The Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated its 15th anniversary, between June 22–24, with another spectacular event, attended by an estimated...
Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet may be one of the greatest racing drivers to ever emerge from Brazil…however, the...
Sports car racing driver, team manager and safety engineer John Fitch has been inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame, along with seven others. Fitch was the first SCCA national champion, in 1951, and won the Argentine Grand Prix in the same year. In the 1952 Mexican Road Race, he...
In early August, Indy 500 and Le Mans champion A. J. Foyt narrowly escaped a grim death, when the bulldozer...
Sadly those two iconic road races, the Targa Florio and Giro Di Sicilia, both instigated by Vincenzo Florio at the...
St. Michael’s Church, at Silverstone, was full and overflowing with family, friends, and members of the motor racing fraternity wishing to pay tribute to Fred Goddard, who was tragically killed in a road accident, while in the United States for a historic race meeting. Goddard was born and raised in...
Having previously established records for the Lotus 25 and 49, on July 25, H&H set a new sales record for...
October 2007 Porsche 917—The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth By Jörg Thomas Födisch, Jost Neßhöver, Rainer Roßbach and Harold Schwarz Without doubt one of the most evocative, iconic…sexy, racecars of the postwar era, the Porsche 917, marked not only a quantum leap in racing speed and technology, but also the true...
Chichester, England June 22–24, 2007 Nick Mason in Audi’s Auto Union Type D recreation with a 420 bhp V-12 3-liter...
Winton, Australia May 26–27, 2007 The hard charging Holden Monaro V8 of Gary Jackson.Photo: Neil Hammond 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...
Watkins Glen, NY June 14–17, 2007 Laura & Tim Vargo shared driving duty in their 1992 Porsche 911.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco...
Mosport, Canada June 22–24, 2007 The 1972 Ferrari 246 GT Dino of Richard Kieley.Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member &...
Sicily, Italy June 3–11, 2007 A passenger’s view of the Targa Florio.Photo: Roger Dixon 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...
Albany, Western Australia June 3, 2007 The Dodge Special of John Bugden leads Ken Stewart-Richards’ Clem Dwyer Plymouth Special.Photo: Shane...
David’s repeated defeats of Goliath this summer—American Le Mans Series victories by Porsche’s RS Spyder over Audi’s much bigger and...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, genuine thoroughbreds. The development of the racing sports...
Antonio Brivio Mario Andretti 1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967)....
This month we bring you the first of a new monthly column devoted to the many racing barn finds and “Hidden Treasures” unearthed around the world each year. Each month our intrepid racing sleuth, Mark Brinker, will select an interersting rediscovered treasure submitted by you, the reader. So send your photos...
When we think of Southern California’s Willow Springs Raceway, what often first comes to mind is a fast corner such...
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen...
The 24 Hours of Daytona was won in both 1970 and 1971 by the Porsche 917. The race was for many years the season’s opener for the Manufacturers Championship but in 1971 it was the second race following the 1000 km of Buenos Aires. With a lead of 43 laps...
It took time for me to become enthusiastic about anything German. I have been hit by the blast of a...
When Porsche introduced the 4-cam racing engine, it was a sensation. Porsche Spyders with this engine soon dominated their class....
There have been many racing cars that have given me pleasure as a driver. Race-winning cars always spring to mind, too. Others that I have not driven, I just look at in awe. Some that are always at the forefront of my mind are the Porsche 917, which was a...
Jürgen Barth There is no question that the greatest race for me was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined...
We were very honored to be given the opportunity to work with Porsche Cars North America to produce this special all-Porsche issue that, in addition to our normal distribution, will also be going to all the competitors and guests at this year’s Rennsport Reunion III at Daytona. The all-Porsche Rennsport...