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On May 23, 1940, Maserati celebrated a fantastic four wins in a row at the Targa Florio. In fact, a Maserati was first over the finishing line of the prestigious Sicilian race for the fourth consecutive year. The driver who added his name to the winners’ board was Luigi (Gigi) Villoresi, at the wheel of the Maserati Tipo 4CL. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of this historic victory, Maserati recently went back to Sicily with the new MC20 prototype, and drove it over some of the roads where the history of the Targa Florio was written, such as the stretch…

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On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus 18 for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through the rain on the streets of Monte Carlo to win the Monaco Grand Prix. It was the first victory in a Formula 1 world championship race for Lotus. Exactly 60 years after it all began, Lotus is paying tribute to the beginning of its truly remarkable Formula 1 history, which has seen legendary drivers such as Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna all claim wins for the Norfolk-based outfit. After the…

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It is with a heavy heart that the organizers of the Silverstone Classic announce that this summer’s flagship three-day festival – originally scheduled for the weekend of July 31 to August 2 – has sadly been cancelled. As the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival, the massive event always attracts unrivalled grids, many thousands of classic car owners and more than 100,000 visitors, many of whom camp out at Silverstone. The nature and scale of the event make running it in a safe, socially-distanced manner a huge challenge in the current situation; and the event’s much-loved family festival ethos also…

News–Racecar 16 JULY: SVRA Kohler International Challenge Vintage Velocity
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Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has confirmed June dates at both Road America and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  The agreement with Road America is a new date after a postponement from the original May 15 -17 Vintage Festival. Fathers’ Day June 18 – 21 weekend became available with the postponement of the Brickyard Invitational at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and changes to the Indy car date originally planned at Road America at that time. Mid-Ohio will take place on its previously announced date, June 25 – 28. SVRA will share the Road America race weekend with Blue Marble Radical…

News–Racecar PVGP VSCCA 2006 - July 15-16, 2006 Walter Pietrowicz - 516-731-9753
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The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, presented by the Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Foundation, has announced major schedule changes to this year’s events in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After consulting with city officials and stakeholders, the PVGP is canceling its July 17-26 Race Week.  Participants and fans of the nation’s largest vintage race event will be pleased to hear the event is planning a full return in 2021 on July 16-25 and Corvette will remain as the Marque of the Year. The Race Weekend at Schenley Park, PVGP Historics at Pitt Race, Blacktie & Tailpipes Gala, Walnut Street Car…

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One of my favorite automotive books is Doug Nye’s “Motor Racing Mavericks”. Published in 1975, it explores failures—high-end failures—in Grand Prix and IndyCar racing. “Failures” is a harsh word to apply to some; no turbine car won at Indy, but in 1967 Parnelli Jones came within three laps of victory when a $6 bearing failed....

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Special Feature Demuth on route to victory on the 1982 Saarland Rally
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The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut, in London, in 1980. Here, five former members of the Audi UK Rally Team recall how it changed the world, and we take a look back at the numerous iterations of the quattro rally car. Harald Demuth – Rally driver Two-time German Rally Champion Harald Demuth helped develop the quattro, campaigned Group B and 80 versions in the UK and drove an Audi 100 quattro up a snow-covered Finnish ski jump in the famous 1986 Audi television advert. “I was driving for Toyota in the German Rally Championship when I had the…

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During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and Specials. Taking production car engines and chassis and creating their own unique take on a competition car. They may have been quick, but many had a look only a mother (their creator) could love. This...

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This year’s Historic Leyburn Sprints for historic and classic cars, which was scheduled to run on August 22–23, has been cancelled and 25th anniversary celebrations of the event deferred to next year. The local community-run organizing committee announced the decision today, saying it could not guarantee that the original date or a possible postponed date later this year would be able to run viably within Covid-19 restrictions. The committee said it was also keenly aware that large crowds at this time could potentially bring the virus to the small Leyburn community of around 350, which until now has remained Covid-19 free.…

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