A great deal of work by Jim Graham and the Group C/GTP Racing Group resulted in an entry of 37...
Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15–16, 2004...
The main drive through the park of Lord March’s Goodwood House once again echoed to the sound of a wide...
Clever people, the organisers of the Le Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans. The annual 24-hour race at Le Mans has been...
With the prospect of landing a man on the moon, the American public was captivated by all things “jet-powered” in the 1960s. So, it’s perhaps little wonder that when a California hot rodder named Craig Breedlove set the World Land Speed Record in his jet-powered Spirit of America, he quickly...
1964 Formula One World Champion John Surtees was honored at a charity dinner held near Northampton, England on June 29....
The 9th edition of the Silver Flag Hillclimb in early July was the largest and best yet of the historic...
October 2004 The Art of the National Automobile—The Thomas Mittler Collection By Art Eastman Throughout the summer of 2004, five sports cars from Tom Mittler’s superb collection…a Cunningham C-2R, Jaguar D-Type, Deutsch-Bonnet, Porsche RSK and Ferrari 500 Mondial…have been on display at the University of Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 17–18, 2004...
Racing his green MGA Coupe, Bill Bartlett won this year’s prestigious “Simms Cup” for MG racers, at Mosport, Ontario, in June. It’s awarded...
Australia June 19–20, 2004...
The 5,000 enthusiasts who attended this year’s 17th annual ‘Eyes on Design’ car show, in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, were...
In 1956, Colin Chapman and Frank Costin sat down and penciled a new front-engined sports racer to be powered by...
Danbury, West Virginia June 11–16, 2004...
1 The Lancia Fulvia 1.6 is homologated for rallying (1969). 2 The first post-WWII road...
The last car ends its cool-off lap, sending one last snap of delicious sound echoing away across the raceway. This...
Regular readers of this column will know that I delight in the obscure, so imagine my joy when at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed, I finally came face to face with a 1955 Abarth 207. This was an achingly pretty Fiat-engined 1100 cc sports racer built with SCCA racing...
If you were a music fan during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, you’ll remember the hit songs “Hang Down...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
On June 30th, the truck, trailer and racecar of historic racer Louie Shefchik, were brazenly stolen from the parking lot of the of the Best Western Airport De’ Montreal (Cote De’ Liesse Circle), in Montreal, Canada. The thieves made off with a white 2002 Ford F350 extended cab/dually (VIN #...
My racing goes back to before the war when I was driving mainly Maseratis. In 1937, I did quite a...
Brands Hatch, England July 17–18, 2004...
Goodwood, UK June 5–6, 2004...
Legendary racecar driver Mario Andretti has accepted the invitation to be the Grand Marshal of New York City’s 60th Columbus...
