Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale,...
The Brighton National Speed Trials is probably one of the oldest surviving race event on the British calendar. This year...
The West Coast historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely passing of historic racer Ron Huber on October 28. Huber was attending a go-kart event in Las Vegas, when he fell from his two-wheel Segway Human Transporter in the paddock. Huber was rushed to the hospital with...
Congratulations go out to VRJ’s Walt and Louiseann Pietrowicz who were this year’s recipients of the MG Vintage Racers’ “Spirit...
Michigan’s Concorso d’Italia, established three years ago to showcase Italian high performance and classic cars, now takes place at Meadow...
On October 16 at Northern California’s Thunderhill Raceway, HMSA hosted a celebration of racecar builder Joe Huffaker’s 50 years in racing. One of the most successful car builders in the 1950s and 1960s, Huffaker’s career extended into the 1980s until his retirement in 1991. During the lunch break of the...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for,...
After a couple of laps of the Murwillumbah Showground, it’s out for a timed run through the streets of the town itself. Up a steep hill, pass a couple of houses, sharp right-hand turn and along a tree-lined avenue. With the trees behind there is a little open space with...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the...
Historic Grand Prix (HGP) has announced that it will serve as a support race for two 2005 IRL road course...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 9-10, 2004 “Seems drafty in here!” The door pops open on Charles Nearburg’s gorgeous 1954...
Murwillumbah, Australia September 18-19, 2004 The rather purposeful 1976 Chevy Monza of Steve Voight.Photo: Justin Ealand 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, lets you enjoy unlimited access to...
VIR, Danville, Virginia October 14-17, 2004 The 1972 Detomaso Pantera of Rick Bell.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 16-18, 2004 The 1968 Morgan +8 of Craig Sebert enters Turn 8.Photo: Fred Sickler...
NAS North Island, Coronado, CA October 8-9, 2004 Ken Epsman, who finished the Trans-Am race only 0.001 seconds off the lead, runs ahead of Jim Hague’s Javelin.Photo: Bob Krueger Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
This month Pete is recovering from a “close encounter of the surgical kind.” Pete is doing well and will return...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
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). Become a Member &...
I did 525 races. I had five wheels come off, I’ve had seven or eight brake failures, and I have had the steering shear twice…where I have been driving along and suddenly my arms crossed…that’s when you know something is wrong! The things you remember are the things that are...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like Chicago’s star chef, Charlie Trotter—no driver except Giuseppe Campari that is. Campari could do all of those things, as well as win classic road races like the Mille Miglia. Talents...
1967 BRM H-16 The author opens the H-16 up on the banking of England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway. Photo: Peter Collins...