The Merrimack Street Garage of Manchester, New Hampshire, is steeped in tradition. The place has been an automotive landmark for...
Vintage Greeting Cards Dinstinctive collection of vintage-themed holiday greeting cards. 10 packs of cards starting at $35. www.viacelli.com/vintage Become a...
There were a number of outstanding road-race weekends during the fifties. Phil Hill’s win at the first Pebble Beach comes to mind as well as Carroll Shelby’s at the last. In Southern California, one of the best-loved venues was Palm Springs. It had everything: a famous resort, wonderful winter weather,...
In the wake of the success of this year’s inaugural event at the historic O’Donnell Golf Club in Palm Springs,...
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first TT race on the Newtonards Circuit in 1928, a long-awaited memorial stone...
Scottish racer, Bill Dobson, who passed away on October 13, 2008, was one of the first drivers to join David Murray’s Ecurie Ecosse team, along with fellow privateers Ian Stewart and Sir James Scott Douglas. Motor sport enthusiast Murray, a chartered accountant by trade, had persuaded Dobson to sell his...
A Type 35B Bugatti, which competed in the first Monaco Grand Prix and later won the Targa Florio, has been...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC, and quickly became known as the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars only had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and various safety requirements....
Personally, I have driven some really good machines. I had a 917 Porsche that I thought was a truly remarkable...
No doubt by now you’ve heard of the passing of Paul Newman. Newman’s impact on the worlds of acting and...
David McKay Keijo Eric “Keke” Rosberg 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
December 2008 The Donington Grand Prix; Donington, October 3, 1936. Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor...
Lime Rock Park, Sharon, Conn. August 30-September 1, 2008 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 offers you awesome discounts...
Grand Prix racing comes with a new look in 2009. Among other significant technical changes—wider cars, grooveless slicks, and Kinetic...
Watkins Glen, N.Y. July 4-6,2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Morgan Park, Australia August 9-10, 2008 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 offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
Silverstone Historic GP Circuit, UK July 25-27, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Three weeks after he had won the 1966 Grand Prix of Monaco in an aging, works, 2-liter, V-8 BRM P261, Jackie...
Patrick Morgan’s Dawn Treader Company has just completed a full restoration of the ex-Ivan Capelli, Leyton House, March CG891 Judd, chassis #03. The 1989 Formula One challenger, resplendent in its original racing livery, was wheeled out at Sywell Airport, Northampton, for these first pictures. This was Adrian Newey’s second Formula...
The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is one of America’s most technical and challenging circuits, as most corners involve both radius...
There was something missing from the recent Olympics—motor sport. I can think of no good reason why, when we have synchronized swimming, the Franklin Mint of sport. The Arts were included in the Grecian Olympics, but the competitors had a shared cultural perspective. In 12 BC, King Herod sponsored the...
Actor and Racer Paul Newman is said to have gotten the racing bug during the filming of the 1969 Universal...
Racing has lost a great friend with the passing of Academy Award–winning actor Paul Newman. Brought into the sport by...
Roger Penske was honored with induction into the Legends of Laguna Seca during ceremonies preceding this year’s mid-October American Le Mans Series finale at the track. He joins Pete Lovely, Wayne Rainey, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Eddie Lawson, and Kenny Roberts Sr. on the expanding honor roll at the Monterey...
December 2008 La Carrera Panamericana By Johnny Tipler Among the many over-the-road races that spread or rekindled enthusiasm for auto...
Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the...
Surjit Hermon, a 61-year-old Illinois radiologist and veteran vintage racer, was killed in an accident during a practice session for the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association’s 23rd Annual Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival Races at Road America. Hermon apparently lost control of his Eastlake 11 exiting Turn 13 and struck a...
