The 12 Hours of Sebring, March 25, 1961, featured heavy traffic in the Webster Turns. Shown leading this group is...
Sam Hanks may have been a quiet man who preferred to keep to himself, but at the wheel of a...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced single-seater...
With pencil and watercolor paints I have designed and colored this scene in which the mechanic and test driver Gurrino...
One of the cars involved in motor racing history’s worst accident, the Le Mans disaster of 1955, in which more than 80 people died, has sold for £843,000 ($1.3 million) at the Bonhams auction held at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, southern England. The Austin-Healey 100S had been in storage for...
Return to Power, a new series for 3-liter Formula One cars that raced between 1966 and 1971, is set to...
Gianpiero Moretti, founder of the Italian automotive equipment company Momo, for MOretti-MOnza, and a gentleman sportscar racer, has died at...
Have a hankering for Healeys? Then you probably already know about this site, but just in case…. It’s maintained by the Austin-Healey Club USA as its official members’ web site, and when you go there you’ll be able to find pretty much anything you’d like to know about the AHCUSA,...
Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond, CA November 5–6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL November 11–13, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have had one example or another locked away in the garage for over 40 years. In fact, I have been quite taken by anything that was done by the Donald Healey...
Virginia International Raceway, Danville, VA November 4–6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
London to Brighton, UK November 6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit that drives all racers toward excellence on the track, but then again, perhaps it is, just not in an analytical how-it’s-done sense. Following on from his previous Motor Racing: Reflections...
Deep inside Hunter Valley Wine Country of New South Wales (NSW) lives a very interesting automotive treasure-seeker. By day Aaron...
Sir Stirling Moss has been confirmed as the Honored Guest at this year’s 30th renewal of the Lime Rock Historic...
Alloys Dear Editor, I am a great fan of Mike Lawrence’s column; it is often my favorite part of the magazine, as with the current issue (January 2012). I do feel that a comment on “aluminum” and “alloy” is in order, however. Of course, he is correct that the one...
It sounds like the title of a bad B-movie doesn’t it? They came from the great beyond. Legions of historic...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia November 26–27, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Woolf Barnato is the man with a perfect score. He entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times and won it three times: in 1928, 1929 and 1930, driving his own beloved Bentley cars. A record that still stands today, despite many attempts to break it over the last...
For any keen classic or sports car fan, JD Classics is a dream come true with many a historical automotive...
The Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust has launched a revamped website aimed at keeping current and former F1 mechanics in...
A three-day “fun fest” known as the Ford-Cobra-Shelby Reunion will take place at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, April 19–21. Highlighting the Reunion will be an exhibit honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Cobra and a weekend of related events centered at the Museum. All Ford...
Involved with mechancial things virtually all his life, John Barnard first worked in racing at Lola, then a fertile training...
I’ve been associated with many great racecars over the years, and for the most part Indycars. I’m particularly proud of...
Central Coast, California October 25–29, 2011 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 products....
The Martini Trophy and the International Supersports Cup will join forces in 2012 to create an even stronger race series...
My involve-ment with Audi came directly from my work, as a supplier to Audi, with exhaust systems and catalytic converters....
Riverside has at last completely disappeared, wholly obliterated under new development. No longer can you find your way to the last remaining section of the old International Raceway and pluck out a souvenir chunk of asphalt, as I wrote about doing in the VR of September 1999. Pete Lyons By...
