Photos courtesy Lloyds Auctioneers. A crash and fire might have taken the first Holden Dealer Team-prepped car out of its very first race, but that front-page event also provided the key to the team’...
Photo by Rijel. Despite a warning from a leading Bonneville scientist that it might not work, the land-speed racers behind Save the Salt have opened talks with a local mining company to return as muc...
Photo by David Conwill. Anybody unlucky enough to get a noise ticket from the city of Royal Oak during this month’s Woodward Dream Cruise is getting a reprieve thanks to one lawyer’s work, according ...
The Mormon Meteor Duesenberg. Photos by David LaChance. Next month, an event commemorating the racing successes of some of America’s most storied carmakers will feature an appearance by a landmark Du...
Not the 1867 racer. Image courtesy Grace’s Guide. Lore holds that the first automobile race took place after the second automobile was built. The historical record, however, shows that nearly a centu...
Lonnie James Isam, Jr. Photo courtesy Felicia Morgan. Lonnie James Isam, Jr., best known for being the motivating force behind, and the organizer of, the Motorcycle Cannonball semi-annual cross-count...
The “Original Venice Crew” of (L to R) Peter Brock, Jim Marietta, and Ted Sutton pose with a continuation Shelby G.T. 350R. Photos courtesy OVC Mustang unless otherwise noted. Launched in 1965, the S...
Date: circa 1967 Location: Sebring, Florida Source: Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?
Gordon Murray poses with the Global Vehicle Trust OX, one of his more recent creations. Photos courtesy Gordon Murray Design, unless otherwise noted. Over the course of his five-decade career, Gordon...
A circa-1927 BMW R42. Photo by Dawn Deppi, Eye of the Beholder Inc. Each August, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, plays host to a temporary exhibit focusing on ...
The Supernova 1964 Chevrolet Corvette convertible. Photos by Matthew Little, courtesy Auctions America. Bill Jobe’s day job was selling computers for Data General, but on weekends he vented stress by...
Lotus Twin Cam-powered 1968 Titan Mk 3 Formula 3/Formula B racer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1 of 2 factory team cars. This car raced by Roy Pike scored numerous wins, an...
Documented Ford-powered 1964 Lotus 30 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This particular car was completed December 29 1964 at the Lotus factory. It has been fully documented fr...
Irwindale Event Center. Photo courtesy Google Maps. The Irwindale Event Center, which encompasses the Irwindale Speedway and the 1/8-mile Irwindale Dragstrip, opened its doors in the Los Angeles, Cal...
Photos by Nikolaus Wogen, courtesy Indian Motorcycles. Last April, Dan Strohl mentioned that Burt Munro’s Bonneville Salt Flats record was still standing after 50 years, and that the 50th Anniversary...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News ; courtesy of Bruce Zahor BMW’s M3 is a car that’s spoken of in reverential tones, and if the topic of the ür-M3 arises — that being the...
Though my garb here is a little out of sync with the early-Fifties-era Hudson Hornet-powered rail my club ran at this year’s Race of Gentlemen, it’s period-plausible for my early Thirties Ford speeds...
In a recent interview with FIVA, rally legend Walter Rohrl argued for better support of classic cars from the manufacturers. * The image above became widespread throughout car forums not long ago whe...
From the seller’s description: 1995 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Indianapolis 500 Pace Car 5.7 liter 300 HP V8 engine with sequential fuel injection Four-speed O/D automatic transmission Exterior: ...
Photos by Casey Keil, courtesy of Lime Rock Park. The folks at Connecticut’s roadracing gem are gearing up to put on the Lime Rock Park Historical Festival 35, a combination vintage race and classic ...
Photo courtesy Historic England. The Brooklands race track will, in all likelihood, never again host a competitive race. The ravages of time and the encroachments of development have ensured that fat...
Handbuilt 1962 Hatch Park Special for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This vintage racer has seen plenty of racing action. Raced in USRRC and SCCA, SCCA C modified Champion. Nort...
Sports cars mix it up at Laguna Seca during the 2013 Historics. Photo by author. On January 31, 2017, the Board of Supervisors in Monterey County, California, approved a deal that gave the Sports Car...
The Coatesville Invitational Vintage Grand Prix brings classic cars in (rapid) motion to the historic downtown of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Images courtesy Ryan P. McWilliams/Hi-Test Photography. “L...
We’ve been told for some years now that the so-called blue chips – those cars on the higher end of the market – have driven the overall growth of the collector car market. Bloomberg this week, howeve...