Photo: Gilco The early 1950s found Enzo Ferrari’s burgeoning company quickly climbing the steep end of the power curve. His...
Photo: Casey Annis The 1950s and 1960s were a time of rapid change in both the road and racecar world....
Entering the 1974 season, a pair of fresh, new faces began exerting significant influence upon Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (left) and Niki Lauda.Photo: Giorgio Nada By the end of 1969, Mauro Forghieri had become the head of Ferrari’s Advanced Studies Office with the task of designing a new car...
Brian RedmanPhoto: John Zimmermann Honored with his own night by the Road Racing Drivers Club this year at Long Beach,...
I’m always amazed at how these issues can sometimes take on a life of their own. Those of you who...
The two 3165-cc Alfa Romeo V8 engines in the one car had to be a handful, but that did not prevent Tazio Nuvolari from setting a new Class B (5001-8000-cc) international speed record for the flying kilometer in this Alfa Bimotore. He covered the measured distance in 17.93 seconds at...
After leaving Lotus, I was “sucked in” by Don Nichols and rejoined Shadow. He said James Hunt would be our...
Patrick Watts in the Peugeot 406 at Donington in 1997.Photo: Pete Austin From my point of view, a great racecar...
Mike Lawrence There is plenty to celebrate about Aston Martin, not least its survival skills as the automotive Houdini. A question remains: Why it was so unsuccessful in racing during most of the 1950s? Had it been better managed, it should have vied with Ferrari. David Brown had inherited an industrial...
The artist Uli Ehret met Brian Redman by accident in a pub near Chichester, during the Goodwood Revival week for...
Le Mans, 1966. The lone Bizzarrini P538 entry (Chassis 003) driven by Swiss racers Edgar Berney (pictured) and Andre Wiky....
It takes all kinds of digging to unearth a Hidden Treasure. Sometimes you even have to bring a shovel. Chip Starr is no stranger to automotive archeology. He grew up in St. Helens, a quaint little suburb of Portland, Oregon, surrounded by astonishing car-finds. His parents owned an auto parts...
Mystery GT40 Dear Editor, While perusing Roadcar, on Page 49 (May 2013) I saw a picture of a white GT40...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987)....
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge of 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included...
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holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more...
Readers of this magazine should be familiar with the work of Jesse Alexander, one of America’s foremost motorsports photographers. As he puts it, his career let him combine a pair of personal passions, photography and automobiles, and the imagery he’s produced has been magnificent. This site allows access to the...
Like other vintage festivals across America this year, the fourth Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival celebrated the 60th anniversary of the...
One of the finest collections of ’50s and ’60s sports racing cars ever assembled by a single owner will cross...
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo officially inaugurated the new Museo Ferrari in Maranello on June 11. The building, extended by over a thousand square meters and completely renovated in terms of its fittings and layout, hosts the permanent exhibition of the most significant single-seaters in the Scuderia’s history, as well...
Oliver White took victory in the opening round of the 2013 Champion of Brands Formula Ford 1600 series at England’s...
Photo: Alejandro Ibanez The man who scored Ferrari’s very first Formula One World Championship victory, Argentinian Jose Froilan Gonzalez, has...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon and others on MotorSport New Zealand’s Wall of Fame. Ganley arrived in England in 1961 and was employee number three hired at the fledgling Team McLaren...
MG Vintage Racers celebrated its 18th Focus Event at VRG’s “Jefferson 500” at West Virginia’s Summit Point Raceway the weekend...
Monterey’s Classic Car Week will add another dimension this year as the inaugural World Class Automotive Film and Arts Festival...
• Northern California’s Classic Sports Racing Group will host its 10th Annual Charity Challenge at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend of October 4-6. The event will include all the usual eight CSRG race groups, with Vintage and Historic racecars dating from pre-WWII into the 1970s. The event will feature the...
