• Historic Sportscar racing (HSR) will sanction a vintage/ historic sportscar race as part of the 62nd Annual 12 Hours...
Photo: BRDC Archive Engine builder and designer Brian Hart, aged 77, passed away in the first few days of the New...
Brooklands Museum and the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) have confirmed preliminary details of the 2014 Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival. True to Brooklands tradition, the festival will take place on the weekend closest to the date the original track opened in 1907, which this year is June 14-15. The...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR), in association with the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) and Vintage Racing Events (VRE), has announced...
A triple anniversary will be celebrated in France this May as the Grand Prix de Lyon observes the three occasions...
Donington Park will reverberate to the unmistakable sound of Bentley engines spanning nine decades on Saturday, June 7, 2014, as...
The man who called himself “Mister 500” in honor of the quest that dominated his life, has passed away at...
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...
The Bahamas Speed Weeks Revised Edition, including the Revival Meetings By Terry O’Neil From 1954 to 1966, the Bahamas Speed...
National Events Centre, Birmingham, UK November 15–17, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX October 24–27, 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...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK November 2–3, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
Jo Siffert Ayrton Senna 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria, Australia (1987). 4 Wendell Scott becomes the first African-American to race on the NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) circuit when he races at Piedmont International...
Bahamas Half-Pint Dear Editor, Hugh Dibley’s splendid piece on racing a Formula Junior Lola at Bahamas Speed Week (Legends Speak,...
Then. The year 1963 gave us the Lava Lamp, touch-tone phones, instant coffee and Johnny Depp. That same year Jim...
The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 1, 1954. A field of Porsche 356s approaches the South Curve complex following the start of their support race. 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....
The scene is just prior to the start of the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, and local favorite Stirling...
Mike Lawrence There’s a general feeling that endurance racing is about to enter a new age. Porsche is back and...
Bentley Speed 8 My obvious choice for my greatest racecar has to be the Bentley Speed-8 which I won with at Le Mans in 2003. I was teamed up with Rinaldo “Dindo” Capello and the great Tom Kristensen who has gone on to become such a Le Mans legend with...
Dr. Stephen E. OlveyPhoto: Dan R. Boyd USA LAT Photographic I met Alex Zanardi back in the late ’90s when...
Austrian Berger scored four of his 10 Formula One Grand Prix victories while wearing the fabled Italian Racing Red livery...
The year 2013 saw a number of significant automotive and racing milestones honored. Aston Martin’s 100th anniversary and the Corvette’s 60th, by themselves occupied much of the automotive world’s attention; but there was another anniversary in 2013 that came and went with nary a whisper. Once I realized this, I...
A well-known name in Australian motor sport circles, Brian Foley commenced racing during the 1950s behind the wheel of an...
Karl Kling, Mercedes W196.Photo: courtesy of Chris Bayley Automobilia (www.chrisbayleyautomobilia.co.uk) Lost in the sands of time for nearly 60 years...
Photo: Mike Jiggle The Porsche 356 is really the car that “started it all” for the iconic Porsche marque. Manufactured between 1948 and 1965, the Porsche 356 is the automobile that allowed the company to develop. This car is responsible for starting the world’s love affair with rear-engined machines. These...