Goodwood has announced that this year’s Revival will host an all-synthetic fuel race – the first of its kind. Taking place...
Zagato 100 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS Zagato and 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ1 Zagato. Andrea and Marella Rivolta...
The Ford Motor Company recently announced its entrance into a technical partnership with defending Formula One World Champions Red Bull Racing, opening what the company’s executive chairman William Ford termed “an exciting new chapter” in the firm’s long and illustrious motorsports history. New FIA engine regulations for Formula 1 are...
1 Mario Andretti, driving a Newman Haas Lola-Ford, wins the first CART Long Beach Grand Prix (1984). 2 Tommy Milton...
Watch this Nissan R91CP car driven by Katsu Kubota in the Group C Racing series at Mugello Circuit in Italy....
Nissan started making Group C cars in 1983. At first a Nissan engine would be mounted in a foreign-made chassis (March Engineering or Lola Cars International), and entered in the WEC (World Endurance Championship) and Japan’s own endurance series. The R91CP, however, was entirely Nissan-made, and – driven by Masahiro...
If you’ve been reading the editorials written by Casey Annis for a long time, you might already know of me....
I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4...
Goodwood has announced that this year’s Goodwood Revival (Sept. 8–10, 2023) will celebrate Lotus’ 75th anniversary. Welcoming a fleet of up to 75 cars from Lotus’ 75 years of history and heritage, the Revival will celebrate this major milestone with a special on-track celebration paying homage to “The Chapman years”...
Travelling to the capital of Lapland, right on the Arctic Circle, specially prepared classic Porsche 911s have taken part in...
I think I’ve well established, in this space, my bona fides as an old school Ferrari snob. I grew up...
1 Dr. Wunibald Kamm arrives in Florida to consult with the Cunningham race team on the design of their C-4RK race car (1952). 3 Walter Kaaden, one time head of the racing department of MZ Motorcycles, dies at the age of 76 (1996). 4 NASCAR great Buck Baker born (1919)....
If you’re an automotive enthusiast, and you spent any kind of time in Southern California from 2006 to 2014, then...
Well, I don’t know that any of us saw that coming! If you watched the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix then...
In 1991, the Mazda 787B achieved a historic milestone as the first Japanese car to triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, prevailing over Jaguar, Porsche, and other formidable opponents in the ultimate test of endurance racing. Watch as MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi gets behind the wheel of his...
We tend to make a lot out of automotive anniversaries, which is why I’ve been surprised that last month’s 60thanniversary...
The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
ZR1 The 2019 Corvette C7 ZR1 coupe in its unveiling Sebring Orange color. Its 6.2L V8 engine produces 755 hp (765 PS; 563 kW) at 6,300 rpm – 85″ x 55″ Mixed Media original stretched on canvas and black American frame. ______________________________ Nicolas does private commissions and can be reached at: Web Site...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion,...
Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) announced the theme for the upcoming Porsche Rennsport Reunion as “Icons of Porsche”. A fitting...
I went to Daytona the year Dan Gurney’s All American Racers /Toyota GTP won the race, their first Daytona 24 Hr victory for both, the team and Toyota. The dawn scene at the International Horseshoe hairpin shows the winning Eagle GTP of Rocky Moran, PJ Jones and Mark Dismore followed...
A couple of weeks ago, you may recall I bared my soul to you with the admission that I drove...
1 Bob Garretson, Brian Redman, and Bobby Rahal drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of...
Chevrolet recently debuted the new Corvette Z06 GT3.R racecar, a year before it makes its competition debut at the 2024 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Making its public debut at Daytona International Speedway ahead of the Rolex 24, the Corvette Z06 GT3.R is Chevrolet’s first racecar that fully meets FIA technical...
As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent...
These are not happy times for Aston Martin. The British luxury carmaker is fighting ferociously for its survival in a...
If you’ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find “dry”, good value, classic cars, then take heart…I think I may have just accidentally stumbled across just such a utopia. The world works in strange ways and the classic car world, in particular, is both strikingly...
I have to confess to you that I am the worst classic car owner. Trust me, I take no pride...
The first few years of the 1950s saw sports car events evolve from chummy club gatherings for “gentlemen racers” into...
The past, present and future of Aston Martin is to be honored through a year-long celebration of the iconic British brand’s 110th anniversary. Sunday, January 15, marks exactly 110 years since founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford officially formed the partnership that went on to create the first Aston Martin...
