1970 Porsche 908/3 In the early 1980s, Andrea de Cesaris was taking journalists around Silverstone in a turbocharged Group C...
Alfa Romeo’s place at the heart of motor racing for more than 90 years has not just been down to...
Racing legend Jim Russell, at 85, is as active and upbeat as ever. Though “pretty much” retired, he certainly doesn’t spend much time sitting around, and retains a keen interest in motor racing. European Editor Ed McDonough recently spent some time examining his career at the Russell Suffolk home, talking...
I’ve actually started watching Formula One races again—that is, now that results no longer seem to be predetermined. While the...
Porsche called me and asked if I’d drive a factory car—a cheater 924 Turbo—at Le Mans in 1982. I said,...
In the April edition of VRJ, both the editor and Robert Daley independently complained about cinema’s treatment of motor racing. When I first began writing this column for VRJ, Sylvester Stallone was making “Driven” and I predicted it would be a clunker. That wasn’t clever; everyone I know in motor...
2 Twenty-two year old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash during the Formula Junior...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables, based at the Brands...
As someone whose own hands have all the finesse of lead knock-off hammers, I’ve always admired those deft artisans of...
Silverstone, England April 23, 2005...
Amelia Island, Florida March 10–13, 2005...
Pocono, Pennsylvania April 16–17, 2005...
Hockenheim, Germany April 22–24, 2005...
July 2005 The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley Two years ago, I received this e-mail from Robert Daley: “I am...
On April 16, the Fabulous Fifties Association staged a reunion of cars and participants that competed at Southern California’s Paramount Ranch road course in 1956 and 1957. Part of the festivities included a Concours d’Provenance that saw more than 50 cars and 200 attendees take part. Some of the personalities...
Exactly 37 years to the month after Jim Clark was tragically killed in an F2 car at Hockenheim, the FIA...
Gooding and Company will be offering the first 275 GTS/4 Ferrari built during its August 21 auction following the Pebble...
Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions will offer another historically important Shelby factory Cobra racecar at its August 20 auction in Monterey, CA. This will be the second Factory Team racecar offered in 2005 by the Scottsdale-based company, and it will be sold at no reserve. Shelby Cobra chassis CSX2138...
America’s highest-altitude road racing course, Aspen Raceway, has announced the creation of The Aspen Racing & Sports Car Club. This...
Nico Rosberg, son of World Champion Keke Rosberg, took a major step in his father’s footsteps in early May when...
Long-time British saloon and sports car driver Gerry Marshall died at Silverstone on April 21 of a heart attack, while driving an ex-IROC Richard Petty Camaro. Born in 1941, Marshall was considered one of the winningest U.K. drivers on record. His professional driving career spanned four decades, having started winning...
The American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) will be holding its annual national convention in Seattle, Washington this year, from...
From March 10–13, Florida’s Amelia Island played host to what, over the past 10 years, has become perhaps the East...
Famed Italian carrozzeria Bertone has announced the opening of a new workshop, Bertone Classic, which will now offer restoration work on any Bertone-bodied vehicle. Based in Turin, Bertone Classic will be a service aimed at allowing collectors of Bertone vehicles access to restoration services certified by Bertone, which make use...