The Belgian Grand Prix; Spa-Francorchamps, June 22, 1952. Alberto Ascari tops the hill at Raidillon on his way to another...
Australia’s Historic Sports & Racing Car Association (HSRCA) has announced the creation of a 1960s-era Tasman Revival race meeting to...
From July 27–31, the city of Seattle was invaded by one of the largest gatherings of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts ever assembled in the U.S., when more than 600 members of the American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) attended the club’s national convention in Bellevue, Washington. Dubbed “Alfa Potlatch” for the...
Pacific Raceway, Seattle, WA July 27-31, 2005 Between the collections of Greg Whitten, Jon Shirley and Vintage Racing Motors, the...
As manager of racing public relations for Goodyear, Bill Neely accumulated a lot of interesting and outrageous stories—especially from the...
1952 Ferrari 500/625 Ascari. Taruffi. Villoresi. Farina. Hawthorn. Trintignant. Maglioli. Gonzales. Mieres. Whitehead. Siracusa. Pau. Marseilles. Bremgarten. Sables d’Olonne. Naples. Monaco. Ardmore. Wigram. Invercargill. Johannesburg. Salisbury. Limpopo. Rafaella. El Pinar. Buenos Aires. Interlagos. Montevideo. Cordoba. This is the pedigree of the car you see in front of you. It was...
There was a great deal of speculation circulating at this year’s Monterey Historics (full coverage next issue) when Jim Hall...
During the FIA World Championship of 1965, the Ford Cobra Coupes competed in the Monza 1000 Km. The two-car team,...
The racecars of John and Charles Cooper will be the featured marque at the 33rd Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, to be held August 18–20, 2006. Honoring the Cooper Car Company will be part of a larger celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, featuring the racecars...
The Silverstone International Trophy was awarded to American Duncan Dayton as the winner of Round 6 of the FIA Thoroughbred...
On July 15–17, the VSCDA hosted their annual Brian Redman International Challenge at Wisconsin’s Road America. As in previous years,...
As you’ll see elsewhere in this month’s issue, 37 sophisticated Group C and GTP machines took part in a historic support race for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. This gathering was interesting for several reasons, not the least of which being that it may have provided an answer...
Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia June 25–26, 2005 The 1985 Ferrari 156/85 Turbo of Guido Belgiorno-Nettis. Photo: Steve Oom Become a...
Le Mans, France June 18, 2005 The 1953 Aston Martin DB 2/4 of Donald Flatt and Alan Cosby finished 14th...
Nigel Mansell and Ricardo Patrese have recently announced that they too will join the growing list of former Formula One drivers to compete in the inaugural Grand Prix Masters event at Kyalami in November. “In one word, the Masters is going to be an awesome challenge,” Mansell told Autosport magazine....
Few would argue with the notion that Tazio Nuvolari was one of the five greatest racing drivers of all time;...
Wilbur Shaw Nanni Galli 2 Sportscar and F1 racer Nanni Galli is born in Bologna, Italy (1940). 4 Emerson Fittipaldi...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he was one of the very few Americans of international road racing caliber. As you read this, John Fitch is 88 years old. His life is the stuff of legend. Fitch...
HSR-West has announced the resurrection of historic racing in sunny Palm Springs with the creation of the Palm Springs Revival,...
I think you have to base your answer to the question, “What is the greatest racing car?” on your own...
One of my favorite motor racing personalities was Piers Courage, a talented young gentleman racer, as well as a member of a famous British brewing family. A public schoolboy with an upper-class English accent, Piers was a charming person, completely devoid of the airs of the super rich—and very much...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
October 2005 The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller By Gordon Elliot White Another in Iconografix’s series of photo...
Mont Tremblant, St. Jovite, Canada July 8–10, 2005 The 1965 ISO Grifo A3/C of John McCaw. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become...
When Ferrari decided to withdraw from the sports car championship for 1974, there were a lot of drivers on the...
I always dread Mondays. How is it that in the two short days that you and everyone else is out of the office so many things can go to hell in a handbasket? And so it was that on Monday, July 18, I stumbled into the office and fired up...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 15–17, 2005 Robert Boyce heads for Turn 14 in his bright red “continuation” Cheetah....
“A great hammer struck my spine, slamming my head back. I forced it down, and stared at the long black roadway between the orange wheel bulges. It was rushing like some demonic torrent frantic to enter the gates of hell… Pete Lyons “There was no longer any sensation of speed....