The 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype driven by Ken Miles sold for $3.75 million at Mecum Auctions’ recent Kissimmee sale. Recognized...
Ford added the latest chapter to its marvelous racing history in 2016, when the second-generation GT scored a victory in...
The awe-inspiring collection of John Atzbach—highlighted most notably by the first 1965 Shelby GT350R Competition Model built, known as the “Flying Mustang”—was announced today by Mecum Auctions as an offering that will serve as the headlining main attraction of Dana Mecum’s 33rd Original Spring Classic, to be held at the...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal...
The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 11, 2018, on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France,...
Fifty years after its first victory, to the day, Ford returned to Le Mans and won again, this time in...
1 Richard Petty wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Talledega 500 in a Dodge Charger (1976). 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim (1970). 3 Jean Behra, driving a Porsche RSK, wins the six-lap sports car race on the Nürburgring in West...
Another sports car racing pioneer has left us as Bill Pollack has passed away just nine days after marking his...
1 Paul Frere drives an Ecurie Belge Cooper T51-Climax to victory in the 80-lap Formula Libre South African Grand Prix...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing career. Perhaps best remembered for his prowess and speed at the wheel of Otto Zipper’s many Porsches in the ’60s, Patrick also enjoyed racing success in a wide variety of...
Ken Miles in the Shelby Cobra, with Shelby’s personal racing number, leads Jim Hall in the Corvette Grand Sport. Ken...
The late ’50s and early ’60s were a time of tremendous change in American road racing. The cars were changing—front-engine...
1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). 3 The SCCA’s first United States Road Racing Championship race, held at Daytona, Florida, is won by Jim Hall...
1 F1 racer and six-time Le Mans winner Jackie Ickx born in Brussels, Belgium (1945). 2 First South Africa Grand...
By late 1956 the production of Jaguar’s D-Type competition model had come to an end, but of a total of...
Al Moss, known to almost everyone who reads this journal, died peacefully on September 25 at his home in Sedona, Arizona, of pneumonia following removal of a malignant brain tumor. Typically, two days after surgery Al joked, “Some will be surprised I had a tumor on an organ they thought...
1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the non-championship Mexican...
2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives a kart for the...
Bruce Burness is one of those multi-talented behind-the-scenes players who lend so much richness to the world of motorsports, possessing not only the gift of clarity when working on the cars, but the enduring competitive spirit so common among those who make a difference in our sport. His secret seems...
All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have...
1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche...
2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born in West Virginia (1901). 3 Dave MacDonald wins the USRRC race at Augusta, Georgia, driving a King Cobra (1964). 4 Graeme Lawrence drives a Ferrari Dino 246 to victory in Tasman Cup race at...
Evolution of the Porsche 911 In Competition–1965–2010 By Michael Keyser & Bill Oursler With distinction as the longest-lived sports car...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
All six events at Pebble Beach’s fourth renewal were memorable for those lucky enough to be there, but ’53 was really special for two important reasons. That year began the new MG era of domination, the Ken Miles era, and for those present at the start of West Coast road...
“Revisited” because this is my second column about Ken. My March 2006 column was the first, but in rereading it...
