Corvette – America’s Star-Spangled Sports Car By Karl Ludvigsen This is an updated, expanded reprint of a book originally published...
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• Nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen has been knighted by Danish Queen Margrethe in recognition of his motor sport accomplishments. The Audi factory driver was presented with the Order of the Dannebrog in Copenhagen. In addition to his Le Mans successes, Kristensen was also American Le Mans Series champion...
Lost Vuky Roadster Dear Editor, Today I received copies of your article about the Kurtis #372 that recently was bought...
Unusual tropical weather with temperatures into the 90s Fahrenheit matched the heat on the track at the Silverstone Classic. Called “The World’s Biggest Motor Racing Festival,” it was a true motoring extravaganza where every petrol head could get enough of a “fix” to last a whole year. Racing fans were...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are...
Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography Woody Woodard was employed as a mechanic by Roger Penske, and in so doing worked closely with Mark Donohue on the Trans-Am effort, the Porsche Turbo Can-Am car and the most famous non-winning Ferrari ever, in the team’s Quixotic effort to best Porsche at the...
Then Was Juan Manuel Fangio the greatest racecar driver of all time? He was World Champion five times (1951, 1954...
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Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented...
Jimmy Murphy Biography Jimmy Murphy was born in 1894 but tragedy soon struck the Murphy family when his mother died...
The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company Our story begins with the Mustang’s introduction on April 17, 1964, at the New York World’s Fair. It turned out to be the right car at the right time, speaking...
For the 22nd summer, petrol heads, automotive hoi polloi and motor racing royalty gathered at England’s West Sussex home of...
On October 29, 2014 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the Museum’s Board of Directors and Board President...
Until the early 1960s, Ferrari produced strictly front-engined sports cars for racing, but by 1963 Ferrari had begun building rear-engined sports cars for competition. The results were good indeed, with the successful sports-prototype 250P taking wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Nürburgring 1000 Kilometers and 24 Heurs du...
Lyn St. James Mario AndrettiPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, the 2006 Champ Car season started off with a big bang, winning the first four...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the...
Ford’s Mustang is the stuff of automotive legend: selling more than 20,000 cars on the first day of release; delivering...