2009 Pebble Beach Auction Preview – Gooding & Company
Gooding & Company’s 2009 Pebble Beach Auction will be held Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August, 16th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California.
Gooding & Company’s 5th annual auction, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will feature over 160 cars, including more than 15 estimated to reach bids of [...]
Photography of Zoltan Glass Digitized
The National Media Museum in Bradford, UK, is currently in the process of raising a photographic treasure. The project, which aims to scan a large proportion of the photographs housed in the Zoltán Glass archive, will systematically catalog the work of the artist, whose main creative periods came in the 1930s and 1950s, and to [...]
Quail Lodge Auction Preview – Bonhams
The 2009 Bonhams & Butterfields “Quail Lodge, Exceptional Motorcars and Automobilia featuring the Sidney H. Craig Collection and property from the Reggie Jackson Collection” will be held Friday, August 14th at the Quail Lodge Resort in Carmel, California.
Bonhams & Butterfields’ 12th annual auction, held in connection with The Quail
Pebble Beach Tour Celebrates Morgan Centennial
The 2009 Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance presented by Rolex will include a special reception and centennial celebration for Morgan motor cars at the historic Carmel Mission on Thursday, August 13.
Charles Morgan, the current Managing Director and grandson of the Morgan Motor Company founder, will head the parade of Morgans participating in the Tour d’Elegance. These [...]
Silverstone Classic Pre-1966 GT & Sports Endurance Results
The Gentleman Drivers GT & Sports Endurance races at the 2009 Silverstone Classic feature pre-1966 GT cars and pre-1963 sports endurance cars. With iconic GT cars such as AC Cobras, Aston Martin and E-Types mixed in, as in period, with the nimble sports racers such as the Lotus XI, fans were treated to some thrilling [...]
Silverstone Classic Pre-1963 Results and Photos
The Pre-1963 GT racing class was a fan favorite at the 2009 Silverstone Classic, as it included everything from Ferrari 250 GT SWBs and Aston Martin DB4GT and Zagatos to AC Aces, Alfa SZs and Giuliettas, Morgans, Lotus Elites and MGAs.
The race celebrated the era when GT cars were
Silverstone Classic BRDC Historic Sports Cars Results and Photos
The 2009 Silverstone Classic was held July 24-26 at the Silverstone Circuit in England.
Graeme Dodd won the BRDC Historic Sports cars race, organized by Motor Racing Legends, very convincingly from pole in his Cooper Monaco T49. He also set the fastest lap of the race, with Jason Minshaw 35 seconds behind in his Maserati Tipo [...]
2009 Gstaad Classic Information
Participants in the 2009 Gstaad Classic Audemars Piguet should enjoy a great start to the fall season. From September 2nd through 5th, approximately one hundred exceptional cars will gain altitude at the prestigious Swiss ski resort for a star race on the sinuous alp roads. On the menu: 800 kilometers in three days with nine [...]
Brawn GP and Jaguar Heritage at Silverstone Sale – Bonhams
Bonhams raised over £750,000 at their annual Silverstone Classic sale held on Saturday, July 25th, with 97% lots sold by value (95% sold by lot). Stars of the well-attended sale were collections from Brawn GP and the Jaguar Heritage Trust which attracted international interest from Europe, Japan and the USA, as well as the home [...]
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Results and Photo Gallery
The 2009 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix was held July 18-19 at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is unique in America, as it’s the only vintage car race staged on public roads amidst the public 456-acre Schenley Park.
Headline Pebble Beach Consignments – Gooding & Co.
Gooding & Company announced the consignment of the 1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Roadster, formerly owned by Prince Serge M’Divani, and the 1927 Packard 343 Convertible Sedan from the estate of Racing Legend Phil Hill. These two exceptional and highly-coveted cars will be available at the annual Pebble Beach Auction on August 15 and 16, 2009. [...]
Racing Legend Andy Granatelli Makes Request
Andy Granatelli fielded cars at the Indianapolis 500 from 1946 until 1991, as a driver but more notably as a team owner, culminating with Mario Andretti driving victory at the 1969 Indy 500.
Granatelli, inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2001, now plans [...]
Artist Bill Neale Features Jaguar and Bugatti for Pebble
Automotive Fine Arts Society member Bill Neale will honor two of the greatest European marques, Jaguar and Bugatti, with new paintings at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
“Salute to a C-Jaguar” and “Earl and His Yellow Bugatti” will debut at the 24th annual AFAS exhibition, sponsored by Lincoln, on August 16. The AFAS is comprised of [...]
Silverstone Classic – Under Two Liter Touring Cars
The 2009 Silverstone Classic was held July 24-26 at the Silverstone Circuit in England.
On Saturday morning, the Under Two Liter Touring Cars race was dominated by the competition between the BMW 1800 TiSA of Jackie Oliver and Richard Shaw and the Ford Lotus Cortina piloted by Andy Wolfe and Rob Hall.
Reggie Jackson Collection at Quail Auction – Bonhams
Bonhams & Butterfields announced the consignment of the collection of former professional baseball player, five-time World Series title holder, Hall of Fame inductee, and lifetime car aficionado Reggie Jackson.
Of particular note in the collection is this 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder, chassis number 16835, formerly owned by famed motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel who, after [...]
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