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Monza Alfa Revival Cup Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the June 15, 2019, Alfa Revival Cup held at Monza, Italy....
Lotus Wins Both Masters Events at British Grand Prix
Katsu Kubota (Lotus 91) and James Davison (Lotus 81) took a win a piece, in the Masters Historic Formula One races supporting the sold-out British Grand Prix this last weekend. In Saturday’s Race 1, Katsuaki Kubota claimed a stunning victory during an enthralling Masters Historic Formula One race. Practice and qualifying pacesetter, James Davison, led away from pole position but a broken drive shaft in the Lotus 81 forced him to pull to the side of the track after just two laps. That elevated Steve Hartley’s McLaren MP4/1 into the lead but he faced sustained pressure from Lotus 91/7…
Maserati Birdcage Celebrates 60th Anniversary
On July 12, 1959, the Maserati Tipo 60 “Birdcage”, with 30-year old Stirling Moss at the wheel, made its race debut in the Sport category at Rouen. The Tipo 60 recorded its first win, defeating two Lotus 15 cars andgetting the fastest lap in 2.28.5, at an average speed of 158.594 km/h. This was just the first of a long series of victories: the Birdcage also won four Italian Hill Climb Championships (driven by Odoardo Govoni in 1960-1961-1962 and Nino Todaro in 1963) and two Italian circuit racing Championships (in 1960 with Mennato Boffa and 1963 with Nino Todaro). In…
Enzo Goes to Court
At the end of June, a commercial tribunal, in Bologna, Italy, handed down a stunning decision that could have massive implications for the collector car world. And yet, I’ve hardly seen a mention of it in anywhere in the automotive media world. The case in question was a lawsuit, brought by Ferrari, who was suing to stop a small Modenese shop from building replicas of the haloed 250 GTO. Say what you will about Ferrari, but for decades they have been one of the most aggressive auto manufacturers, in terms of asserting their intellectual property rights. Unauthorized use of the…
Jano’s Monoposto Mystery
Monoposto! The racing record of the Alfa Romeo Type B is the stuff of legends. The name evokes the images of astounding victories over the mighty German teams of Mercedes and Auto Union and is forever intertwined with the names of Tazio Nuvolari, arguably the greatest Grand Prix driver of all time, Achille Varzi, Louis...
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019
For the past 26 years, the Duke of Richmond has attracted the cream of motoring and motorsport to his Sussex estate for his annual Festival, or a garden party for speed freaks, or porn for petrol heads, call it what you will. Each year the Sussex downs and the Goodwood estate in particular are home to a host of rare, exotic, expensive (in many cases priceless), cars and bikes, in addition to thousands of fans. It’s difficult to imagine that after so many years the Duke and his team can find new gems to delight the visitors, but each year…
Goodwood Festival Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the July 4–7, 2019, Goodwood Festival of Speed, in Chichester, UK....
1939 Multi-Union
This car, which ran as the Multi-Union and was quite modern in look, was actually built up from an Alfa Romeo P3 Grand Prix car and enjoyed a long history of success in private hands, in England, before WWII. Here, it is being driven by Chris Staniland, in the August 7, 1939, Campbell Trophy race, at Brooklands.Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: klemcoll@aol.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com
“Don Lee” Alfa Romeo Tipo B Tops Heveningham Concours
Heveningham provides the perfect setting for a concours event with its tiered, Kim Wilkie-designed, sweeping lawn terraces to display beautiful cars. With the backdrop being a Grade 1 listed Palladian mansion, set in the rural Suffolk UK countryside. Again, in 2019, Heveningham showed it can rival the best in the world. Traditionally, the event starts on the day preceding the concours (June 21) with the Heveningham Tour. This is a very relaxed drive for approximately 50 cars through the scenic lanes and villages of Suffolk, with concours entrants being invited to join a selection of classic and modern Super Cars.…
The 17th Annual Kastner Cup 2019
The Kastner Cup is a race held each year at a different race track across the United States and Canada, specifically for Triumph and Triumph-powered, race-prepared cars. The Kastner Cup winner does not get any money and no points towards a championship. The true prize is the Kastner Cup trophy being handed to the winner by R.W. “Kas” Kastner himself. Every racer in the field wants the approving handshake and the trophy displayed at their home for the coming year, until having to hand it off the next year. The Kastner Cup Champion is chosen by Kas Kastner himself. His…
Rutherford to Race in SVRA’s Indy Pro-Am
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced that three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford has entered the second round of its 2019 Vintage Race of Champions (VROC) Charity Pro-Am championship series at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Brickyard Invitational has a new date for 2019, August 1-4. “All of us at SVRA are honored to have Johnny, who I regard as one of the greatest open-wheel drivers ever to put on a helmet, return to wheel-to-wheel competition at our VROC race at Indy,” said SVRA CEO Tony Parella. “Indianapolis is where he built his hall-of-fame stature, so I can…