Photos courtesy Lime Rock Park, unless otherwise noted. Opened in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1957, Lime Rock Park has played host to driving greats, unforgettable races, and memorable moments too num...
Shelby in ’66. Painting by Wallace A. Wyss. There have been Hollywood films about automakers, say Preston Tucker. And there have been Hollywood films about race-car builders. It is now confirmed that...
All images courtesy of the Shelby American Collection Located in Boulder, Colorado, perhaps America’s greatest college town, the Shelby American Collection will be holding its annual car show and par...
Photo courtesy Brock Racing Enterprises. Once the youngest designer in GM’s history, Peter Brock left Detroit at age 21, bound for California and, he envisioned, a career racing cars. There, he lande...
Scarbo SVF1 prototype. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. To many racing fans, including Joe Scarbo, the pre-wing-era Formula 1 cars of the late 1960s were among the most beautiful co...
Vintage raced 1963 Elva Courier for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1963 Elva Courier MK3 was sold new in the UK and was used as a street car in Kansas until 1994. It was co...
Phil Remington. Photo courtesy Greg Sharp, Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) is the only institution to recognize...
John McComb’s 1967 Ford Mustang restomod. Photos courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum. John McComb likes to refer to himself as the “best race driver that no one’s ever heard of,” though fans of ...
Dave Roper aboard his 350cc 1970 Harley-Davidson ERTT. Photos courtesy Bagamor Media. In 1984, vintage motorcycle racer Dave Roper rode a 1959 Matchless G50 to victory in the Historic 500cc class at ...
1957 Chevrolet 150 “Black Widow.” All images courtesy of the National Corvette Museum. Chevrolet’s history of racing goes back to even before Chevrolet was formed in 1911. Louis Chevrolet, the compan...
The newest road-legal Porsche 917. Photo courtesy Porsche AG. The story of how Porsche’s 917 came to dominate the highest levels of sports car racing in both North America and Europe has been well to...
Tom McEwen. Photo courtesy NHRA. Over a drag racing career that spanned nearly four decades, Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen won just five NHRA national events, yet still established himself as one of the ...
Racing in Schenley Park during the 2017 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Photos by Bill Stoler, courtesy PVGP, unless otherwise noted. From a one-day vintage racing event first held in 1983, the annual...
Photo courtesy Doug Partington. Of all the reasons one might have for building a race car – besides, you know, to go fast and race – Australians Geoff and Roy Wikner perhaps had the most oblique: The...
The Winner’s Circle display at the Simeone. Photo by Jim Donnelly. In June of 2008, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum opened in its current location on Norwich Drive in Southwest Philadelphia....
Ted Sutton (L) and Jim Marietta pose with the OVC Shelby G.T. 350 C/M. Photos courtesy OVC Mustangs unless otherwise noted. Introduced years apart and competing in different classes, it isn’t likely ...
The “Best Return Road Burnout” award goes to David Bouvier and his 1968 Chevelle SS 396, our favorite Chevrolet. Photos by Hemmings staff. Since it stopped snowing in the Northeast, rain has dampened...
Joe Leonard leads Johnny Rutherford in the 1968 Indianapolis 500. All images courtesy of and copyright IMS. Some parent one day once said, “If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again.” Andy G...
The Simeone’s 1913 Mercer Raceabout. Photos by Andrew Taylor, courtesy Simeone Museum, unless otherwise noted. In 1911, the two-year-old Indianapolis Motor Speedway held its first “International Swee...
While standing trackside, with camera in hand, I often find myself musing on races of the past. What would it be like to be photographing those races decades ago? In the era when very little stood be...
1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88, raced at Le Mans, Sebring, and Daytona. Photo by Mike McNessor. Built for three years, from 1967-’69, Chevy’s L-88 Corvette was a race car that, coincidentally, could als...
Raced in-period 1958 Lotus Seven , powered by a Coventry Climax 1.2-liter engine, for sale. From the seller’s description: This Lotus Seven was Factory Assembled and one of the first 4 Imported to th...
John Morton on track in a 1970 Datsun 240Z built to include surviving parts from the original BRE race car. Photos by Dr. Chris Brewer. The sun was setting, providing a soft warm glow over the Road A...
1984 Toleman-Hart TG184. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1984, Ayrton Senna was an F1 rookie, driving for the under-funded Toleman team. In the season’s first five races, Senna had completed jus...
1952 Kurtis Kraft 4000 Indy Car, chassis 345. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In five starts at the Indianapolis 500, racer Ed Elisian never finished higher than 18th. It was his second Indy 500, in ...