Gilles Villeneuve Al Unser Jr. 1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in...
British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is recuperating after a three-story fall down the elevator shaft in his London home...
Octane Racing Group, promoter of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, has announced that Historic Grand Prix will provide one of the supporting events at this year’s Formula One World Championship race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the weekend of June 11–13. “We are pleased to bring back to...
Soon after motor vehicles were invented they were raced. Initially the contests were held on open roads, often from city...
May 2010 Near the Lancia Factory; Turin, March 1954. Piero Taruffi seems pleased after a test of the Lancia D24...
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....
A one-of-a-kind BMW 328 will headline RM’s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco auction at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality...
John Rice produced a series of a dozen watercolor paintings for a show celebrating memorable moments at Watkins Glen, with this particular example depicting Bruce McLaren winning the 1969 Watkins Glen Can-Am in his all-conquering M8B. The M8Bs won every race on the Can-Am schedule that year as the “Bruce...
There is a section in The Sunday Times called In Gear and it is basically boys’ toys, with cars as...
May 2010 The Strasbourg Sunbeams By Neville S. Webb It is amazing that the four Grand Prix Sunbeams built by...
After 36 seasons, time seems finally to have caught up with Formula Atlantic. We are saddened to report that the most prolific training category in American open-wheel racing history appears to have run its course. Current series owner Ben Johnston recently announced that “due to the downturn in the global...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 29–February 3, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Porte de Versailles, Paris, France January 22–31, 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...
The second annual Put-In-Bay Road Races Reunion has been scheduled for June 28-30 on Ohio’s South Bass Island. The island,...
Daytona International, Daytona Beach, FL January 30, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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...
Failure is not a friend of many racing drivers, but there is a school of thought that asks: if you...
The Registry devoted to the American-made sports racing cars from Bobsy has been rejuvenated with a new comprehensive website, www.BobsyRegistry.com....
Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway, host of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, has announced that this year’s event, scheduled for August 12–15, will honor one of the true legends of motorsports, Dan Gurney. “We are proud that Dan has accepted our invitation to be our first featured guest at the Rolex...
Eastern Creek International Raceway, Sydney, Australia November 28–29, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be...
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...
As Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was growing and expanding a quarter century ago, one of the ways it sought...
Veda and Karl Orr are legendary Hot Rodders. They were among the early racers who took to the dry lakes...
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...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) and the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) have agreed to end their decade-long alliance. A consequent...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL December 3–6, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Pete Lyons The year was 1970. The year the ground turned over under America’s greatest sports racing car series. It began in tragedy, and improved little. Bruce McLaren, the sunny New Zealander who had stamped the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series as his own, and who would have reigned as series...