The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge 2019 was held June 2th to July 7th, with 106 crews crossing the start line at the Great Wall of China in Beijing. Organised by the Endurance Rally Association, the hardy competitors journeyed through twelve countries including Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania before entering Europe to reach the center of Paris. The Peking to Paris rally … [Read more...]
Corvette’s Journey to Mid-Engine
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the brand’s first-ever production mid-engine Corvette, is the culmination of 60 years of mid-engine experimentation. While the eighth generation Corvette marks a radical leap forward in terms of capability from the seventh generation, it also incorporates lessons learned from past engineering exercises such as the Chevrolet Experimental Research Vehicles (CERVs) I-III, the … [Read more...]
Heveningham Hall Concours 2019 – Report and Photos
The Heveningham Hall Concours 2019 was staged 21-23 June at the Heveningham Hall in England. The fourth annual Concours was held alongside its Country Fair in the 5,000-acre 18th Century country estate. A total of 60 cars were exhibited over the two days on the Kim Wilkie-designed grass terraces to the rear of the Grade I listed Palladian mansion, including cars from the very dawn of motoring, such as an 1898 … [Read more...]
Maserati Birdcage Debuted with Victory
On 12 July 1959, the Maserati Tipo 60 'Birdcage', with the 30-year-old Stirling Moss at the wheel, made its race debut in the Sport category at Rouen. The Tipo 60 recorded its first win, defeating two Lotus 15 cars and getting the fastest lap in 2.28.5 at an average speed of 158.594 km / h. This was just the first of a long series of victories: the Birdcage also won four Italian Hill Climb Championships (driven by … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Northeast 2019 – Auction Results
The Barrett-Jackson Northeast 2019 auction was held June 26-29 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, resulting in more than $24 million in total sales and a 100 percent sell-through rate. A total of 545 vehicles and 470 pieces of automobilia sold at Barrett-Jackson's fourth annual Northeast Auction. Barrett-Jackson reported that sales over the four-day event continue to point to the growing popularity of … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 – Picture Gallery
The Sunday Times once described the legendary hillclimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed as a “cross between the Monaco Grand Prix and Royal Ascot”. Every year, almost 200,000 motor sport enthusiasts visit the unique event in West Sussex in the South of England. Narrow, uneven and hedged by bales of straw, the 1.16-mile course presents a challenge for drivers and vehicles alike. The course runs through the grounds … [Read more...]
Featured Classes at Quail Motorsports Gathering 2019
The Quail Motorsports Gathering 2019 will be held Friday, August 16th at the Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, California during Monterey Classic Car Week. More than 200 automobiles and motorcycles will be displayed in a garden-party setting at the 17th annual Quail. Three new classes celebrating automotive milestones will be the centerpiece of 2019 Quail Motorsports Gathering, including 100 Years of Bentley … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 – Report and Photos
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 was held July 4-7 at Goodwood House and the 9-turn, 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb in West Sussex, England. Staged since 1993 on the same stretch of the Duke of Richmond family's driveway, the theme for the 27th annual Festival was "Speed Kings, Motorsports Record Breakers", celebrating human endeavor at the very limit from the 1900s through into the future. Among the earliest … [Read more...]
Massive Mini 60th Anniversary Race
A record grid of period Minis will celebrate the diminutive icon’s 60th birthday at the 2019 Silverstone Classic, scheduled for 26-28 July at the 3.6-mile Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, England. Never before will so many Minis be seen racing all together on track. Fittingly 60 entries have already been received for what are going to be a pair of races for the Mini Celebration Trophy, marking … [Read more...]
Ferrari 312T Offered at Pebble Beach Sale
The 1975 Formula One Championship-winning Ferrari 312T will be offered for sale at the 2019 Gooding and Company Pebble Beach auction, to be held August 16-17 during Monterey Classic Car Week. “The Ferrari 312T is among the most important and dominant Grand Prix models in the marque’s celebrated history”, stated Hans Wurl, Specialist at Gooding & Company. “Never before has a 312T been presented at auction, and this … [Read more...]
Grand Prix of the Golden Age 2019 – Report and Photos
The Grand Prix of the Golden Age 2019 was staged 7-9 June at the 9-turn, 2.415-mile Dijon-Prenois circuit in Dijon, France. Organised by Peter Auto, nearly 15,000 spectators enjoyed watching the nine races on the program. The 55th edition of the Grand Prix de L'Age D'Or, the oldest race of its kind in Europe, featured nearly 300 historic racing cars over six grids, giving spectators the opportunity to relive the … [Read more...]
How the Bugatti Type 35 Legend Was Born
The Bugatti Type 35 is one of the most successful racing cars of all time. And deservedly so: the French manufacturer's open-top sports car secured over 2,000 victories between 1924 and 1930. Today, the Type 35 is a legend in international motor sport. And a whole lot more besides. … [Read more...]
Summer Jaguar Festival 2019 – Report and Photos
The Summer Jaguar Festival 2019 was staged on Sunday, May 12 at the Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The stirring setting of the Palace bathed in sunshine whilst playing host to an array of over 1,000 Jaguar cars, a record turnout for the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club's event, was a sight to behold. Enthusiasts were treated to displays of Jaguars from all eras, both modern and historic. The show cars represented everything … [Read more...]
Celebrating 45 Years of the Porsche IROC
It was 45 years ago when the first "made-for-TV" race series pitted the world's most famous and successful race car drivers from around the globe against one-another in the aptly named International Race of Champions (IROC). With champion drivers coming from sports car racing, Indy car racing, Formula One and NASCAR, the only common element in the inaugural season was the identically matched 1974 Porsche 911 RSR race … [Read more...]
Maserati A6GCS Offered at Auction
A 1954 Maserati A6GCS is among the headline consignments for the 2019 RM Sotheby's Monterey Car Week auction, scheduled for August 15-17 at the Monterey Conference Center in California. The A6GCS, chassis 2078, was campaigned by the Maserati factory team during the 1954 season, at the hands of Maserati and Ferrari works driver, Luigi Musso. … [Read more...]
