June 2009 FREIK—the Private Life of the Freikaiserwagen By Rob and Hugh Dunsterville Freik was most definitely not a freak....
Patrick Head James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite drive an Alfa Romeo T33TT12 to victory...
This official site for Aston Martin Racing offers an insider’s view of the marque’s competition efforts over the years. Most of the emphasis is, as you might expect, on the current crop of coupes and prototypes that are contesting the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans Series in Europe—as well...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 5–8, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
June 2009 Spewing flame on a downshift, Carroll Shelby presses onward with the Aston Martin DBR1 at Goodwood’s six-hour Tourist...
The glorious sunshine and exceptional calibre of racing stars brought motorsport enthusiasts out in their thousands to visit Race Retro 2009 at Stoneleigh Park. Defying the credit crunch, audience numbers rose by more than ten percent with around 24,500 visitors enjoying rally legends Russell Brookes, Mark Higgins, and Rauno Aaltonen...
The 24th running of the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival will be held at Road America on the weekend of September...
Peter Bryant, best known in motor racing circles as the creator of the Titanium-chassied Ti22 Can-Am car, died of a...
Le Mans champion Roy Salvadori once wrote in a UK magazine, decades ago, about driving his winning Aston Martin DBR1 on the open English road. One could take such liberties there in those green and pleasant days of yore. Pete Lyons “This is a car you’d better have pointed in...
During the fifties, Aston Martin produced sports cars with the designation, DB, which, of course, stands for David Brown. In...
One of South Africa’s most recognizable motor sports personalities, Jackie Pretorius, died March 30, succumbing to injuries received during a...
When the greats of historic motoring racing reappear at Silverstone in July for the Silverstone Classic, many fans will have their first chance to see what motor racing was like 100 years ago. Though Edwardian cars are not new in historic competition, they have rarely been part of the major...
My racing Astons started in 1953, and although the first year brought some results, there wasn’t a win until 1955,...
I became interested in motor racing during the one brief period when Aston Martin was really something special. There was...
The International Tourist Trophy was first awarded by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1905 and continues to be awarded today, making it the longest lasting trophy in motorsport. For the 1961 TT Race at Goodwood, John Ogier entered three Aston Martins, two of them DB4GT Zagato cars. Roy Salvadori...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports;...
Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ February 6-8, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
This year’s 12th annual Quail Lodge Classic Auto Auction, to be organized by Bonhams & Butterfields in Carmel, California, on August 12, will feature a 1939 Auto Union Grand Prix car last driven by the legendary Austrian Hans Stuck. The machine in question is D-Type chassis 19, and is hailed...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California March 6-8, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Racer or wannabe, everyone knows Watkins Glen’s full course is one of the world’s truly elite tracks. Besides its storied...
One of a baker’s dozen of American citizens to have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall, Carroll Shelby accomplished the feat 50 years ago this month, driving an Aston Martin DBR1 in company with Roy Salvadori. Shelby had begun racing back in his native Texas shortly after returning...
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin’s one and only victory at Le Mans. With such a major...
Vince di Pierro knows what he likes. So much so that four years ago he sank more than $100,000 into a car he spotted at an auction; a car he knew absolutely nothing about. According to Di Pierro, “I used to go to these auctions run by the state of...
Palm Beach International Raceway, Jupiter, FL February 5-8, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 18–21, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Tall, handsome, and charming, Roy Salvadori was everything Hollywood ever wanted a racing driver to be. He was a ’50s–’60s swashbuckler and would not have looked out of place swinging down from the rigging of a man o’ war, sword in hand, instead of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Fantasy perhaps, but...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner...
1957 Aston Martin DBR1 Aston Martin’s relationship with the 24 Hours of Le Mans goes all the way back to...
Lloyd Ruby was best known as an excellent Indy car driver who nearly won two Indianapolis 500s, but in truth, he was a classic all-rounder from the same mold as contemporaries Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney, and A.J. Foyt. He started out driving midgets and sprint cars in his...