Mike Hailwood had won no fewer than nine World Motorcycle Championships before he ever competed in his first Formula One...
On Friday September 14, at Spa Francorchamps, as part of this year’s Spa Six Hour event, the autumnal air will...
It was done in haste. It was to be an alluring delivery system to introduce Jaguar’s brilliant new XK engine intended to power the substantial Jaguar Mk VII luxury sedan. But the Mk VII wasn’t ready, so Jaguar Chief William Lyons and his men created a quick solution. They shaped...
Lotus is asking for help help in tracking down the long-lost Lotus Mark I, the first car built by company...
The non-profit Racing History Project and the Automobile Driving Museum have teamed up to present a very special dinner event....
There comes a time, all too often in history, when there arrives the “end of an era,” and with the sad passing of Dan Gurney so it has happened once more. Dan was part of that wave of American drivers from the ’50s sports car racing scene who all arrived...
Photo Gallery from Sept. 7-9, 2018, from the 20th Goodwood Revival in Chichester, UK. Subscribers click here for additional, multi-page...
Subscriber Photo Gallery from VSCDA’s Sept. 14–16, 2018, Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival at Road America. Big Bore Bash – Kent...
Robert KubicaPhoto: Stefan Brending He was a spectacular Formula 1 driver and the first Polish addition to the F1 circus, who had it all going for him after six years in the top echelon of motor racing. He even won the 2008 Grand Prix of Canada in a BMW Sauber...
Italian Countryside November 9-11, 2017 Conrero Opel Manta 400 of Pinzini and Bortoletto.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get...
On February 20, the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team launched its new challenger, the C37, for the 2018 Formula 1...
Our Pepsi Challenger Eagle from 1981 was sort of unique. It didn’t owe anything to Europe, it was developed right here in California. It had our own brand of aerodynamics. It had a stock block Chevrolet—essentially a sprint car engine we had done a bit of development on. It was...
Daytona Int’l. Speedway, FL November 8-12, 2017 James and Steven Lawrence and Ray Meister raced this 1977 Porsche 934S.Photo: Rex...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal...
Warwick Brown drives a Lola T430 to victory in the Australian GP at Oran Park in Sydney (1977). 1 • Guy Frequelin becomes competition chief of Citroën (1989). 2 • Seven drivers (Rob Dyson, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Butch Leitzinger, John Paul Jr., John Schneider, Andy Wallace and James Weaver) share the...
George Tuma, Historic Sportscar Racing LLC owner and an industry leader, competitor and friend of all in vintage and historic...
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced that it will present a championship points series it calls the Vintage Race...
Giuseppe Campari discovered 17-year-old Giulio Ramponi in 1919, when the youngster was working as a trainee for a Milan fuel pump manufacturer. The great driver was looking for a keen young man who he could mould into an effective riding mechanic. And that was the start of Giulio’s brilliant career...
The Mid-Ohio Grand Prix, Mid-Ohio, September 27, 1970 John Eiteljorge with his Brabham BT21F (#74) leads the field to the...
Photo Gallery from the Sept. 22–23, 2018, HSRCA Spring Festival at Wakefield Park, Goulburn, Australia. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//hsrca-spring-festival-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click here...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons: he was a motor racing driver, car constructor and team owner, whose outstanding good looks could just as easily have qualified him for an acting...
Fitting an engine many times the size of the original is never a sure fire recipe for racing success. Mark...
Just looking at the cover of VR this month, you’ll realize something is different. For only the second time, in...
RM Sotheby’s has announced another headlining car for its Porsche 70th Anniversary auction, set for October 27 at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta (PEC). To the growing All-Porsche line-up, RM Sotheby’s now adds what is perhaps one of the most original examples of the Porsche 956 Group C. Few race...
Run Groups for the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have been announced. An anticipated 1,000 entry requests are expected to...
The Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association (VSCDA) will be hosting a 50th anniversary party for Formula Ford at Road America September 18–22, 2019. The FF50th will be a five-day event starting with registration and tech on Wednesday, paddock load-in and untimed practice on Thursday, qualifications with a group photo on...
Photo Gallery from the Millers at Milwaukee event, held July 13-14, 2018. Subscribers click here for more photos from the...
Prince Bira in his E.R.A. pursues Hans Ruesch’s Alfa Romeo 8C35 up the hill to South Tower corner. Ruesch won...
The International Motor Racing Research Center has announced the speakers who will participate at this year’s “Legends Speak.” The interactive program is part of the Grand Prix Festival being held in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Friday, Sept. 7. The event will take place in the gazebo at Lafayette Park located...