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...
Goodwood has announced that this year’s Goodwood Revival (Sept. 8–10, 2023) will celebrate Lotus’ 75th anniversary. Welcoming a fleet of up to 75 cars from Lotus’ 75 years of history and heritage, the Revival will celebrate this major milestone with a special on-track celebration paying homage to “The Chapman years”...
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...
1 Dr. Wunibald Kamm arrives in Florida to consult with the Cunningham race team on the design of their C-4RK race car (1952). 3 Walter Kaaden, one time head of the racing department of MZ Motorcycles, dies at the age of 76 (1996). 4 NASCAR great Buck Baker born (1919)....
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...
We tend to make a lot out of automotive anniversaries, which is why I’ve been surprised that last month’s 60thanniversary of the Lotus Cortina, slipped by with nary a nod. It was in January 1963 that the Lotus Cortina, ostensibly a homologation special for Group 2 saloon car racing, was...
The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion, I know, but that was way back in Ye Olde Times. Then it came to pass that most drivers couldn’t make it into Formula One on talent alone… they also...
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...
A couple of weeks ago, you may recall I bared my soul to you with the admission that I drove my Alfa Romeo so little that I had to have the carbs rebuilt, in order to get it running again (Neglectful Owner). Shame…I know. But one detail I didn’t think...
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...
Turn up the volume on your speakers and listen to the glorious sound of the V8-powered Red Bull RB7 as it attacks the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia....
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...
If you’ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find “dry”, good value, classic cars, then take heart…I think I may have just accidentally stumbled across just such a utopia. The world works in strange ways and the classic car world, in particular, is both strikingly...
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...
The past, present and future of Aston Martin is to be honored through a year-long celebration of the iconic British brand’s 110th anniversary. Sunday, January 15, marks exactly 110 years since founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford officially formed the partnership that went on to create the first Aston Martin...
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...
Radical Motorsport has unveiled the full specification of its all-new SR3 XXR. Enhancing the proven formula of the SR3, the UK-based motorsport firm has focused on performance, usability and durability while retaining the essence of what makes the SR3 the most successful prototype-style sports racing car in the world. SR3...
The video below from our friends at Petrolicious tells the story of Tony Parkinson and his acquisition of a very special...
Nineteen thirty-five was an excellent Grand Prix season, the best against strong and varied opposition that Mercedes-Benz enjoyed in Year...
1 Dan Gurney drives an AAR Eagle to victory in the USAC Rex Mays 300 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. Bobby Unser clinches the USAC championship (1968). 3 NASCAR great Robert Arthur “Bobby” Allison is born in Miami, Florida (1937). 4 The 1:1 foam model, from which the...
