Wally Willmott, the first man hired by Bruce McLaren when he started his racing team, has died at the age...
Richie Ginther rounds La Source in the BRM 57 with which he finished fourth, in terrible, wet conditions. The Belgian...
In an era when Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel brook no challenge from team mates and examples of ‘win at all costs’ dirty driving by, for example, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher suggest the concept of sporting behavior has arguably disappeared from top line racing. But it wasn’t always like...
Jaguar’s famed test driver, race driver and engineer Norman Dewis has passed away at the age of 98. Dewis enjoyed...
Patrick Depailler Nanni Galli Dick Seaman Ludovico Scarfiotti 1 Rikky von Opel drives the Ensign F1 car he financed for...
One of the great iconic names in motorsport Scuderia Ferrari – the most successful team in the history of Formula 1 – turns 90 in 2019. An anniversary that the Ferrari Museum in Maranello has decided to mark with a major celebratory exhibition. Founded in Modena on November 16, 1929,...
Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80. After graduating from...
Is it possible to see genius ? Yes, you can see it in the trail of genius that Fangio left...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
This week, Maserati celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Maserati 8CTF’s fantastic win at the Indianapolis 500. On Sunday May...
Anyone who has studied literature will know about footnotes and the glossary of terms because the language is constantly changing....
Casey Annis speaks with historic racer and founder of The Masters Series, Ron Maydon, about why he chose to start a new series, the future challenges to historic racing and the best and worst cars he’s ever driven. How and when did you first become involved with cars? Maydon: I was...
On May 20, legendary West Coast Morgan and Cobra racer J. Lewis “Lew” Spencer II passed away from complications associated...
Neville Lederle, the 1963 South Africa Champion driver, has passed away at aged 80. Lederle was one of the few...
When the starter’s flag lowers on the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, it will mark the 90th anniversary of the Monaco Grand Prix and a special anniversary for Bugatti. That first year, after almost four hours, William “Williams” Charles Frederick Grover was the first one to cross the finish line in...
Since the first race in 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has always been considered America’s greatest race, attracting huge crowds and...
Three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda has passed away from complications of a lung transplant that he received, last...
Maserati celebrates the eightieth anniversary of Luigi “Gigi” Villoresi’s impressive win at the 1939 Targa Florio at the wheel of the Maserati Tipo 6CM. The Milan-born driver achieved victory at the Parco della Favorita circuit in Palermo, Sicily on May 14th 1939, by covering the race’s 40 laps, totaling 228 km,...
Famed racer, team owner and international businessman Roger Penske is the honoree of the Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance...
Gordon Murray has unveiled a fully-immersive, internet-based virtual exhibition of 40 different iconic race and road cars produced during the...
Jean Behra about to go out for practice in the special streamlined Maserati 250F which, it was thought, would be more competitive on the high-speed banking. However, no other car could catch the Mercedes and Behra finished fourth, his engine blowing up just as he approached the finish line. Photo...
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. I think someone already used that as an...
This book is about a unique car in sports car racing history. It was designed by Peter Brock, famous for...
Graham Hill Ken Tyrrell Alfonso de Portago Tony Southgate 1 The Mille Miglia is won by Alberto Ascari driving a Lancia D24. Second overall and first in the 2-liter class is the Ferrari 500 Mondial of Vittorio Marzotto (1954). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Built with an aluminum body, ostensibly for racing, only 50 production Austin-Healey 100S were made, plus an additional five works...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
I have admired Tazio Nuvolari all my life and so has just about every other motor racing enthusiast of my generation. My friend Murray Walker, the British television Formula One commentator, often likes to say he saw the Flying Mantuan race, but I was born too late to enjoy such...
Automotive history abounds with stories of visionary thinkers whose creations, seemingly destined for greatness, instead became case studies in unrealized...
We are frequently told that Formula One is at the cutting edge of technology, but that has been true only...
The white 1915 Stutz Indy racer comes alive with a thumping bark and a faint cloud of blue smoke, shattering the stillness of the morning air. As its big inline, four-cylinder engine settles down it begins to sound more like the tractor it once was; but more on that later....
