This month’s Hidden Treasure begins with the sound of J. Why do I bring this up? Because for years I’ve...
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Milan, Italy June 3–5, 2011 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all...
Phoenix Int’l Raceway, Phoenix, AZ October 23–24, 2010 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
I started to race not very, very, young like today as I didn’t have the permission of my father to...
Leading historic race organizer, Motor Racing Legends, has launched an all-new race series for Groups 1 and 2, and Group...
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress, Indycar racing might be rejuvenated by reviving the old stock-block engine idea of Formula 5000. A variety of production-based engines work well in Grand-Am, giving the technical diversity that genuine...
Few automobile marques evoke images of style, speed and sports better than the Prancing Horse of Ferrari. Fortunately for motorsports...
John Coombs was literally born into the motoring business, as his multi-talented craftsman father was already working with automobiles when...
At the time of writing, the McLaren MP4-12C is an unknown quantity. Regardless of how well it does, it is a landmark. The main load-bearing structure, what McLaren calls a “Monocell” is carbon fiber, using a system similar to injection moulded plastic. This has been the automotive equivalent of the...
Top seller at RM’s Monterey Auction was this exquisite 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster that drew a winning bid of...
Is it possible to have too many racecars? We didn’t think so either. With a growing number of interesting “Track...
At its recent AGM, the British Racing Drivers Club unanimously elected Derek Warwick as its new president, replacing former F1 World Champion Damon Hill, OBE, who has held the post since 2006. Warwick won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Peugeot in 1992, and is a former F1 driver with...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
Bill Devin was a friend of mine. Even in his eighties he was incredibly sharp, had nearly flawless recall and was good for at least six hours of automotive tale-telling at a moment’s notice. His career manufacturing fiberglass sports cars and bodies ran longer than anyone in history (1954–2000) and...
Four-time Indy 500 winner and three-time National Champion Rick Mears was honored at the Road Racing Driver’s Club annual West...
I had seen this well-used Lotus 18 sitting in a grumpy little foreign car repair shop hard along Ventura Blvd. in Studio City, California. The guy who owned the shop and the Lotus was named “Buck” something or another as I recall. I kept driving by and looking at that...
Motor Racing Legends has announced the return of the Le Mans Legend historic support race to next year’s Le Mans...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at...
Formula One at Watkins Glen By Michael Argetsinger From its dustcover image of the opening lap of the 1967 United States Grand Prix to the closing photo of a leaping Tex Hopkins waving the checkered flag, this book takes you inside Watkins Glen during the circuit’s years as host of...
Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond, CA November 6–7, 2010 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia November 26–28, 2010 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to...
Paris, France April 14–16, 2011 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
Englishman Dan Wheldon was killed in a 15-car crash on the 11th lap of the scheduled 200-lap IndyCar season finale...
Jim Clark, driving the John Ogier Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (0183/R), finished 4th in the Goodwood Tourist Trophy race...
Winton Rceway, Winton, Victoria, Australia August 12–14, 2011 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
Palm Beach International Raceway, Palm Beach, FL February 10–13, 2011 No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to...
From the moment you walked through the door of Retromobile you could tell you were entering an exhibition of something...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons Jovicus “Hill of Jupiter.” Whatever the origin of its name, this hill that overlooks Barcelona’s harbor has been known as Montjuic for more than a thousand years. Now using the...
