The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 2, 1953. World Champion Alberto Ascari sits in his Ferrari 500/F2 in front of...
Prior to 1959, I ran pretty well on the mile tracks with the dirt cars, but at Indianapolis, I never...
The 2007 Fuji Jamboree historic race meeting held on April 15 and organized by the Japan Classic Car Association attracted well over 300 competitors, including one nervous gaijin (foreigner). The opportunity to have a run on the redeveloped Fuji layout before the return of the Japanese Grand Prix later in...
Vincenzo Lancia Keith Duckworth 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim...
Australia’s home of motor sport, Mount Panorama (Bathurst), will once again come alive with the roar of engines at Easter—this...
Northern California April 29–May 3, 2007 1959 Ferrari 250GT California Spyder of Richard and Renee Vento.Photo: John Fulton 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...
The Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS, in which Giuseppe Campari and Giulio Ramponi won the 1928 Mille Miglia, has done...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California March 23–25, 2007 The 1962 Elva Mk6 of James Roth.Photo: Zane Terry Become a Member &...
Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing (CVAR) has announced that it will hold a special race weekend in honor of the first Formula Ford race held at Brands Hatch, England in 1967. The four-day event will be held at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Hallett, Oklahoma, a beautiful, hilly, technically challenging track...
Ferrari’s big, silver logistics building at Maranello was packed to the gunwales with enthusiasts, many of whom were set on...
Hershey, Pennsylvania May 5–6, 2007 A 1976 MG Midget takes the hill.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Morgan Park Queensland, Australia May 12–13, 2007 Looking menacing—the Auscam Mazda 600 of Barry Singleton.Photo: Damien Petrie 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...
Indianapolis, Indiana May 26, 2007 A. J. Foyt tribute includng several of his winning cars.Photo: Jim Hatfield Become a Member...
My forty-third stained-glass window turned out to be a very special piece of art. It was commissioned by Jan and...
Over 1,000 friends and relatives attended the funeral of popular and talented British historic racer James Diffey in the country village of Haynes, Bedfordshire in the UK in early June, while hundreds of historic cars and motorbikes were on hand to pay tribute to him. Diffey, born in 1966, was...
Jim Rathmann’s career in motor racing is marked not only by a hard-fought win in the 1960 Indy 500 but...
In 1907, an event took place that would forever change the look of auto racing. This was the opening of...
While every turn has technical challenges, there are very few corners anywhere that require equal measures of skill, perfection and testicular fortitude as the “Downhill” at Lime Rock Park. A major misconception about the Downhill is that it’s, well, downhill. The fact is, while the approach is steeply downhill, the...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G2 The author gets up to speed on the banking of England’s Rockingham Speedway. Photo: Mike Jiggle...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had met him only once during the fabulous fifties when he drove a customer’s Devin SS when I was the Devin distributor. We became close friends when I asked him to...
Cars International, London-based supplier of high-performance road and racing cars, has entered an exclusive relationship with famed engine-producer Cosworth to...
August 2007 Cars at Speed By Robert Daley Some 46 years ago, Cars at Speed by Robert Daley first appeared...
“Dinosaurs,” we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife with front engines and beam axles and no clue about “Modern Engineering.” Hopelessly old-fashioned, they should be rolled aside and forgotten. That’s what we said at the time. Pete Lyons...
As we’ve done each of the ten years we’ve now been in publication, this month we focus all of the...
Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake, in conjunction with the Sports Car Club of America and the Great Race, announces...
Historic racers Todd Morici and Peter Giddings have been so dominant in the Shell Ferrari/Maserati Historic Challenge, over the years, that they were awarded the “Masters” designation in 2001. In May’s round at the 3.27-mile VIRginia International Raceway, they both demonstrated that they’ve lost none of their mastery. Giddings took...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 18–20, 2007 John Weinberger. in his1965 Lotus 23C, rounds the new, and faster, Turn...
Last year we celebrated a century of Grand Prix racing. The Grand Prix de l’Auto Club France was the first...
Donington Park, UK May 6–7, 2007 David Bennett’s 1953 Maserati A6GCM.Photo: Peter Collins 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 our premium content, and...