Bertha Benz, one of the first female automotive pioneers, was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in July. As...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One...
I’ve been fortunate to have driven a lot of racecars, both those I’ve raced and those I’ve driven to try to teach them manners, to shake them down for people who own them and have maybe just had them put together. So, I would have to say Alfa Giuliettas are...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
This offering from the Spanish artist Fernando Hoyos is an original painting later printed in limited edition, signed and numbered....
Next July’s Silverstone Classic has announced plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Can-Am Series with a pair of special commemoration races at its annual summer event, set for July 29-31. The two races will be the culmination of a three-round Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge being organized by...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I was given a rare opportunity to drive one of the ultimate...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was...
Tony SouthgatePhoto: Pete Austin At the end of the 1972 season, I left BRM to join Don Nichols and his Shadow race team, my brief was not only to design a Formula One challenger, but also to work on a new sports racing Can-Am car, the DN2. Shadow had competed...
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Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie...
In this new painting, automotive artist David Snyder pays tribute to Chinetti Motors. The painting commemorates the last dealership of Luigi Chinetti in 1973, which was located in Greenwich, Connecticut. An edition of 500 Limited Edition Prints and 50 Artist Proofs from the original painting are available. The prints ($100)...
Ken Miles in the Shelby Cobra, with Shelby’s personal racing number, leads Jim Hall in the Corvette Grand Sport. Ken...
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In modern Formula One terms, the young driver Max Verstappen is creating a storm in the motor racing press due...
That’s some ride from West Lothian, Scotland to winning the great Indianapolis 500 three times, not to mention four IndyCar...
It was early 1977 and I was having a beer in the Riverside International Raceway’s media hovel with Robert E. “Pete” Petersen, head of the Petersen publishing empire. On the track, Richard Petty was leading the NASCAR Winston Cup 200 miler. I said, “Pete, how about motorsports on TV …...
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Vaso Bill Vukovich Sr. John Cobb 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of course. Too many victories to remember. That’s Britain’s Derek Bell, “Mr. Nice Guy” as he is known among most of his contemporaries. Which is remarkable in itself. Not too many...
Derek is the epitome of the driver who should have won the Formula One World Championship, but was just about...
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The future of one of Britain’s greatest race circuits, Donington Park, has been spectacularly confirmed by the launch of its own annual Historic Festival—a new venture that aims to rival the very best UK and international historic motorsport events. The inaugural Festival is scheduled to take place on the weekend...
A dozen cars topped $1 million at RM Sotheby’s Driven to Disruption sale in New York City last week. Leading...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of my even being interested in the sport. As my mother one day said to me, “It’s not as if you’ll ever take part.” How wrong she was! From the glamor...
Dozens of books and thousands of articles have been written about Enzo Ferrari and the Scuderia he founded in 1929,...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association crowned its 2015 champions at its season finale, part of SVRA’s U.S. Vintage Racing National Championships at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Clinching their respective Class A (Pre-1972) and Class B (1972-1976) championships with race victories were Bruce Leeson (McLaren M10B-Chevrolet), who went...