If you’ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find “dry”, good value, classic cars, then...
Innes Ireland Willy MairessePhoto: Daniel Paris 1 Belgian F1 and sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born (1928). 2 Ted...
Jim Clark Robert Benoist 3 F1 World Championship debut for George Follmer and Shadow. Follmer brought his Shadow in sixth place in the South African Grand Prix at Kylami (1973). 3 Indy car racer Mike Mosley dies in a road accident (1984). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Wilbur Shaw Denny Hulme 1 Jim Clark wins his third straight USGP at Watkins Glen, this time driving a Lotus-Ford...
The notion of a halo conjures images of angelic cherubs and enlightened bliss in nearly everyone…except, apparently, for Formula One...
When asked to describe one of my favorite sections of racetracks in Australia, very quickly I thought of Winton Motor Raceway, a 1.86-mile circuit just outside of Wangaratta, northeast of Melbourne. It holds club, vintage and professional racing events every year, including the awesome Aussie V-8 touring cars and the...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
1967: Chris Amon, Scuderia Ferrari and a year of living dangerously By John Julian This is an uncommon book about an uncommon man, produced in an uncommon style. The man, of course, is Chris Amon, the young racing driver from New Zealand who earned a reputation as a hard-luck driver...
Porsche has announced that motorsport legend Vic Elford passed away at his home in Plantation, Florida on March 13. The...
Automotive history abounds with stories of visionary thinkers whose creations, seemingly destined for greatness, instead became case studies in unrealized...
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...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be...
Jack Turner began building his own racing special in 1951 and early successes with the car quickly led to a...
October 2005 The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller By Gordon Elliot White Another in Iconografix’s series of photo compendiums, “The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller” explores a broad spectrum of Miller’s innovative designs with the help of photographs from the late Mark Dees collection, blueprints from...
Nelson Piquet Charles Stewart RollsPhoto: Rolls Royce 3 Dario Resta is killed and his riding mechanic, Bill Perkins, is injured...
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1970 Alfa Romeo GTAm Autodelta built around 40 examples of the GTAm (Alleggerita Maggiorata – “lightened enlarged”), with 1750 and 2000cc engines. The GTAm won numerous races before competition grew stronger in 1971. _______________________ Arthur Schening is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator living in Arlington, VA. Prints are 19″...
ED SWART From Zandvoort to Daytona 60 Years of cars, characters, and the world’s most challenging race tracks Published...
Bugatti’s rich lineage of open-top performance icons is revered the world over. Influenced by a standard of engineering that pushes...
The Tasman Cup is long remembered as a time when Australians and New Zealanders flocked to racing circuits to watch overseas names compete with the local stars. While the Cup lasted from 1964 to 1975, it is the period to 1969 that is recalled with the greatest fondness. It was...
The Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust has launched a revamped website aimed at keeping current and former F1 mechanics in...
John Fitch Bob Tullius 4 Jules Goux, driving a Ballot, wins the first Italian Grand Prix at Montichiari, near Brescia...
Organizers of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have announced today that this year’s event will now be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release organizers stated: After considerable discussion and consultation, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca’s new management team has regrettably canceled the 2020 Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The difficult...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel...
One of the enduring aspects of vintage racing is the camaraderie that develops between racers. With cars and racing as...
March 2004 Maserati: A Racing History By Anthony Pritchard This new book, by noted author and historian Anthony Pritchard, chronicles the design, development and competition history of one of the most venerable names in motorsport history—Maserati. Starting with the brothers Maserati’s first racing entry in the 1926 Targa Florio road...
It is with a profound sense of sadness and loss that I must share that long-time contributor and friend Mike...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at Goodwood, England (1956). 5 Jim Clark wins the unlimited sports car race and the Formula Libre race at Full Sutton, England (1958). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
