A 30-year reunion of the participants and fans of what is believed to be the only “Dead Heat” in Road...
Even before the start, the pole-setting car was out of the race. In qualifying for the September 5th Woodcote Trophy...
Stirling Moss won the feature race of the Easter Monday meeting at Goodwood 1956 in the works Aston Martin DB3S. His drive that day is captured in this oil painting by artist Bernard Reeves. Based in Herefordshire, England, Reeves specializes in oil and gouache paintings. His portfolio includes specialist oil...
At a recent party celebrating the introduction of the new book, Racing Demons: Porsche and the Targa Florio, given at...
This piece was created by mixed media artist Jonathan Carter to commemorate Maserati’s centennial. The painting depicts Juan Manuel Fangio...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour I could find to the Le Mans 24 Hours, via a rickety old plane and a bus. It proved to be one of the most remarkable races in the event’s...
Masha Pasichnyk is a young Ukrainian artist who is presently visiting the USA to promote her work. She holds a...
A pair of cars that have spent decades obscured by greenery — one in a hedge and the other in...
During the first 60 years of the Corvette’s existence, each of its six model designations raced at Le Mans. To celebrate this milestone, Corvette Racing entered two works Corvette C6Rs for the 2013 24 Hours, both carrying a special livery to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette. Although the C6R...
A pair of Americans with roots in the historic community have joined forces with an English engineer to try to...
Stuttgart’s Porscheplatz outside the Porsche Museum is now graced by the towering centerpiece sculpture by British artist Gerry Judah titled...
Gerard “Jabby” Crombac, renowned French journalist and automotive authority, has died of cancer at his Paris home on November 18. Crombac left his family’s Swiss furniture business in 1949 to work for Raymond Sommer as a mechanic. But by 1950, Crombac had become friends with Gregor Grant, founder of Autosport...
Tom Havlasek was born in Brno, Czech Republic, and since childhood has enjoyed motorsport, keeping in close contact with it...
Goodwood Festival of Speed debutant, Richard Petty, proved that there is much more to being a star than merely winning...
Frank Raymond Wilton “Lofty” England was not head and shoulders above many other men just because he was 6 ft 5 ins (196 cm) tall. He was also an amazing blend of racing motorcyclist, rally driver, bomber pilot, racing car engineer, race strategist and Jaguar’s chairman and CEO. But the...
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
Masha Pasichnyk is a 23-year-old artist from Kiev, Ukraine, who is visiting the USA at present. Her interest in car...
Captured by the innate beauty of Maserati’s 450S model, artist Matthew Stevens created this graphic impression of the car. Prints of this work are available for £65/$110 and can be ordered by visiting http://www.ukartstore.com Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Vittorio Brambilla, affectionately know as the “Monza Gorilla” died from a sudden heart attack at his home in Italy on...
Twenty-three-year-old artist Masha Pasichnyk from Kiev, Ukraine, is on an extended tour of the USA at present under the guidance...
I was approached by Theodore after the ’82 British Grand Prix. I’d begun the season not even knowing if I was going to make it to F3, and here I was being offered an F1 drive—for three years, starting the next weekend. It sounds good on paper doesn’t it? But...
Carroll Shelby may be best known for his FIA-winning Cobras, SCCA championship GT350s and the GT40s that triumphed at Le...
The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
The headline story from this year’s Le Mans Legends race, prelude to the main 24-hour event, was the announcement of the retirement from racing of Sir Stirling Moss. Sir Stirling was entered to race his Porsche RS61 this year, co-driving with Ian Nuttal, but upon his withdrawal Nuttal continued as...
The scene is just prior to the start of the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, and local favorite Stirling...
Working in his still-new medium of acrylic on canvas, Maritimes artist Chenard has craffted this painting, showing Sir Henry Seagrave...
This 1970 Targa Florio-winning Porsche 908/03 was piloted by Brian Redman and Jo Siffert, used by the John Wyer-led Porsche works team instead of the factory’s mighty 917 because its light weight and shorter wheelbase were better suited to the intricate demands of the 44-mile Sicilian circuit. For artist Cook,...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis...
Until the early 1960s, Ferrari produced strictly front-engined sports cars for racing, but by 1963 Ferrari had begun building rear-engined sports cars for competition. The results were good indeed, with the successful sports-prototype 250P taking wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Nürburgring 1000 Kilometers and 24 Heurs du...