The man who held honorary SCCA Competition License No. 1, Ohioan Chuck Dietrich, has died at the age of 88....
Summit Point, Summit Point WV May 17–19, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Pete Lyons Corvette didn’t show well at Le Mans this year, which is unusual, and I suppose in time we’ll...
A new mark has been established for automobiles sold at auction, as an ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car has...
From Paris to La Rochelle, France April 22–27, 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...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway IN May 25, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Robin DonovanPhoto: Mike Jiggle Unlike many other Le Mans drivers, I didn’t ever sleep during the whole 24 hours. Adrenalin would be pumping around my system and I just couldn’t rest until the checkered flag fell. Apparently, according to doctors, drivers loose 50 percent of their reaction time from the...
The International Motor Sports Association Camel Six-Hour GT; Mid-Ohio, July 9, 1972. Jim Greendyke and Denny Long finished 2nd in...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK April 20–21, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack in Stockholm, Sweden (1968). 3 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2000). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Northern California’s Classic Sports Racing Group will host its 10th Annual Charity Challenge at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend of...
The name Guy Griffiths may not be familiar to many motorsports enthusiasts in the United States but in the United...
Neil Cunningham always excelled in American V8-powered machines. He is seen here hurrying the Embassy Racing Corvette through the Thruxton Chicane on his way to scoring a well-deserved 2nd-place finish in a British GT race.Photo: James Beckett I always loved racing American cars with V8 engines, and I think there...
The inaugural Porsche Rennsport Australia Motor Racing Festival shared little more than its name and enthusiasm for the marque with...
Duntov at the wheel of the Chevrolet Experimental Research Vehicle, CERV 1, a single-seater that he designed and constructed as...
Tony DeLorenzoPhoto: Courtesy of Tony DeLorenzo Tony DeLorenzo’s father, Anthony G., was a newspaperman, a reporter for UPI who then went to work for the Kudner Agency where one of the clients was GM’s Buick Division. There he was “discovered” and hired away by GM president Harlow Curtis. This ultimately...
Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in...
News has come from the Mayo Clinic that American racecar driver and designer Bruce Eglinton has died at the age...
The Sevenoaks and District Car Club’s efforts to uphold the heritage of London’s Crystal Palace as a venue for motorsport continued in style at the end of May when the organization played host to the fourth annual Motorsport at the Palace event. A huge entry of more than 200 cars...
As the Corvette celebrates its 60th birthday, highlighted by featured marque status at a broad array of vintage events, demand...
A lot of great names are associated with the racing of Corvettes. Many of those great names—racers like Bondurant, Fitch...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced that the inaugural United States Vintage Racing National Championship will be held Oct. 25-27, 2013, at the home of the Formula One World Championship United States Grand Prix, the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. According to both COTA and...
When the lights went out to start the 2013 Le Mans Legends race under rainy skies, Alex Buncombe’s pole-winning ’59...
Photo: Pete Austin Jonathon Williams Dear Editor, In regards to Jonathon Williams’ piece on De Tomaso, John Mecom did not...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 16–19, 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 partner...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
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Then. What do Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Max Balchowsky and a ’63 Corvette Split Window Coupe have in common? Read on! 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,...