From the very beginning of the automobile, men with a passion for speed and technology built cars to compete. These...
Aston Martin Racing has created the Vantage Legacy Collection to commemorate one of the most successful periods in the luxury...
Motor Racing Legends has announced the launch of a brand-new, historic one-make race series for the Ford GT40, with two races for the ‘Amon Cup’ in 2021. The arrival of the Ford GT40 in the 1960s remains one of the most significant moments in motorsport history. The back story of...
Jacques Laffite Graham Hill Hannu Mikkola John Barnard 1 Allan Moffat and Jackie Ickx drive a Ford Falcon Cobra to...
Multiple 24 Hour of Daytona winner, Jim Pace, tragically lost his battle with COVID-19 on November 13, 2020. He was...
The book “Great Marques – Porsche” starts with this paragraph by Dr. – Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the Foreword: “Since the beginning of car manufacture, people have wanted to own and drive sports and racing cars above all. Car enthusiasts delight more in the sporting success of ‘their’...
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...
The 5th annual Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix held in 1956 achieved international prominence when, for the first time, four major European constructors entered cars and drivers in that event. Teams from Italian auto manufacturers Ferrari and Maserati, along with English auto manufacturers Jaguar and Aston Martin made their way...
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,...
Britain’s original Formula 1 team, British Racing Motors (BRM), is celebrating its 70th anniversary with the construction of three ‘new’ 16-cylinder racecars – the iconic and awe-inspiring Type 15 Mk1 BRM V16, which is considered by many fans to be the finest sounding racing car in the history of the...
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...
Many successful Bugatti racing drivers of the “golden era” were former pilots and perhaps not surprisingly many famous pilots were Bugatti enthusiasts. Uncompromising racing cars and daring pilots. Bugatti is directly associated with numerous historic racing successes, in the glorious Grand Prix days of the brand. Racing cars produced by...
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...
Dewey “Rajo Jack” Gatson Nanni Galli Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jacky Ickx 1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1957). 3 Jim Epler becomes the first man in NHRA history to break 300 mph in a Funny Car when he runs 300.40 mph 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...
In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of a 10-year old, formula two single-seater, in a small workshop underneath the designer/constructor’s house, earned a world championship constructor’s point against a very competitive field. The giant killing Ecosse team...
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...
Niki Lauda: His Competition History By Jon Saltinstall Niki Lauda’s Racing career will forever be remembered for his horrifying crash, during the 1976 German Grand Prix and his superhuman recovery to return to the cockpit jutst 6 weeks later. While the saga of that year, and the battle with James...
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...
When the 2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion kicks off for four days on August 12 at Monterey County’s WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, several driver and fan favorites will be on the grid. Adding to the anticipation will be the first time a dedicated historic Indy Car group, which originally competed...
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...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 20, 1968 Jochen Rindt drove a Brabham BT26-Repco, with the Repco 860 twin-cam heads, which proved to be an important power improvement, but not quite enough to top the Cosworth DFV. Rindt qualified 5th, but ultimately retired due to a fuel leak and...
