The Earl of March has announced the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 3–5, as...
The revival of one of history’s most popular production car-based series, the fabled SCCA Trans-Am, is in the works for...
Building on the success of the 40th anniversary races in 2008, the Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced an expanded race program for 2009 consisting of four events at tracks across the United States. The first of these will run May 16-17 at Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California (with CSRG),...
A brand-new, purpose-built racing facility on the western edge of the Great Plains, an hour east of Denver, is scheduled...
For the past quarter century, Bob Carlson was the face of Porsche public relations in North America, a friend and...
The Bentley Drivers Club will celebrate six decades of racing at Silverstone with an unprecedented two-day meeting on August 8-9. A broad collection of Bentleys of all vintages will take to the track to honor the continuous run of annual BDC events held at the Northamptonshire circuit since 1949. Anchoring...
MG Vintage Racers has selected SVRA’s June 4-7 Heacock Classic Gold Cup race event at Virginia International Raceway, as its...
The 59th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for Sunday Aug. 16, 2009, will feature the fabled marques of Bentley...
March 2009 Maserati 300S By Walter Bäumer Maserati’s 300S is one of the great machines that helped make sports car racing in the mid-1950s a golden age, and this new book chronicles the shapely model’s story from conception to creation to competition. Beyond his insightful look at the overall development...
Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex, UK October 25, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ November 21-22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
North Cotswold, UK November 22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
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Eastern Creek Raceway, NSW, Australia December 5–7, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Pete Lyons You know how someone’s opposing opinion, one that seems inconsequential enough to let slide at the time, can...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Lyn St. James Jim Clark Photo: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 Rupert Manwaring, team manager and assistant team manager for several...
Don Blenderman is koo-koo for Kurtis cars. And why not? Frank Kurtis is arguably the greatest American racecar builder of all time. His career spanned four decades, and his cars regularly dominated the competition. The Kurtis midget was the car to have in the ‘30s and ‘40s, and the lovely...
Turn 7 at the newly opened New Jersey Motorsports Park Lightning course is as pivotal as it is exciting. It...
March 2009 The Portuguese Grand Prix; Monsanto, August 23, 1959. Shortly before the race Phil Hill and Ferrari’s chief designer...
Frank Gardner was the classic sportsman, excelling in swimming, rowing, surfing, and boxing before he began to race speedway bikes in the 1940s. Jaguars were his entry into 4-wheel competition, winning 23 times from 24 starts. His motor racing exploits were as diverse as they were successful. He was a...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said...
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or loosely speaking designing, as my career has encompassed most of those disciplines. Although cars have raced bearing my name, I cannot really take any responsibility for their design; it was...
What is it among first experiences that’s supposed to be the most unforgettable? A boy’s first kiss? I certainly remember...
I read a statistic the other day that totally floored me. In the United States, less than 10% of the...
Englishman Andy Wallace is one of only eight drivers ever to post at least one victory in each of endurance racing’s Big Three signature events, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He is also one of just two to...