The Japan Classic Car Association’s annual “Summer Festival” meeting was held in July at Tsukuba motorsport complex about an hour...
American racing legend Mickey Thompson was a man in a hurry. He competed in numerous types of motorsport during his career...
I have always liked creating paintings of historic motorsports scenes, either to present a different angle or to try to capture the dramatic value of the subject matter. I never liked to simply paint “a photo” in my work because I’ve always thought that if you have the photo there’s really no need for an identical painting. The 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours was exceptional in...
Bentley Mulliner is to bring the iconic Speed Six back to life with a new and highly exclusive Continuation Series...
The Lewes Speed Trials; Lewes, August 21, 1936. The famous pre-war Brooklands racer George Harvey-Noble at speed in the ex-Louis...
Al Holbert Clay Regazzoni 3 Brian Redman wins the F5000 race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, in a Lola T330. Jody Scheckter finishes 3rd and clinches the SCCA/USAC F5000 title (1973). 4 Earl Cooper beats his Stutz teammate, Gil Anderson, by .25 seconds in winning the 500-mile race at Minneapolis, Minnesota (1915)....
Triumph—and later Nissan GTP—racing legend Robert “Kas” Kastner has passed away at the age of 92. Born in Batavia, New...
Brooklands Museum, the home of British motor racing, is celebrating the life of one of the UK’s greatest racing drivers,...
Silverstone Auctions has opened its catalogue for entries to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with a very rare and important car from British motorsport, the ex-works Triumph TR2 which finished 19th at the 1955 Le Mans. The Triumph TR2 was launched in 1952 and was soon in great demand...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
October 2004 The Art of the National Automobile—The Thomas Mittler Collection By Art Eastman Throughout the summer of 2004, five...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one of the biggest contributing factors to this success story has to be the sport’s accessibility. Historic racing is, without doubt, one of the most accessible forms of motorsport in the...
Photo Gallery from the March 1, 2020, Good Vibrations March Meet Nostalgia Drags at Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, California. [button...
I think I’ve well established, in this space, my bona fides as an old school Ferrari snob. I grew up...
Ever hear the name TVR? Well, without Raymond Saidel, Trevor Wilkinson may never have brought TVR to the production car phase of its life. In 1950, Ray Saidel sold his share of the Sky Service of New England (a charter flying service he had started after WW II) and took...
The Shelby American Team car driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Johnson, at the 1964 12 Hours of Sebring. With...
December 2001 Mario Andretti—A Driving Passion By Gordon Kirby If you excessively break the speed limit – almost anywhere in...
Starting as early as 1903, the hills outside of Stuttgart, Germany were used for racing. First it was bicycles, followed by motorcycles and eventually automobiles. As time progressed, the track that came to be known as “Solitude” evolved from a hillclimb course to a full FIA-sanctioned road course. Between 1953...
Hellé Nice Howden Ganley Keke Rosberg Bill Vukovich 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA...
Photo Gallery form HMSA’s Nov. 22–24, 2019, Thermal Club Speed Festival, Thermal, CA. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//thermal-club-speed-festival-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click here to view...
A prototype of the Maserati MC20, the new Maserati super sportscar, pays homage to Sir Stirling Moss, the British motor-racing ace who died on April 12, at the age of 90. The design used for this prototype is taken from the Maserati Eldorado, the iconic single-seater driven on its debut...
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an...
The 1965 Lola T70 spider raced by Jerry Grant to victory in the 1966 Bridgehampton USRRC race will be offered...
As detailed in this month’s “Racecar Profile,” the Alvis Car & Engineering Company has a rich road and racing heritage that dates back to its founding by T.G. John in 1919. From the first 10/30 model in 1920, until the last TF 21 Graber DHC left the assembly line in...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Pedro Rodriguez Peter Ryan 2 Twenty-two year old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash...
The David Piper driven Ferrari 412 P, in Ecurie Francorchamps’s livery (Belgian national racing team), as raced at the 1968 Preis der Nationen Hockenheim. Arthur Schening is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator living in Arlington, VA. Prints are 19″ wide x 13″ tall. They are printed using an Epson...
Jacky Ickx Peter Gethin Janet Guthrie Peter Bryant 1 Engineer Adrian Newey joins Red Bull Racing (2006). 3 Ernst Loof,...
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering announced that the 2020 edition of the world-class motoring event will be suspended in response...
Ferrari has announced the start of a factory Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) program that from 2023 will see the manufacturer enter the new top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Following a period of study and analysis, Ferrari has kicked off the development of the new LMH car to...