1934 Riley Nine MPH Le Mans Special If not the dream of everyone with any interest in motor racing, it...
The Car that Made McLaren McLaren In these modern days of disposable everything (or so it seems), one can quickly...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one for many years. After starting out during the 1950s in a Holden (no relation) sedan Bob tackled a variety of events in both racing and rallying with a number of...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be...
My early days of racing gave very few opportunities, starting with a Sprite I slowly progressed to Formula Ford and then onto Formula Three. However, had it not been for the support of Alan McKechnie, I may not have “made it” at all. Injury, too, was something that hindered me....
The inspiration behind the concepts and designs of Lister cars came from the pre-war Mercedes racing cars that would today...
Soon after motor vehicles were invented they were raced. Initially the contests were held on open roads, often from city...
There is a section in The Sunday Times called In Gear and it is basically boys’ toys, with cars as the headline, plus pod things, which I do not understand. Every week it features a new supercar, and even then it doesn’t get all of them, supercars are everywhere. England...
John Rice produced a series of a dozen watercolor paintings for a show celebrating memorable moments at Watkins Glen, with...
May 2010 Near the Lancia Factory; Turin, March 1954. Piero Taruffi seems pleased after a test of the Lancia D24...
Veda and Karl Orr are legendary Hot Rodders. They were among the early racers who took to the dry lakes of Southern California in the 1930s, putting the go-pedal down as hard as they could. Although the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) was formed in 1937, it was not until...
Gilles Villeneuve Al Unser Jr. 1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior regulations...
Pete Lyons The year was 1970. The year the ground turned over under America’s greatest sports racing car series. It...
Daytona International, Daytona Beach, FL January 30, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 29–February 3, 2010 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...
Porte de Versailles, Paris, France January 22–31, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL December 3–6, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Eastern Creek International Raceway, Sydney, Australia November 28–29, 2009 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...
May 2010 The Strasbourg Sunbeams By Neville S. Webb It is amazing that the four Grand Prix Sunbeams built by...
Failure is not a friend of many racing drivers, but there is a school of thought that asks: if you...
British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is recuperating after a three-story fall down the elevator shaft in his London home during the first weekend of March. Somehow the doors to the shaft opened on the third floor while the car was still one floor above and Moss, in conversation as...
David Uihlein, founder of the Harry A. Miller Club and a dedicated historian of the Miller marque, passed away January...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) have agreed to end their decade-long alliance. A consequent...
Moving ahead with its ambitious agenda for advancing vintage racing, Historic Motorsports Productions has named the featured marques for the first two Bobby Rahal Signature events of its inaugural season, and added a fourth event. Mario Andretti and Lotus will be honored by the Legends of Motorsports series at Alabama’s...
After 36 seasons, time seems finally to have caught up with Formula Atlantic. We are saddened to report that the...
The Registry devoted to the American-made sports racing cars from Bobsy has been rejuvenated with a new comprehensive website, www.BobsyRegistry.com....
A one-of-a-kind BMW 328 will headline RM’s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco auction at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality on May 1—the same weekend as the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco. Originally manufactured as a standard model in May of 1937, the 328 Mille Miglia Bügelfalte, chassis 85032, was...
