Well known British automotive artist Barry Rowe passed away on June 26 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Perhaps best known...
On March 12, 1947, Enzo Ferrari started up the Ferrari 125 S, the first car to bear his name. The...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour I could find to the Le Mans 24 Hours, via a rickety old plane and a bus. It proved to be one of the most remarkable races in the event’s...
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
The 1000 Miglia, that traverses Italy each year, has been hailed as “the most beautiful auto race in the world.”...
In 1928, Ettore Bugatti shone a spotlight on his incomparable racing cars with the hosting of his very own ‘Bugatti Grand Prix’. Contested at Le Mans, the thrilling race would be replicated in 1929 and 1930, before disappearing from the calendar. However, in 1987, the historic event became the inspiration...
Carrera Panamericana; November 22, 1952 This is the factory-entered Ferrari 250 Sport driven by Giovanni Bracco and Gino Bronzoni to...
1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Scaglietti Spider The Ferrari 625 was specially ordered by Jon Von Neumann – the Ferrari distributor...
1960 Porsche 718 RS60 Jo Bonnier and Hans Herrmann drove this Porsche 718 RS60 to victory at the 1960 Targa Florio. Before winning the 1960 Targa Florio, Jo Bonnier and Hans Hermann – along with Olivier Gendebien – won the 12 hours of Sebring in another Porsche 718. _______________________ Arthur...
The British Grand Prix; Aintree; July 21, 1962 The race has started and Innes Ireland holds up his arm to...
The Anglo-European Trophy; Brands Hatch; September 14, 1963 The start of the Anglo-European Trophy for Formula Juniors. Closest to the...
The Scuderia Filipinetti Ford GT40 Mk I – driven by Peter Sutcliffe and Dieter Spoerry – from the 1966 24 hours of Le Mans. It failed to finish the race due to an accident on lap 233. A trio of more powerful Mk II GT40s famously won the race that...
The Tourist Trophy; Oulton Park; April 29, 1966 Jack Brabham with the one-off Brabham BT17, a kind of enlarged BT8...
1970 Alfa Romeo GTAm Autodelta built around 40 examples of the GTAm (Alleggerita Maggiorata – “lightened enlarged”), with 1750 and...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo; May 10, 1970 After the start and up St. Devote hill to Casino Square. Jackie Stewart in Ken Tyrrell’s March 701 is already in the lead from pole, followed by Chris Amon’s works March. However, neither car would make it to the finish that...
The United States Grand Prix; Watkins Glen; October 10, 1973 Emerson Fittipaldi, in his Lotus 72, qualified well, but was...
The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, France, June 19–20, 1982 The start. Porsches in the ascendance, with Jacky Ickx...
September 30th through October 2nd found CSRG hosting their 19th Charity Challenge on the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California (We older guys refer to the track as Sears Point). This 19th Charity Challenge featured a strong field of over 200 cars divided into 9 groups. Formula cars, prototype...
Goodwood has announced that the theme for this year’s Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will be ‘The Innovators –...
Goodwood’s Festival of Speed, July 23–26, could be compared with a pizza—the base is always the same but with a...
Goodwood has announced the full race list for the 2022 Goodwood Revival, taking place September 16 – 18. With 13 different contests split into 15 races for everything from motorcycles to Austin A40s, it is set to be an extraordinary weekend of historic racing. Freddie March Memorial Trophy – for...
As usual Goodwood played host to thousands of historic car racing fans dressed in a fantastic assortment of period gear...
Fifteen years ago, a group of car enthusiasts had a thought about bringing a new event to Highlands, North Carolina....
The Occitanie region of southern France recently welcomed some special visitors, all born in the country’s northeastern region. Ready to...
Monaco is one of those rare race courses where the names of the corners on the circuit are as iconic...
Enthusiasm ran at full throttle as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion celebrated motorsport history with 400-plus incredible historic race cars, large enthusiastic crowds and a tribute to the 24 Hours of Le Mans to kick off its yearlong centennial. From the moment guests arrived at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and...
Photo Gallery from the May 6-8, 2022, running of the Pau Grand Prix, in Pau, France....
Photo Gallery from the Aug. 21, 2022, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance....
The 2022 Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races completed a successful weekend of racing on Sept. 24–25. With five racing groups, an Exhibition class plus non-racing “street” entry options, the event saw a robust 133 total entries this year with a record number of female entrants making the race grid. Weather –...