Matt Jones is one of the neatest car guys I’ve ever met. His love and enthusiasm for Italian automobiles is...
A professional racing driver’s performance is indelibly linked to the performance of a racing car he likes. I have been...
Le Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France July 10–11, 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...
Der Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany August 13–15, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England September 10-12, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
One of three cars built by Yorkshire’s Billy Needham in the early 1970s to contest international sports car races, this Coldwell C14 has now re-emerged in historic racing, powered by one of the new, remanufactured Cosworth FVC engines from David Gathercole. This particular Coldwell was the first to be built...
For only the second time in the 37-year history of summer’s annual vintage racecar festival at Laguna Seca on California’s...
Danny Margulies was but a boy when he visited his home Grand Prix of Bucharest in 1937 and first opened his eyes to motor racing, a subsequent move to London with his family not diminishing either his intention to race or his accent! He must have been born with an...
It reads like a plot line no real screenwriter would dare pitch: A little-known transmission engineer who has never designed...
The BBC recently screened a documentary on the 1955 Le Mans disaster. Pierre Bouillon’s car was launched into the air...
November 2010 Entered by the French Maserati importer John Simone, this ungaily Maserati 151 was guided by Lucien Bianchi into 13th (and last) position in the Guards International Trophy contest at Brands Hatch on August 6, 1963. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America held its 22nd annual induction ceremonies at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit during...
Morgan Park Raceway, Warwick, Queensland AUS July 24–25, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
The Henry Ford Museum’s newly restored Lotus 38, the first rear-engined car to win the Indianapolis 500, made its North American debut at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Wraps were pulled off Jim Clark’s 1965 Indy winner during a pre-concours reception featuring Dan Gurney, who drove a similar car...
1964 Cooper T70 For a youthful 26 year old, the lure of winning your own country’s premier motor race in...
A total of 26 cars sold for more than $1 million during Classic Car Week in Monterey, California this August, topped by the world record bid of $7,260,000 for a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione at the Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach sale. Gooding, enjoying a 79...
Louis Wagner Gaston Chevrolet 2 Jacky Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
November 2010 Can-Am Cars in Detail By Pete Lyons and Peter Harholdt Only in the 1960s could the Can-Am have existed. Many of society’s antiquated rules, procedures, and ways of thinking were cast aside as the burgeoning postwar generation asked of virtually everything its signature question: “Why not?” Become a...
For the 1970 Grand Prix season, and still in my very early 20s, I was again a number two mechanic...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 13–15, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
By honoring 45 years of Carroll Shelby’s Mustangs and a full century of Alfa Romeos, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, celebrated its eighth renewal during this year’s Monterey Classic Car Week. Crowds once again flocked onto the grounds of the Quail Lodge golf course in Carmel Valley to soak in...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England July 23–25, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Silverstone Classic Endurance race, in support of the 1000 Kilometer event, proved to be a race of surprises, with...
The indomitable Sir Stirling Moss made a popular comeback after his frightening accident at his home in March to join one thousand drivers racing in the Silverstone Classic Festival between July 23–25. At the wheel of his own 1956 OSCA FS372, co-driven by Ian Nuthall, Sir Stirling competed in the...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 15–18, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
I think it is easy for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere to underestimate the global racing contributions of our southern brothers. Only the most knowledgeable northern enthusiasts know about such antipodean series like the Tasman Series, yet even the most ardent anoraks from the north will likely...