The Brighton National Speed Trials is probably one of the oldest surviving race event on the British calendar. This year...
Historic Grand Prix (HGP) has announced that it will serve as a support race for two 2005 IRL road course...
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...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one...
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 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...
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale,...
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...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance endurance racing and ask them what one of the most exciting, epic seasons of all time was, nine times out of ten the response will be 1970. The 1970 endurance...
After a couple of laps of the Murwillumbah Showground, it’s out for a timed run through the streets of 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,...
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...
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...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 16-18, 2004 The 1968 Morgan +8 of Craig Sebert enters Turn 8.Photo: Fred Sickler...
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...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for,...
1967 BRM H-16 The author opens the H-16 up on the banking of England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway. Photo: Peter Collins The history of Grand Prix racing is dotted with great and successful winning designs, and is equally littered with no-hopers—the Life Grand Prix, the Bellasi, Merzario, Coloni, Derrington-Francis—and then there...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the...
VIR, Danville, Virginia October 14-17, 2004 The 1972 Detomaso Pantera of Rick Bell.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz 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 all...