To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Sir Jack Brabham’s third World Championship, artist Caldersmith created this multi-media work as cover...
Masha Pasichnyk is a 23-year-old artist living and working in Kiev, Ukraine, who is presently visiting the USA. Masha’s interest...
Stirling Moss won the feature race of the Easter Monday meeting at Goodwood 1956 in the works Aston Martin DB3S. His drive that day is captured in this oil painting by artist Bernard Reeves. Based in Herefordshire, England, Reeves specializes in oil and gouache paintings. His portfolio includes specialist oil...
At a recent party celebrating the introduction of the new book, Racing Demons: Porsche and the Targa Florio, given at...
Masha Pasichnyk is a young Ukrainian artist who is presently visiting the USA to promote her work. She holds a...
Tom Havlasek was born in Brno, Czech Republic, and since childhood has enjoyed motorsport, keeping in close contact with it via the well-known Brno Circuit near his home. After graduating from secondary school specializing in computer graphic design, however, he began presenting his works of art, mostly street art paintings...
Captured by the innate beauty of Maserati’s 450S model, artist Matthew Stevens created this graphic impression of the car. Prints...
The scene is just prior to the start of the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, and local favorite Stirling...
Working in his still-new medium of acrylic on canvas, Maritimes artist Chenard has craffted this painting, showing Sir Henry Seagrave aboard the 1000-hp Sunbeam that became the first car to crack the 200mph barrier, achieving a new world record speed of 203.79 mph on Florida’s Daytona Beach in March of 1927. It...
This 1970 Targa Florio-winning Porsche 908/03 was piloted by Brian Redman and Jo Siffert, used by the John Wyer-led Porsche...
Until the early 1960s, Ferrari produced strictly front-engined sports cars for racing, but by 1963 Ferrari had begun building rear-engined...
The 1964 Ford GT40 lightweight prototype (chassis GT/104) that finished 3rd in the 1965 24 Hours of Daytona, has sold for $7 million at Mecum Auctions’ April sale at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. GT/104 is one of the two Ford prototypes prepared and raced by Shelby American during...
As you will no doubt have noticed in this issue devoted to Maserati on the occasion of the marque’s centennial,...
Then Was Juan Manuel Fangio the greatest racecar driver of all time? He was World Champion five times (1951, 1954...
Then. In 1991, Harold Pace stormed out of his home-based shop and proclaimed to his adoring wife, Shelley, at the top of his lungs, that he would never ever restore another car. On that day he had just completed a seven-year restoration stint on a 1960 Bocar XP-5 and he...
Then. Southern California is home to a seemingly endless supply of astounding cars hiding in garages, warehouses and barns. For...
Then. In a tiny village of 100 houses in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium, lives a man grinning from ear...
Karl Kling, Mercedes W196.Photo: courtesy of Chris Bayley Automobilia (www.chrisbayleyautomobilia.co.uk) Lost in the sands of time for nearly 60 years a photographic collection has recently been unearthed by Automotive Collector Chris Bayley. These original photos, which are believed not to have ever been previously published, transport us back to the...
Then After back-to-back wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1953 and 1954, Bill Vukovich returned for the ’55 race with...
Then. I must have called the guy dozens of times, year after year for more than a decade. It was...
Then If you’re involved in any facet of the car hobby and have never heard of Brooks Stevens, you should probably take up golf. Stevens was an iconic American industrial designer whose career spanned 60 years. He studied architecture at Cornell University. In 1944, Stevens, Raymond Loewy and several other...
Then. The year 1963 gave us the Lava Lamp, touch-tone phones, instant coffee and Johnny Depp. That same year Jim...
Then. Just when you’re certain you know a lot about post-war American racing cars, someone steps up to educate you...
Then I’ve been aching to write a story about something totally mental. A Hidden Treasure beyond the realm of conventional thought and understanding. Maybe I could find something massive; or perhaps something with unworldly power, or insane mechanicals, or with too many engines or tires. As luck would have it,...
There is an entire world of exotic vintage Japanese racing machinery that is rarely, if ever, written about or discussed...
The Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC) has announced that the 27th annual British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR)...
Photo: Fred Sickler The 20th annual Millers at Milwaukee vintage Indycar event, sponsored by the Harry Miller Club, will be held this July 11-12 at the famed Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The annual celebration is one of the most impressive U.S. gatherings of pre-WWII and post-WWII Indianapolis-type cars...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
The Porsche 356 Registry is the world’s largest classic Porsche club, and this web site will tell you as much as you may have ever wanted to know about one of the most popular models Porsche has ever produced. Founded in 1974, the Registry is a non-profit group with more...