Though historic racers themselves tend not to become “famous,” there certainly are a handful of very talented drivers, across the...
A new chapter in the history of Lime Rock Park was written in April, as the track celebrated its groundbreaking of “Two Lime Rock Parks.” A press conference was held to announce the multimillion-dollar track upgrades, the repaving schedule, and to officially release the Lime Rock Park track(s) map. “When...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if all were...
Canadian-born racing car designer, engineer, and innovative wheel manufacturer, Max Boxstrom died on March 15th in Birmingham’s Heartland Hospital of cardio-respiratory arrest. A much-respected “behind the scenes” man, Max was born in Sweden and moved to Canada in 1951 when his family emigrated. While still in high school, he wrote...
Donington Park, UK April 19-20, 2008 Brandon Smith-Hilliard puts the power down in his Masertai 250F CM9.Photo: Peter Collins Become...
The history of motor sport is, in many ways, a history of barriers being broken. In the automobile’s 19th-century infancy, 60 mph was thought an insurmountable barrier; doctors even hypothesized that the human body would be unable to breathe at that speed and, therefore, the driver would surely die. As...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK March 14-16, 2008 London-Mexico car heads up impressive Ford Escort display area.Photo: Peter Collins Become a...
The Ferrari 330 P4 was the Scuderia’s weapon of choice for the 1967 World Manufacturers Championship. The car’s 4-liter V-12...
You could call it a long time between drinks. It’s been some 35 years since the last race meeting was held at the Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst. Sure there has been the annual 1,000 kilometer race for what we call V-8 Super Cars, but there hasn’t been a race...
David and Lorina McLaughlin, founders of two historic racing series, which have evolved into the FIA Historic Formula One Championship...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
My first trip to Roebling Road (nee, Savannah-Effingham Raceway) was in the early 1960s to watch my Dad, Charlie, run a sports racer, called a Falcon. We observed from the “Drag Strip Tower,” which is not the one you see on your right just before you cross the track. Rather,...
Ferrari collectors from across the globe descended on Maranello, Italy, May 18, for RM Auctions’ second annual “Ferrari Leggenda e...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Australia February 2–3, 2008 Andrew Fellows in his ex-Graham Hill Brabham BT36.Photo: Russell Windebank Become a Member...
Greater Arizona April 5-9, 2008 One of three pre-war Bentleys in this year’s Rally, Michael and John Cummings enjoy their...
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown...
July 2008 Gentleman Jack By Graham Gauld If you know who Jack Sears is, this book will fill in all the detail, and if you don’t, then read it anyway as a good example of how things were done in motor sport back in the 1950s and ’60s. Become a...
Carroll Shelby once remarked, “There are only two people I can think of who could sit down, take a welding...
Pocono Raceway, PA April 12–13,2008 The 1959 MGA driven by Tom Finn holds off James Juhas’ 1957 MGA in the...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don Simpson had spent three years of his life rebuilding a 20-year-old Australian special racing car, the Gladiator Holden. He finally got it performing and was looking forward to the historic...
After a year of progress, Group C Racing is delighted to announce a program of events for the 2008 season,...
Donington Park, UK March 30,2008 A pair of Jaguar E-Types contest the Guards Trophy.Photo: Keith Booker Become a Member &...
Al Holbert—winner at Daytona, Sebring, and many times at Le Mans; Peter Gregg—4 times winner at Daytona; and Jim Busby—2 times winner at Le Mans, were the great drivers I looked up to, and tried to learn from when I first went racing. Yes, they are all men, but the...
It may sound corny, but Dick Seaman’s short life really was the stuff of Hollywood movies. He was tall, handsome,...
July 2008 Hugh C. Hunter in his lovely 8C2900B Alfa Romeo on the Campbell Road Circuit. In ths race he...
Somewhere, just west of nowhere, sits one of Max Balchowsky’s masterpieces. Although it has been over a decade since Reagan Rulau saved this historic treasure, the story of its rescue is known only to a small circle of fanatical “Balchowskians.” The car is Ol’ Yeller VI, and its current home...