1967 BRM H-16 The author opens the H-16 up on the banking of England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway. Photo: Peter Collins...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as co-driver). By age 40, two of his novels had been made into major motion pictures. By age 70, when most men are retired, he was the world’s leading spokesman against...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one...
I did 525 races. I had five wheels come off, I’ve had seven or eight brake failures, and I have...
Gilles Villeneuve Carroll Shelby 2 The first South Africa Grand Prix, held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg, is won...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
This month Pete is recovering from a “close encounter of the surgical kind.” Pete is doing well and will return...
NAS North Island, Coronado, CA October 8-9, 2004 Ken Epsman, who finished the Trans-Am race only 0.001 seconds off the...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 16-18, 2004 The 1968 Morgan +8 of Craig Sebert enters Turn 8.Photo: Fred Sickler 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,...
VIR, Danville, Virginia October 14-17, 2004 The 1972 Detomaso Pantera of Rick Bell.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get...
Murwillumbah, Australia September 18-19, 2004 The rather purposeful 1976 Chevy Monza of Steve Voight.Photo: Justin Ealand Become a Member &...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 9-10, 2004 “Seems drafty in here!” The door pops open on Charles Nearburg’s gorgeous 1954 Lancia D24R.Photo: Jim Williams 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...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance...
Historic Grand Prix (HGP) has announced that it will serve as a support race for two 2005 IRL road course events, as well as for the Canadian Grand Prix. The preliminary HGP schedule will include events at Thunderhill with CSRG (May 6–8), Montreal with the Canadian Grand Prix (June 10–12),...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the...
After a couple of laps of the Murwillumbah Showground, it’s out for a timed run through the streets of the...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for, and smaller crowds, at the VSCC’s SeeRed Donington event on September 11-12th. The promised “terrible weather” failed to materialize but the predictions of pouring rain seemed to keep some people...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the...
On October 16 at Northern California’s Thunderhill Raceway, HMSA hosted a celebration of racecar builder Joe Huffaker’s 50 years in...
Michigan’s Concorso d’Italia, established three years ago to showcase Italian high performance and classic cars, now takes place at Meadow Brook Hall the day before that venue’s famous Concours d’Elegance. More than 100 cars from 15 different Italian manufacturers were exhibited at this year’s event. With numerous models on display,...
Congratulations go out to VRJ’s Walt and Louiseann Pietrowicz who were this year’s recipients of the MG Vintage Racers’ “Spirit...
The West Coast historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely passing of historic racer Ron Huber on...
The Brighton National Speed Trials is probably one of the oldest surviving race event on the British calendar. This year was the 68th meeting, but marked 99 years since the seafront course of Madeira Drive, on the south coast of England, was opened specifically for racing. Much has changed within...
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale,...
