Sixty years ago, an American sportsman built his own cars to tackle the world’s greatest endurance race Many in America...
Motor sport anniversaries and centenaries seem to have filled the calendar in the last few years, and as our sport continues to get older, there will be many more. 50 Years of Lister Jaguar to 60 Years of Lotus, everyone gets a celebration or at least a tribute these days....
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand...
As enthusiasts and students of racing history, we have a natural tendency to idolize, if not deify, the great men...
Dario Resta competed in the first race ever held on Britain’s hallowed Brooklands circuit on July 6, 1907, and died there trying to set speed records on September 3, 1924. In between the two, his European career had its highs and lows, but his exploits in the United States were,...
I think it was in 1957 that I saw Fangio race at Silverstone, it was a catalyst for me to...
My love of motorsport is more a love of speed rather than racing, although it could be considered as a...
In the February 2010 edition of Vintage Racecar, editor Casey Annis reported that a concours d’provenance had been held in Palos Verdes, a suburb of Los Angeles. When I read it, I thought many of you might wonder what in the world is a concours d’provenance. We all know what...
Cars of the Donald Healey Motor Company have developed an enthusiastic following the world over. The first Healey cars were...
April 2010 The 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium; Spa-Francorchamps, July 10–11, 1949. Just two weeks after Le Mans, Luigi Chinetti teamed up with Jean Lucas and won his second 24-hour race of the season. Again they used a Ferrari 166MM Barchetta. This photo was taken during the early...
This is the story of four Reuters, blood relatives… but not necessarily to each other. It’s also the story of...
2 Guy Moll wins the Monaco Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo (1934). 3 Ronnie Peterson drives a March 722 to victory in the European F2 Championship race at Thruxton, England (1972). 4 Andre de Adamich and Henri Pescarolo drive an Alfa Romeo T33/3 to victory in the BOAC 1000km...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
April 2010 Racing for Mercedes-Benz By Hartmut Lehbrink With the re-entry of Mercedes-Benz into Grand Prix racing as a factory effort, and the naming of seven-time titlist Michael Schumacher as one of the team’s drivers comes renewed interest in the marque. Schumacher is not the only famous name ever to...
You never know where interesting collections of rare photos will turn up. While cruising through the Desert Centre Triumph Register...
In what is believed to be one of the few one-make series in historic racing, Masters Historic Racing has launched...
Despite a still-recessionary economic climate, the annual International Racing Car Show in Birmingham, UK, celebrated it’s 20th Anniversary in a positive mood. The heady days of lavish opulence have hit hard times everywhere, and while it has to be said that the show is but a shadow of its former...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has donated the freehold of the 30-acre Brooklands Museum site in Weybridge to the Museum’s governing...
The Road Racing Drivers Club has chosen Monterey Historics founder Steve Earle as the recipient of its Bob Akin Award,...
Sergio Scaglietti celebrated his 90th birthday on January 9, and at his party received a special gift from Piero Ferrari, vice president of the company founded by his father and for which the great Sergio sculpted the lines of some of the most beautiful Ferraris ever created. His present? The...
Robert Donner Jr., whose interest in cars began as a toddler while his father was an Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg...
The man who is perhaps the best American endurance racer of all time has hung up his helmet—professionally, anyway. Hurley...
It’s been a long time coming, but Crystal Palace will once again play host to a national motorsport event with a two-day sprint event over the May 30–31 Bank Holiday weekend, reigniting the spirit of racing at the Park. Organized by Sevenoaks and District Motor Club, with the support of...
