Silverstone Auctions has opened its catalogue for entries to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with a very rare and...
One of the most memorable motor races I have ever seen was broadcast from the 1959 Easter Monday Goodwood Meeting...
June 14–15 ,1952, 24 Hours of Le Mans This was a great idea that failed. Jaguar fitted special streamlined bodywork to the C-Types for Le Mans, to increase top speed. Unfortunately, there was not enough engine cooling and all their cars retired. Here Tony Rolt, who drove with Duncan Hamilton,...
Resembling nothing so much as a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline sedan that was left in the dryer a bit too long,...
Over its 22 editions the Goodwood Revival has built the reputation of a “bucket list” event for motorsport fans and...
One of the most thrilling and iconic cars from Bentley’s history – Sir Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4½-litre “Blower” – is to be reborn in a new series of 12 matching cars. Each will be individually handcrafted by a specialist team from Bentley’s custom coachwork division, Mulliner. Together, the new...
Ever hear the name TVR? Well, without Raymond Saidel, Trevor Wilkinson may never have brought TVR to the production car...
Arie Luyendyk David Piper James Hunt Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson signs with Tyrrell for the 1977 F1 season (1976)....
The Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ driven by Giampiero Biscaldi and Giancarlo Sala at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Scuderia St. Ambroeus entry finished in second place in the 1.6-litre GT class behind another TZ. Arthur Schening is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator living in Arlington, VA. “I...
Bugatti is the first manufacturer to break the 300-mile-an-hour barrier. On a test track in Germany, a near production prototype...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
In a recent “Last Lap” [60 Years of the Upscale Mini] I considered the expensive customized Minis of the Swinging Sixties, which got me thinking about Mini specials. I cannot help but think of Minis since I now live in Oxford where the 10 millionth Mini was made recently. BMW has...
From hot sunny days to misty mornings, the weather was as varied and interesting as the incredible field of historic...
I open the tiny door, diffidently point my toe toward the foot well, and fall into the driver’s seat by...
The Nine Hours Race, Goodwood, August 22, 1953. Jimmy Stewart at St. Mary’s with his Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type, which he shared with Bob Dickson, in the Goodwood Nine Hours race, earning a fourth place finish. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford,...
Photo Gallery from the May 4-5, 2019, Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland’s Autumn Historic at Morgan Park....
Italian car collector Michael Schwartz has been named this year’s Honored Collector, a unique feature of the annual Lime Rock...
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an idea rolling around in Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin’s head. Bruce was even more daredevil than most of the Boys. One of her minor accomplishments was in 1929, when she single-handedly drove...
John Surtees Luigi Chinetti Niki Lauda Ronnie Peterson 1 Porsche officially begins work on the 956 (1981). 3 Ludwig Heimrath...
GT 3.0 Class-winning Équipe Nationale Belge Ferrari 250 GTO 64 finished 5th overall, driven by Lucien Bianchi and Jean Blaton...
The Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance celebrates the splendid shapes of Sergio Scaglietti’s legendary cars on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Scaglietti’s bodies were usually found on racing cars. Racing was Ferrari’s passion during the 1950s and sixties. The most famous racer hammered to life by Scaglietti’s artisans...
Maserati 300S By Walter Bäumer The Maserati 300S was one of the most successful sports racing cars of the...
It was a word-of-mouth, invitation-only affair organized by his lovely wife Susie and a friend without Stirling Moss knowing a...
This unique 1938 Mercedes-Benz Gelandesport 170VS is the only remaining example of 10 specially built by the factory to compete in the 1938 Duetsche Alpenfahrt, an arduous three-day race spanning 38 mountain passes through the Alps and 1,600 kilometers beginning in Munich, Germany, and finishing in Vienna, Austria. The 1920s had...
What if…? It’s a question that has dominated the history of the XJ13, a prototype built by Jaguar in 1966 in...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, in Pomona, California, welcomes five-time world land speed record holder Craig Breedlove for a special evening on August 24, 2019. Breedlove and several of his lifelong collaborators and crew will join in a panel discussion of hot rods, drag racing, endurance racing and the...
The Lister Motor Company has made “continuation” examples of the “Knobbly” Lister-Jaguar. An auction house has claimed that a car...
On July 12, 1959, the Maserati Tipo 60 “Birdcage”, with 30-year old Stirling Moss at the wheel, made its race...
At the end of June, a commercial tribunal, in Bologna, Italy, handed down a stunning decision that could have massive implications for the collector car world. And yet, I’ve hardly seen a mention of it in anywhere in the automotive media world. The case in question was a lawsuit, brought...
