The book “Great Marques – Porsche” starts with this paragraph by Dr. – Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the...
Seventy years ago, on November 5, 1950, the first Pebble Beach Road Race took place — and the Pebble Beach...
The Daytona Continental (2000-km), Daytona, February 16, 1964 The grid is ready to go, in pit lane, for the rolling start. On pole is the Cobra Daytona Coupe driven by Bob Holbert and Dave McDonald, while next to it is another Shelby American entry, the Cobra driven by Tommy Hitchcock,...
The 5th annual Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix held in 1956 achieved international prominence when, for the first time, four...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
A class of significant Porsche 935s will be featured at the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on March 7, 2021. Porsche’s landmark 935 made its debut 45 years ago in a world that was reeling from the Oil Embargo. The auto industry and motorsport were especially hard hit. The...
Britain’s original Formula 1 team, British Racing Motors (BRM), is celebrating its 70th anniversary with the construction of three ‘new’...
The Shelby American Team car driven by Dan Gurney and Bob Johnson, at the 1964 12 Hours of Sebring. With...
The annual pilgrimage of motoring enthusiasts to Monterey will return August 12-15, 2021, for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Owners of some of the finest historic and authentic racecars in the world are encouraged to enter their car for consideration to race on the iconic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca circuit...
Many successful Bugatti racing drivers of the “golden era” were former pilots and perhaps not surprisingly many famous pilots were...
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced a 17-race schedule for 2021. The 2021 schedule boasts 17 SpeedTour race weekends,...
When you troll the paddock at a vintage race meet as often as I have, it takes a special car to catch your eye. While my heart still goes pitta-pat for Alfas, Moggies, 356s, and just about every Lotus and Jaguar, when a bright orange sports racer I have never...
Dewey “Rajo Jack” Gatson Nanni Galli Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jacky Ickx 1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in...
Vanwall Group, the successor to the legendary British Vanwall motor racing team of the 1950s, has announced the renaissance of...
The D.B.-Panhard LM of Howard Hanna and Frank Manley is prepared in the pits before the start. The unlucky duo was however the second car to retire with valve failure. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970...
In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of...
Scottish race legend, motorsport commentator and three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Dario Franchitti, has teamed up with Gordon Murray...
Artist Fernando Hoyos visually examines the design evolution and family lineage of the famed Ford GT40 in this illustration, starting with the 1962 Ford Mustang I concept car, through the 1962–1963 Lola MK.6 GT and culminating in the Ford GT40 Mk1 prototypes and production cars. For more of Hoyos’ work...
Niki Lauda: His Competition History By Jon Saltinstall Niki Lauda’s Racing career will forever be remembered for his horrifying crash,...
George Herbert Skinner (also known as Bert) and Thomas Carlyle Skinner (also known as Carl) created the Skinners Union (SU)...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
When the 2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion kicks off for four days on August 12 at Monterey County’s WeatherTech Raceway...
This is the tale of a wonderful old racing machine, now fast approaching its 100th birthday but still enjoying an...
Don Panoz Paul Newman Jacky Ickx Niki Lauda 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Belgian racer Willy Mairesse, no longer able to bear the physical and psychological damage suffered in a crash at Le Mans the previous year, commits...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 20, 1968 Jochen Rindt drove a Brabham BT26-Repco, with the Repco 860 twin-cam...
If the name Jean Pierre Kunstle came up in a conversation about sports car racing, it wouldn’t be surprising if...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has been named the new sanctioning body of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Monterey Pre-Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (WRLS), officials from both WRLS and HSR announced today. In the new multi-year partnership, HSR will provide expertise in vetting entries for authenticity, competitor and...
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB The 1961 24 hours of Le Mans GT class winning Ferrari 250 GT SWB, was...
Sixty-one years after race cars first roared into the small Kansas town of Garnett, a dedicated group of passionate individuals...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included...
