felt no better. What if the...
WilliamsF1 has recently announced that a hand-picked selection of more than 20 of the WilliamsF1’s Reserve Collection of Formula One cars and memorabilia, spanning the company’s entire 28-year history, will be sold at its factory headquarters in Grove, England, on December 14, 2005, by auction house Bonhams. WilliamsF1’s headquarters in...