What began as a study of Asian automobile advertising of the late 1950s has unearthed a rare tale of a...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo; May 10, 1970 After the start and up St. Devote hill to Casino Square....
1 The BPR Global GT race at Dijon, France, is won by the Venturi 600LM of Michel Ferté and Michel Neugarten (1994). 2 Sid Collins, the Voice of the Indianapolis 500, commits suicide after being diagnosed with ALS (1977). 3 A Porsche 906 driven by Tetsu Ikuzawa wins...
Sometimes a slogan doesn’t mean very much. Take for example Exxon’s “Happy Motoring” or Pontiac’s “We Are Driving Excitement” –...
1939 South African Grand Prix; East London Luigi Villoresi gets an unexpected gasoline bath during a pit stop for the...
Louis Gerard. Five years after Whitney Straight’s historic trip to South Africa to take part in the First South African Grand Prix, motor racing had become an established sport in the country and during the European winters British and Continental drivers escaped the cold to take part in the ‘summer...
ED SWART From Zandvoort to Daytona 60 Years of cars, characters, and the world’s most challenging race tracks Published...
The Scuderia Filipinetti Ford GT40 Mk I – driven by Peter Sutcliffe and Dieter Spoerry – from the 1966 24...
The reborn Bizzarrini brand, founded by arguably the most talented automotive engineer and designer the world has ever seen, has achieved its next significant milestone. The first Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa Revival prototype – the authentic recreation of Giotto Bizzarrini’s first car under his own name – has taken to...
A new 5 day event (September 7–11) that focuses on and celebrates the ‘look’ of race and rally cars is...
1 The Mercedes 450 SLC is homologated into Group 4 for rallying (1979). 2 Tom Sneva wins the USAC Texas...
Rick Mears, four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500® and three-time INDYCAR SERIES champion, will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the “RRDC Evening with Rick Mears Presented by Firestone” in Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday, April 7. This will be the RRDC’s 12th banquet honoring auto racing’s...
Sebring 12 Hours; March 20, 1971 The Porsche 917K of Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse, from Hans-Dieter Dechent’s team, finished...
1968 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch Vic Elford behind the wheel of the Cooper-BRM during the 1968 British Grand...
Alfa Romeo has a long history in racing that dates back to 1910 and extends to Formula One today. Throughout its 112-year history, many Alfa Romeo drivers have made an indelible mark in the sport. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Alfa Romeo has taken a look back at the...
Porsche has announced that motorsport legend Vic Elford passed away at his home in Plantation, Florida on March 13. The...
1 Wendy Markey-Amey, British dancer and touring car racer dies at the age of 75 (2021). 4 NASCAR great Buck...
Joe Huffaker, an icon of the sports car racing world since the 1960s, passed away peacefully in his Novato home, surrounded by family, on February 25, 2022. He was 95 years old. Born on Feb. 4, 1927 in Terre Haute, Indiana, at age 17 Joe built a roadster street car...
Ernest Nagamatsu racing his famous Old Yeller II at the 2012 Goodwood Revival. Pen & ink and markers on 9″x 12″...
Canossa Racing, the new division of Canossa Events dedicated to all racetrack enthusiasts, has recently acquired Alfa Revival Cup, the...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Feb. 21-23, 2022, running of Brian Redman’s Targa 66 at Palm Beach International Raceway....
One hundred of the world’s most thoroughbred historic racing cars are set to take to the track in Dubai this...
On the 20th anniversary of the date the Volkswagen W12 broke seven world speed records on the famed Nardò circuit in Italy, we take a look back at the infamous supercar. Few are aware the first supercar to feature a functioning example of Volkswagen’s unique “W” engine was not the...
I have been road racing since the early 1980s and vintage/historic racing since the late ’80s; always in 105 series...
1 Randy Bernard is introduced as the Indy Racing League’s new CEO (2010). 2 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive...
Eight cylinders, a displacement of two liters, 100 PS and speeds up to 145 km/h – the figures of a true sports car for the road of 100 years ago. Bugatti rolled out the Type 30 in 1922 as its latest production automobile. In addition to its increased power, the...
The Tourist Trophy; Oulton Park; April 29, 1966 Jack Brabham with the one-off Brabham BT17, a kind of enlarged BT8...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour...
As a tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s 1966 Ford GT lightweight experimental prototypes, Ford is introducing the Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition. The limited-edition vehicle celebrates the role the prototypes played in the history of the development of the Ford GT. “Whether it’s going like hell at the racetrack...
