This past weekend I made the annual pilgrimage to the Long Beach Grand Prix. This year was the event’s 48th...
When the Bugatti Bolide was first revealed as a thought experiment in late 2020, it presented a vision of a...
Goodwood has announced that this year’s Revival will host an all-synthetic fuel race – the first of its kind. Taking place over the weekend, the Fordwater Trophy will see a grid of 30, pre-’66 Porsche 911s take to the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit – for the first ever all-synthetic fuel race...
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...
1 Mario Andretti, driving a Newman Haas Lola-Ford, wins the first CART Long Beach Grand Prix (1984). 2 Tommy Milton drives the Durant Special to victory in a race at Beverly Hills, California (1922). 3 Ronnie Peterson drives a March 722 to victory in the European F2 Championship race at...
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...
If you’ve been reading the editorials written by Casey Annis for a long time, you might already know of me. As his eldest daughter, I’ve had a couple of mentions throughout the years, like when I first learned to drive or when I got into college. Having a racecar driving/car...
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...
Travelling to the capital of Lapland, right on the Arctic Circle, specially prepared classic Porsche 911s have taken part in the new-look KALMAR Beyond Adventure Arctic Season event. The Rovaniemi location in Finland provided thrilling new tracks, totalling over 300 km, as well as a new look luxury accommodation with...
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...
If you’re an automotive enthusiast, and you spent any kind of time in Southern California from 2006 to 2014, then you likely have experienced one of the all-time great automotive gatherings—the famed Cars & Coffee at the Ford Design Center, in Irvine. Arguably, the progenitor of all Cars & Coffee...
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...
We tend to make a lot out of automotive anniversaries, which is why I’ve been surprised that last month’s 60thanniversary of the Lotus Cortina, slipped by with nary a nod. It was in January 1963 that the Lotus Cortina, ostensibly a homologation special for Group 2 saloon car racing, was...
The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion, I know, but that was way back in Ye Olde Times. Then it came to pass that most drivers couldn’t make it into Formula One on talent alone… they also...
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...
A couple of weeks ago, you may recall I bared my soul to you with the admission that I drove my Alfa Romeo so little that I had to have the carbs rebuilt, in order to get it running again (Neglectful Owner). Shame…I know. But one detail I didn’t think...
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...
As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent announcement that Ford is officially returning to Formula One as the engine “supplier” for Red Bull. Yes, I put supplier in air quotes because the concept of engine suppliers in...
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...
I have to confess to you that I am the worst classic car owner. Trust me, I take no pride in this, but I’ve sadly had to come to terms with it. I’ve owned a 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce for nearly 20 years now and I am, apparently,...
