Just days after his 1959 Le Mans-winning teammate, Carroll Shelby, and a matter of weeks since Ted Cutting, designer of...
Count Giannino Marzotto, winner of the Mille Miglia in 1950 and 1953, died in Padua Hospital in July after a...
A coveted pair of GT40s, including a 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage Lightweight (chassis P/1074), and a strikingly authentic, unrestored 1967 Ford GT40 MK I (chassis P/1059), are the latest star attractions confirmed for RM Auctions’ Monterey sale, August 17–18. Among its many achievements, the GT40 stands proudly as the first...
Just 35 miles away from the fabled Brooklands race circuit where eight decades ago this single-seat racing Bentley astonished spectators...
On the heels of last month’s news that a Ferrari 250 GTO broke the all-time record for the most expensive...
The Historic Grand Prix Association has been selected to support the return of Formula One Grand Prix racing to the United States at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on November 16-18. HGP fields a collection of F1 cars from the sport’s first three-liter era between 1966 and...
The World Championship for Makes was one of the several names the FIA adopted for its global sportscar championship through...
Photo: Mathieu Heurtault / Courtesy of Gooding & Company Four magnificent motorsport legends will return to the public eye at Gooding...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have a different date in mind; maybe a few will feel as I do. Pete Lyons The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing coupe is—for me—the first GT car of our contemporary era....
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a...
Streets of Pau, France May 5–6, 2012 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...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK May 19–20, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN May 25, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY June 7–10, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
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Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that...
How many of you would journey 500 miles across country to race a freshly built car whose engine had never even been fired? That’s exactly what California-based James Kamboor did in 1954, and the lack of preparation didn’t seem to slow him down one bit. Become a Member & Get...
Following their conquest of Mexico’s Pan-American Road Race in November of 1952, Mercedes-Benz factory drivers Karl Kling and Hermann Lang...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut was born in London, during his father’s term as head of the London branch of the Deutsche Bank...
Without doubt, I have to say my greatest racecar is the Jaguar XJR-9 LM that took me, Jan Lammers and...
My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through Grand Prix motor racing of the Thirties, and too early to give Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss and Hans Herrmann any real competition in the W196 of 1954 and 1955....
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed...
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor...
Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started its overseas journey of 4,279 miles from the Czech Republic to the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, which will host an exclusive feature of streamlined Tatra automobiles for the first...
