Vintage sports cars enter the Andretti Hairpin at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Thomas A. DeMauro. It’s no secret that the relationship between Monterey County and the Sports Car Racing Associa...
A Ford GT40 Mk I battles a Cobra Daytona Coupe. Photos by author. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve been holding out on you. I’ve never discussed my collection of historically significant raci...
The Simeone’s 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Spyder at a 2015 Demo Day. Photos courtesy Simeone Automotive Museum. In most automotive museums, cars on static display are never started, run or exercise...
It isn’t likely that this 1928 Chevrolet Sprint Car, for sale on Hemmings.com, has a rich competition history. Though the current owner isn’t specific about the car’s history, it appears to be a cont...
1925 Bugatti Type 35 at Gooding’s 2013 Monterey sale. Photos by author. It’s said that winning a significant lottery jackpot is the surest way to financial, moral and spiritual ruin, but just for onc...
XKC 011, a 1952 Jaguar C-Type. Photos by Matt Howell, courtesy Bonhams Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Jaguar’s XK 120 C, commonly referred to as the C-Type, put the racing world on notice when it ...
There's a bread of racer out that that holds no reverence for the auction block values of cars. Instead, they strap into the harnessed seats of legendary race cars, bent on competition and the exhila...
Well yes, it certainly does move! Those hop ups and motorcycles get going pretty fast over that eighth-mile stretch of beach sand. But what we really mean is that the date of the race is changing, an...
In 2004, the ACEMCO Racing team debuted a new Saleen S7R in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Championship, placing second in the GTS class behind the all-conquering Corvette C5-R. Chassis 029R, the...
John Surtees at Goodwood in 2011. Photos courtesy Daimler AG. In an era when versatility defined racing’s best drivers, perhaps none was a proficient at multitasking than John Surtees. From 1956 thro...
Ron Bouchard at Dover in 1985. Photo by Ted Van Pelt. Outside of New England racing circles, the name Ron Bouchard may not be known to those without a passion for NASCAR trivia. Over the course of a ...
This is the raglan-sleeve jersey that Hometown Jersey made for my car club. A couple of us here are members of a group called the Barnstormers VSC (Vintage Speed Club), and when we decided to have je...
Porsche 962-108C-2. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Delivered to Porsche privateer Jim Busby in time for the opening of the 1985 season, the Porsche 962 carrying chassis tag 962-10...
CSX2287, the first vehicle placed in the National Historic Vehicle Register. Photos by Adam Pepper. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Adam Pepper, a freelance contributor who attended last w...
Cover: Patrick Depailler’s Tyrell P34 at the 1976 Dutch Grand Prix. Photos courtesy of McKlein Publishing. Do you have a passion for racing in the 1950s through the 1970s? An interest in Formula One,...
1966 Dodge Charger. Photos courtesy FCA. If ever there was a car with an identity crisis, it was the B-body Dodge Charger. Introduced in 1966 as a sporty personal luxury car, the Charger would evolve...
The Replicarz 1/18 scale 1967 STP Paxton turbine. Photos by Mark Fothergill, courtesy Replicarz, unless otherwise noted. With driver Parnelli Jones in the cockpit, the STP-sponsored, turbine-powered ...