In April 1964, a new Gran Turismo racer 40-inches high rolled out of the Ford Advanced Vehicles factory in Slough,...
Las Vegas, NV April 6–8, 2007 The 1981 Lotus 81 of Craig Bennett en route to a 3rd place finish.Photo:...
Arizona April 14–18, 2007 The 1950 Maserati 3500GT of Budd and Lauria Florkiewicz.Photo: Brian Green 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...
The Silverstone Classic, to be held July 28–30, on the 3.1-mile Grand Prix circuit will feature an impressive roster of...
The Grand Prix de Reims; Reims-Geuex, July 6, 1947. Here is a classic Klemantaski portrait of Prince B. Bira in...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special Lotus 72 (1973). 3 Nino Vaccarella drives a Maserati 200SI to victory in the Mendola Hillclimb in Bolzana, Italy (1960). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Back in late May, I flew over to England to, among other things, be a part of the GPLive event...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last one was held during April 1956 and, from then on, races in the area were held at Laguna Seca Raceway. In my May column in this magazine, I remembered the...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
With the European Grand Prix season upon us, few circuits command as much respect as the notorious Nürburgring. While the new...
Like Mario Andretti and Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi is one of the elite. A driver who has won the Formula 1 World Championship (twice) and the CART title with a record in both—that reads like any self-respecting Walter Mitty’s wish list. He won 14 Grands Prix—not to mention non-title “oddments”...
I guess the best period in motor racing for me was when I managed to have my first drives in...
Bet you’re thinking of Fangio’s transcendent victory at the ’Ring. The launch of the Fuelie Corvette. The beautiful Scarabs. Jaguar’s...
As I mentioned here, a few months ago, for several years I sorted the boxes of stuff that Eoin Young had picked up at auctions or autojumbles. One day I came upon a program for a motorcycle speedway meeting in 1937—it was only a sheet of foolscap folded in two,...
West Coast road racer Dick Smith (73 years old) and his stepson Kyle Runciman (16 years old) were killed in...
Silverstone, UK April 21, 2007 Martin Redmond’s Jaguar SS100 leads Tony Seber’s Wolseley Hornet Special out of Becketts.Photo: Peter Collins...
France April 23–28, 2007 The 1974 Alpine A 110 of Andre/Benquet is chased by the 1974 Alpine of Liechti.Photo: Thierry Lesparre 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...
This interesting Web site is devoted to preserving historic photographs of the Cumberland Airport Sports Car races. Held from 1953–1970,...
1940 BMW 328 MM “Berlin-Rome” Touring Roadster The author puts the 328 MM Roadster through its paces at BMW’s Spartanburg,...
Mallala, South Australia April 7–8, 2007 Rod McMullin’s Ford A V8 Indy Racer leads John Payne’s MG J2 Midget.Photo: John Lemm 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...
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America is proud to announce that “Formula Juniors” will be featured at their “Fall...
This year’s 10th anniversary edition of the Techno-Classica show, held in Essen Germany, saw a total attendance of 154,300 enthusiasts...
BMW’s rich history in motorsports competition began prior to World War II. The 328 (1936–’48) driven by Ernst Henne won in its 1936 Nürburgring debut, setting the standard for the 2-liter sports car class. BMW 328 Brescia open roadsters took 3rd, 5th and 6th place during the1940 Il Gran Premio...
On April 27, Judy (Kondratieff) Ganley lost her valiant battle with cancer. Perhaps best known in recent years, as the...
Road Atlanta, GA April 26–29, 2007 Colbi “You Go Girl” Bradley, in her 1972 MGB, heads up the hill toward Turn...
On April 24, American sports car racing lost one of its leading lights when Bob Snodgrass passed away in his...
The 40th anniversary of the world-beating Ford DFV F1 engine—the most successful F1 engine of all time—will be celebrated at...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...