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 ...
that’s racing… Noch ist nicht besonders viel los auf den Rennplätzen. Aber wir haben ja noch die Paris-Dakar. Dort ist unterdessen Halbzeit – und es führen Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena auf Peugeot. Vo...
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...
Cars from the 1979 event take a parade lap on the Long Beach Grand Prix course. Photo courtesy Gero Hoschek. It was an event as audacious as its founder, Brock Yates, the Car and Driver editor known ...
Cars from the 1979 event take a parade lap on the Long Beach Grand Prix course. Photo courtesy Gero Hoschek. It was an event as audacious as its founder, Brock Yates, the Car and Driver editor known ...
Roy Lunn, the man behind Ford’s GT40 and, ultimately, its racing successes, recently was feted at an event put together in Florida that featured plenty GT40s, GTs, and Cobras. Car Guy Chronicles has ...
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 ...
Paint? Who needs paint? Few cars look better in bare aluminum than the Lotus 11, particularly this 1956 Lotus 11 Series 1 Le Mans for sale on Hemmings.com, a car originally built for privateer racers...
We wouldn’t note somebody’s passing in these pages if they didn’t somehow influence the old car hobby as we know it today, but this year in particular saw the deaths of many people who didn’t merely ...
Photos by Brian Henniker, courtesy Gooding & Company. Raw speed, indeed, is the only thing that’ll get a racer to the finish line first – chrome don’t get you home, as they say – but developing a pro...
1964 Mercury Comet durability run. All images are frame grabs from video below. This video produced for Lincoln-Mercury documents 40 days and nights of continuous punishment that a group of 1964 Come...
Despite the very brief reign of Miss Colombia, whose Miss Universe tiara was snatched away moments after erstwhile comedian Steve Harvey read her name as the winner, there was other recent news from ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Mark J. McCourt Porsche is one of a handful of European automakers – Mercedes-Benz and Volvo being other notables- that has, for decades, offered a European...
Bob Bondurant, photo by John Prumatico. All photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. The National Corvette Museum has maintained a Hall of Fame since 1998 to honor individuals who have been influent...
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...
As renowned a career that Sam Posey made for himself as a race car driver, he’s spent far more time as a motorsports observer – albeit a highly qualified one – either as a commenter or writer, and it...
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...
CycleKarting is one of those motorsports that isn’t supposed to be about all-out competition, but nevertheless there’s an annual CycleKart Grand Prix in Tieton, Washington, every year, and the Chican...
To a certain group of British motorists, Christmas doesn’t so much hold the promise of holiday cheer, drinking eggnog, and unwrapping presents. Rather, the holiday – specifically Boxing Day – brings ...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. As lore has it, Dale Earnhardt was just about ready to hang up his helmet in 1974 and turn his back on racing for good when he got the opportunity to test a factory-bu...
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...