Goodwood has announced that this year’s Revival will host an all-synthetic fuel race – the first of its kind. Taking place...
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 Racing, opening what the company’s executive chairman William Ford termed “an exciting new chapter” in the firm’s long and illustrious motorsports history. New FIA engine regulations for Formula 1 are...
1 Mario Andretti, driving a Newman Haas Lola-Ford, wins the first CART Long Beach Grand Prix (1984). 2 Tommy Milton...
If you’ve been reading the editorials written by Casey Annis for a long time, you might already know of me....
I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4 is one of the great, unsung, Enzo-era V-12s. In fact, I wrote back to one kind reader, all the way in Tasmania, to thank him and made the joke that...
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...
I think I’ve well established, in this space, my bona fides as an old school Ferrari snob. I grew up around the Ferrari Owner’s Club in the 1970s, so I have a reasonably warped sense of what a Ferrari is and isn’t. Part of my “warpage”, if you will, was...
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...
Well, I don’t know that any of us saw that coming! If you watched the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix then you witnessed one of the truly great, virtuoso driving performances. No, not the race winner’s, I’m referring to the elder statesman of Formula One, Fernando Alonso. First off, in what...
We tend to make a lot out of automotive anniversaries, which is why I’ve been surprised that last month’s 60thanniversary...
The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
ZR1 The 2019 Corvette C7 ZR1 coupe in its unveiling Sebring Orange color. Its 6.2L V8 engine produces 755 hp (765 PS; 563 kW) at 6,300 rpm – 85″ x 55″ Mixed Media original stretched on canvas and black American frame. ______________________________ Nicolas does private commissions and can be reached at: Web Site...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion,...
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 Hr victory for both, the team and Toyota. The dawn scene at the International Horseshoe hairpin shows the winning Eagle GTP of Rocky Moran, PJ Jones and Mark Dismore followed...
A couple of weeks ago, you may recall I bared my soul to you with the admission that I drove...
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 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Making its public debut at Daytona International Speedway ahead of the Rolex 24, the Corvette Z06 GT3.R is Chevrolet’s first racecar that fully meets FIA technical...
Turn up the volume on your speakers and listen to the glorious sound of the V8-powered Red Bull RB7 as...
As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent...
These are not happy times for Aston Martin. The British luxury carmaker is fighting ferociously for its survival in a highly competitive space. However, the blows just keep coming. The latest big whack was in the form of hugely disappointing Q3 2022 Financial results. In November 2022, the company reported...
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...
The first few years of the 1950s saw sports car events evolve from chummy club gatherings for “gentlemen racers” into more serious competition as interest in the sport gained traction. With the growing number of cars and drivers, more races were needed up and down the west coast to satisfy...
The past, present and future of Aston Martin is to be honored through a year-long celebration of the iconic British...
The 935/78 was the ultimate expression of the 911 factory race car before Porsche officially withdrew from motor sport. Raced...
1 The Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD is homologated for Group A rallying (1992). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 4...
