The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company...
Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography Woody Woodard was employed as a mechanic by Roger Penske, and in so doing worked...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented history. As such, we scour the globe (and the Internet) looking not just for a great car, but one with its original logbook. With this in mind, I recently found...
Jimmy Murphy Biography Jimmy Murphy was born in 1894 but tragedy soon struck the Murphy family when his mother died...
Joy RaineyPhoto: Pete Austin I suppose every time you win something, it’s quite a boost, like when I first broke...
Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, the 2006 Champ Car season started off with a big bang, winning the first four races at Long Beach, Houston, Monterey and Milwaukee. Although most teams were running the same Lola chassis as we were, due to the demise of Reynard, Newman/Haas had provided me...
• Nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen has been knighted by Danish Queen Margrethe in recognition of his motor sport...
On October 29, 2014 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the Museum’s Board of Directors and Board President Patricia Mooradian will honor Dan Gurney with the Edison/Ford Medal in recognition of his “ingenuity and innovative achievements in racing and beyond.” Gurney is, of course, a genuine American racing...
Unusual tropical weather with temperatures into the 90s Fahrenheit matched the heat on the track at the Silverstone Classic. Called...
For the 22nd summer, petrol heads, automotive hoi polloi and motor racing royalty gathered at England’s West Sussex home of...
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...
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Then Was Juan Manuel Fangio the greatest racecar driver of all time? He was World Champion five times (1951, 1954...
Lyn St. James Mario AndrettiPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in the Toohey’s 1000 at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (1989). 2 Lee Petty wins his first NASCAR race, in a Plymouth, at 1/2-mile Heidelburg Speedway in Pittsburg,...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
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Corvette – America’s Star-Spangled Sports Car By Karl Ludvigsen This is an updated, expanded reprint of a book originally published...
Ford’s Mustang is the stuff of automotive legend: selling more than 20,000 cars on the first day of release; delivering...
Lost Vuky Roadster Dear Editor, Today I received copies of your article about the Kurtis #372 that recently was bought by the Arciero family (Hidden Treasure, August 2014). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
It’s a simple fact that the most popular form of motor racing in Australia today is sedan racing. Of course,...
Stirling Moss accepts congratulations upon winning the 1956 Grand Prix of Bari in his works Maserati 300S.Photo: Maserati Archive Maserati...
Following a chance trip to Monza with a friend, Almo Coppelli found a passion for a sport that would totally dominate his life. This passion not only took him away from school and University study to follow a dream, but also from his family and his Italian home. Motor racing...
Author Robert Heinlein once wrote, “A generation which ignores history has no past—and no future.” With a recent announcement by...
Jochen Rindt Biography Rindt was born in Germany in 1942 of Austrian and German parentage. His parents died under Allied...
Tony RobinsonPhoto: Ian Wagstaff At the end of last year I lost a true friend, Ken Gregory. Ken was one of the most logistically aware businessman I’ve ever come across. He was the organizer behind Stirling Moss, Stirling Moss Limited, the British Racing Partnership (BRP) and manager to many other...