Ex-Coppa Florio 1907 Wolsit Factory Racer A little-known aspect of the history of the British Wolseley firm was its Italian...
The 12-Hours of Sebring remains the oldest established sports car endurance race to be held in the United States, although...
John Cordts is a quiet, modest man, which is likely the reason why many fans of the sport are not...
As historic racing participants we often go to great lengths—and spend a great deal of time—attempting to recreate racing history....
The first Chaparral, the front-engine car, wasn’t my design, that was done by Dick Troutman and Tom Barnes. They came to me and said that they wanted to build this car, and that they felt they had learned a lot building the Scarab and wanted to follow on from that...
I once accepted a commission to write a book called AZ of Sports Cars. It was to cover the post-war...
When Porsche decided to wage a complete assault on overall victory at Le Mans in 1970, they entered the French...
1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France (1903). 4 Andre de Adamich and Henri Pescarolo drive an Alfa Romeo T33/3 to victory in the 1,000 km sports car race at Brands Hatch, England (1971). 4 The Porsche 936 makes its race...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World...
Recent discussion in these pages about a supposed sixth Grand Sport racing Corvette rang two bells with me. First, I...
April 2004 From R to GT3R: The Racing Porsches 911 & 930 By John Starkey Hats off to John Starkey for having the gumption to take on the daunting task of attempting to chronicle all of the racing 911s and 930s for the last 50 years. As even the most...
This month’s featured Web site was created by a British group of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the U.K.’s motor racing...
Grand opening festivities for Jim Hall’s Chaparral Gallery at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas, have been set for the...
Alan Brown, influential British racer and team owner, died of a heart attack on January 20 in Spain. Brown was 34 years old when he became the first driver to race the Vanwall—or Vanwall Special as it was first known—at the International Trophy Race at Silverstone in 1954. Prior to...
On January 16, writer, former BRM chairman and Formula One safety advocate Louis Stanley passed away at the age of...
Sebring International Raceway’s Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced its 2004 inductees, which include Sir Stirling Moss; Mario Andretti;...
The Historic Formula Super Vee Register will hold its 2004 Reunion Event at the June 25–27 International Vintage Racing Festival at Mosport Park, east of Toronto, Canada. Both air-cooled and water-cooled cars from between 1970 and 1979 are invited to race on the challenging Mosport track. As at past reunion...
After nearly 40 years since its last appearance in an International sports car race, Maserati has recently unveiled its new...
