November 2010 Can-Am Cars in Detail By Pete Lyons and Peter Harholdt Only in the 1960s could the Can-Am have...
By now everyone should be familiar with YouTube as a source for long-lost films from the old days, and these...
The Silverstone Classic Endurance race, in support of the 1000 Kilometer event, proved to be a race of surprises, with a quality entry and very close racing, plus it produced a fourth different winner following the rounds at Paul Ricard, Spa and Monza, making sponsors Motul and EFG Bank very...
By honoring 45 years of Carroll Shelby’s Mustangs and a full century of Alfa Romeos, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering,...
A total of 26 cars sold for more than $1 million during Classic Car Week in Monterey, California this August,...
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...
The indomitable Sir Stirling Moss made a popular comeback after his frightening accident at his home in March to join...
The Henry Ford Museum’s newly restored Lotus 38, the first rear-engined car to win the Indianapolis 500, made its North...
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...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America held its 22nd annual induction ceremonies at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit during...
For only the second time in the 37-year history of summer’s annual vintage racecar festival at Laguna Seca on California’s...
1972 Lotus 72D and 1986 Lotus 98T Emerson Fittipaldi drove Lotus 72 chassis 72/5 in no less than 39 races from 1970 to 1973. Ayrton Senna drove 98T/4 in eight races and several test sessions in 1986. These cars were the very first and the very last John Player Specials…they...
Looking Back on a Brilliant Career… One Photographer’s Personal Recollections of the Most Successful American Endurance Racer of All Time...
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take...
This month’s test drive of the new Lotus Evora (see Product Review, pg 78) got me thinking about my own experience as a Lotus owner. Or rather, the strange path I took to become a Lotus owner. It was the early days of the Internet as a tool to find...
In the 1920s and 1930s, British schoolboys devoured every word they could find about their favorite comic book heroes, like...
It is always amazing when I get a chance to drive some of the cars I raced many years ago....
What a question! It’s all so difficult because I’ve driven many varied cars across several eras of racing. Technology and development have played a part during my years of racing too; racecars have become better as time goes on. I started racing with a Lotus Seven at Goodwood, which was...
During the years following WWII, road racing in the U.S. initially developed as an amateur sport, mostly run by the...
Spencer Martin first came to prominence in Australia when racing a variety of cars, including his early model Holden sedan. His performances led to an invitation to join the Scuderia Veloce racing team, which was, at that time, the most professional outfit in the sport. While known for his victories...
October 2010 At the sports car races in Palm Springs on the first weekend of December, 1955, Tony Parravano (third...
For as long as he can remember, Mel Jacobs of Houston, Texas has been love-struck by the coach-built Deco cars...
October 2010 Little Bit Effyh Dear Editor, Mark Brinker’s Hidden Treasurers article on the Effyh “Special” brought back some vivid memories. In July 1956, as a teenager, two friends and I drove overnight from Toronto to Wilkes Barre in a TR2 to spectate at Senator Wood’s extraordinary Brynfan Tyddyn road...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
In the youth of our racing enthusiasm, we tend to think obituaries are for drivers. We don’t foresee, or at least don’t want to, that time also will rob us of friends who don’t court risk on the track. Art Eastman, artist, photographer, writer, editor, passionate enthusiast, and friend, departed...
Phillip Island, Australia March 19–21, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR July 9–11, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, Milwaukee, WI July 9–10, 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...
