Racer Hurdles Crowd and Lives.” This was the Sunday, August 31, 1952 headline story in the Buffalo Courier Express. The...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is celebrating 20 years since the first event in 1993. Unbelievably, the target audience for...
Dan Gurney’s All American Racers has been entrusted by The Henry Ford Museum with the conservation of the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours-winning GT40 MkIV that carried Gurney and A.J. Foyt to history’s only all-American win in the French endurance classic. “I don’t think we could have found a better...
The Fifth Annual Legends of Riverside Racing Film Festival in late March at the Riverside International Automotive Museum honored Bob...
Palm Beach Int’l. Rcwy, Jupiter, FL February 22–24, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
Jonathan Williams Alessandro (Alejandro) De Tomaso was born in Buenos Aires into an influential political family. He became a racing driver, but left Argentina in a hurry after being involved in a plot to remove the then president, Juan Peron. He relocated to Modena where he continued racing for Osca,...
The Anglo-European Trophy, Brands Hatch, September 14, 1963. Tim Mayer was a very talented young American driver and the brother...
Motor Racing Legends has renamed its JD Classics Challenge race series, for 1966-’85 Touring Cars, as the Historic Touring Car...
Donington Park, Castle Donington UK March 17, 2013 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...
As 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) will celebrate the occasion at its Daytona...
Legendary chief mechanic and engineer Louis “Sonny” Meyer Jr. and 1968 Indianapolis 500 pole winner Joe Leonard are the latest...
When considering my greatest racecar, the question seems far too big for me to give a simple answer. I drove some terrific cars in my motor racing history. I suppose the ones that stand out, particularly in terms of those I had the most success in, are the Porsche 956...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Photo: Pete Lyons / www.petelyons.com Pete Lyons If you have a two-car garage, do you keep two cars in it?...
Drinking & Driving Photo: The Klemantaski Collection Dear Editor, In my dreams! The photo of the Aston at Spa in ’49 [Fast Exposure, April 2013]! That’s the way racing should be! It’s reminiscent of the photo of somebody being handed a Coke at Bivio Polizzi on the Targa Florio circuit—could it have...
One of the most interesting Maseratis ever constructed, the sole surviving Tipo 151 (chassis 006), will compete in this year’s...
The over two-liter Grand Touring 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 from 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
• The field for this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion—where Corvette is the featured marque on the occasion of its...
Le Mans Panoramic By Gavin Ireland The 24 Hours of Le Mans may be the single most relevant race in...
De Palma, his riding mechanic alongside, guides his factory Vauxhall over the 37.631-km Circuit de Lyon during the 1914 French Grand Prix, a race run barely a month before the onset of WWI. One of the greatest, and nice with it—that was Ralph De Palma. He won well over 2,500...
A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds...
Aficionados of the Riley marque, particularly devotees of the Riley Specials raced prior to World War II, will find a good deal of information here about the cars from the company that began trading as the Bonnick Cycle Company of Coventry, England, in the late 19th century. The site is...
Sebring Int’l Raceway, Sebring, FL February 28–March 2, 2013...
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