Remembering Niki Lauda, 1949-2019
Niki Lauda at the British Grand Prix in 2017. Photo courtesy Daimler media. Three-time F1 champion and global motorsport icon Niki Lauda died on Monday, May 20, at University Hospital in Zurich, Swit...
Niki Lauda at the British Grand Prix in 2017. Photo courtesy Daimler media. Three-time F1 champion and global motorsport icon Niki Lauda died on Monday, May 20, at University Hospital in Zurich, Swit...
From the seller’s description: 1981 Triumph T140 twin plug head race bike . A lot of history for not much money! Used in the Battle of the Twins races in the early 80’s it was then parked in as used ...
Images courtesy of Volkswagen AG Volkswagen, Germany’s ever-sentimental automaker, has decided to commemorate the end of production of its current Beetle model by once again entering two of its origi...
The “Carmen Curls” The First All Girls Motor Racing Team in 1971: The House of Carmen, leaders in beauty and personal care products are sponsoring a two-car racing team from Motor Racing Stables. Car...
In keeping with the theme this week, we’re totally geeking on race car haulers up in here. Whether it’s an open trailer, a home-made single-axle, a ramp truck, a flatbed, an enclosed deal, or even pu...
If you need any further proof that we’re living in the wrong timeline, then consider this: Allard – maker of monstrous British sports cars powered by American V-8s – only built two Allard Atoms inste...
This past week marked the 25th anniversary of three-time F1 champ Ayrton Senna’s death at the San Marino Grand Prix, an event that left the motorsports world shattered, as this BBC documentary from a...
Photographer Lilia Li-Mi-Yan spent about a week in Armenia a few years back documenting Armenians’ love of their ErAZ vans, vans whose names resemble the Armenian word for “dream.” Built to resist, t...
Although it bore almost no relationship to the road-going car, the Corvette GTP of 1984-1988 certainly saw a lot of racing and bore the Corvette name with pride. The GTP Corvette was borne in an effo...
Like DeNiro, as Al Capone, said in The Untouchables: “A man… is expected to have enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?” Vintage drag racing, of course...
This 1936 Pierce-Arrow is one of three in the JAB Collection coming up for sale June 15. All photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC. In the past 16 years, if you were after a part or a project car...
A.J. Foyt (R) and Hulman and Company CEO Mark Miles unveiling the commemorative bricks. Photos by Joe Skibinski, courtesy IMS. In 1977, A.J. Foyt became the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 f...
Photo by Chris Bojanower. As one of our commenters pointed out, really, anything that happens in a demolition derby is by definition crazy. After all, bashing cars into other cars until they no longe...
Mike Mantel tests the latest Little Red Wagon at Tucson Dragway. Yes, all four tires are off the ground. Photos courtesy Mike Mantel. The Little Red Wagon may be the most famous pickup truck of all t...
The start of a stage on the Great American Mountain Rally Revival in 2018. Photos by Greg Davis. In 2018, Steve McKelvie and Gary Hamilton brought back a once-legendary Northeast rally event from the...
Race-ready 1962 Volvo PV544 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: A very tidy example with a clean body, and wonderful patina. A regular are Lime Rock Park, this car would also mak...
The Miller and Guenther 1965 Plymouth Belvedere A990 factory lightweight. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. By the time Ed Miller paired with Kip Guenther to purchase “Akron Arlen” Vanke’s four-speed 1...
Godard in the Spyker (right). Photo via Louwman Museum. Under any other circumstances, Charles Godard might today be hailed as one of two drivers to take on two of the most grueling distance races fo...
Photo by Chris Bojanower. Like pretty much every other motorsport, demolition derbies have rules and they have winners and losers. As a result, demo derby competitors spend an inordinate amount of ti...
Reno, like Vegas, was once awash in neon signs, and while some still stand, there’s a concern about preserving those that don’t — or those that soon won’t — as Holly Hutchings of KUNR recently report...
John Bishop (L) with Bill France Sr. at Daytona International Raceway. Photos courtesy IMSA. By the time John Bishop resigned as executive director of the Sports Car Club of America in 1969, he’d ama...
It’s no secret that we’re losing dragstrips all across this great land. Why is that? Land values increasing? Housing developments being allowed to go up near tracks? People less interested in drag ra...
James Dolan’s 1967 Ford GT40 MKIV leads the number 98 1966 Shelby G.T. 350 of Gary Moore and the number 76 1966 Shelby G.T. 350 of Charlie Dolan at PIRC. Photo by Matthew Little. Now in its 37th year...
Street legal road-racing 1989 Chevrolet Camaro for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This Camaro Z-28 is set up for open road race events. 8 point chrome alloy rollcage with extens...
Image courtesy Google Maps. While it’s not particularly fair to say that racing hasn’t taken place at the Milwaukee Mile in recent years, the drag racing and sports car club racing that the track hos...