This month Pete is recovering from a “close encounter of the surgical kind.” Pete is doing well and will return...
The Brighton National Speed Trials is probably one of the oldest surviving race event on the British calendar. This year...
NAS North Island, Coronado, CA October 8-9, 2004 Ken Epsman, who finished the Trans-Am race only 0.001 seconds off the...
Michigan’s Concorso d’Italia, established three years ago to showcase Italian high performance and classic cars, now takes place at Meadow...
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 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale,...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like...
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...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
1967 BRM H-16 The author opens the H-16 up on the banking of England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway. Photo: Peter Collins...
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),...
On October 16 at Northern California’s Thunderhill Raceway, HMSA hosted a celebration of racecar builder Joe Huffaker’s 50 years in...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one...
Gilles Villeneuve Carroll Shelby 2 The first South Africa Grand Prix, held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg, is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati (1967). 5 Trevers Walkett, one of four brothers who formed Ginetta Cars, dies at age 76 (2000). No Subscription? You’re missing...
I did 525 races. I had five wheels come off, I’ve had seven or eight brake failures, and I have...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the...
Eric Broadley introduced his Lola T–70 roadster at the Racing Car Show in London, England in 1965. The car stunned the public and immediately joined that select pantheon of sports racing vehicles, like the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, Jaguar D-Type and Maserati 300S, to which one ascribes the epithet: exquisite....
Congratulations go out to VRJ’s Walt and Louiseann Pietrowicz who were this year’s recipients of the MG Vintage Racers’ “Spirit...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the form of a 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT “Zagato” Coupe. One of only 19 ever built, this particular car is the 1962 Brands Hatch race winner, driven by sports car...
The West Coast historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely passing of historic racer Ron Huber on...
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...
After a couple of laps of the Murwillumbah Showground, it’s out for a timed run through the streets of the...
Murwillumbah, Australia September 18-19, 2004 The rather purposeful 1976 Chevy Monza of Steve Voight.Photo: Justin Ealand No Subscription? You’re missing...
VIR, Danville, Virginia October 14-17, 2004 The 1972 Detomaso Pantera of Rick Bell.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 16-18, 2004 The 1968 Morgan +8 of Craig Sebert enters Turn 8.Photo: Fred Sickler...
