The final countdown has commenced to the first of Rally the Globe’s exciting new portfolio of epic worldwide driving events: this month’s eagerly-anticipated – and impressively sold-out – Carrera Iberia (7-17 October). Launched late last year, Rally the Globe is a new, not-for-profit club established by a number of regular historic rally competitors to provide […]
The 2019 FIA Masters Champions are Matteo Ferrer-Aza, Martin Stretton, Henry Fletcher, Jason Wright/Andy Wolfe and Chris Jolly/Steve Farthing. Ferrer-Aza is the new post-78 FIA Masters Historic Formula One champion, with Stretton and Fletcher lifting the post-83 and pre-78 titles respectively. Wright and Wolfe took top honours in the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship, […]
Boasting a unique sporting heritage around the world, the Alfa Romeo brand will be tackling the traditional Zoute Grand Prix once again, with a model which has marked its history. The car in question is a 1923 Alfa Romeo RL Super Sport “Targa Florio”, on loan from the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo. The Alfa Romeo RL range […]
We love it when a race team brings back a favorite old livery, so we especially love today’s news: at the 22nd running of the Motul Petit Le Mans next month, the Porsche GT Team’s twin 911 RSR race cars will sport a throwback Coca-Cola livery, paying homage to Bob Akin’s legendary red and white […]
As the man behind the legendary range of Perana-branded fast Fords which dominated local motorsport and performance road cars in the 1960s and Seventies, Basil Green has been honoured for his remarkable achievements by being inducted into the South African Hall of Fame. The SA Hall of Fame serves to tell the stories of extraordinary […]
The iconic pre-war Bentley 4½-litre Blower will be recreated in a new series of 12 cars Bentley has announced that it will build a new series of 4½-litre ‘Blower’ cars from scratch, using original moulds and scans of existing cars. A total of 12 models will be built as part of the recreation series. Each will […]
Yesterday’s racers set for Zwartkops Historic Racing South Africa returns to home ground when the series’ three classes race in Pretoria on Saturday 7 September, following its away race adventures in East London last time out. The classic Sports & GTs, Universal Health Pre-80 Saloon Cars and Charlie’s SuperSpar Historic Pursuit series will celebrate spring […]
How a somewhat plain Bentley 8-liter won the biggest prize in collector cardom In case you hadn’t heard despite near-continuous carpet-bombing coverage all year that included everything short of home mailers, robocalls and candygrams (“Candygram for Mongo!” “Mongo like candy …” kaboom!), this is Bentley’s 100th anniversary. This anniversary is significant to us who like cars because, […]
Nothing shouted ‘advancement through engineering’ quite like this and it remains one of the most extraordinary cars ever.Onlookers gasped in astonishment at the sight of the DS 19 Berline when the covers were pulled off the Citroën at the 1955 Paris salon. Nobody had ever seen anything quite like it. People were genuinley unsure if […]
Born from racing but built for the street, the 911 GT3 represents an evolution of the lineage that began in 1973 with the original 911 Carrera RS homologation special. And just like the Carrera RS, the GT3, together with its more hardcore GT3 RS cousin, are the cars most closely related to Porsche’s 911 racers. […]
The Historic Festival at Lime Rock Park, now in its 37th year, is staged to be one of the year’s largest gatherings of historic and vintage Italian-made vehicles in North America. Held over Labor Day weekend, Thursday, Aug. 29 – Monday Sept. 2, the festival is the only North American classic car race and concours […]
Ford has long rallied around its “Built Ford Tough” slogan to sell modern-day F-Series pickups, but this man’s Model T pickup provides a whole new meaning for the tagline. Randall Pitman has owned his 1927 Model T pickup for 70 years and he still drives it to this day, starting it with the hand crank every time. The […]
From the First ‘Horseless Carriage Competition’ to the most recent, Mercedes was there The vast majority of the car companies we know and love today did not exist in 1894. Lamborghini: 1963, Ferrari: 1939, Porsche: 1931, Bentley: 1919, General Motors: 1908, Ford: 1903. Hell, at the time, the United States was made up of 44 states: Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, […]
When Ford dropped a rorty competition engine into a compact family car called Escort, it created a new breed of rally winner overnight. John Davenport was there. In the summer of 1967, Tony Fall and Mike Wood won the Danube Rally, a counter in the European Rally Championship, driving a BMC 1800. Irreverently known as […]
FOR LOVERS OF WRC HISTORY, THIS WEEKEND’S ADAC EIFEL RALLYE FESTIVAL (18 – 20 JULY) IN GERMANY IS THE PLACE IN WHICH TO BASK IN THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ROLLING RALLY MUSEUMS. Almost 170 cars spanning the last half century, all original or faithfully reproduced, will gather in Daun […]
Mary McGee, 82, was a pioneer in motorcycle racing. (Bob Heathcote — Special to the Herald) Mary McGee arrived on the Monterey Peninsula in 1962 ready to compete. With five friends including another rider, the group was also abruptly asked to leave a restaurant because they were “motorcycle people.” McGee and her dining companions […]
THE WRC TOOK CENTRE STAGE AT LAST WEEKEND’S GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED WITH STARS FROM DOWN THE YEARS ENTERTAINING CLOSE TO 200,000 FANS. The four-day show near Britain’s south coast celebrated the 40th anniversary of the drivers’ world championship by inviting some of the sport’s biggest names to drive the famous hillclimb and rally stage. […]
Concours South Africa’s alliance with the South African Hall of Fame continues with a celebration of the induction of “Mr Perana”, Ford performance car legend, Basil Green.Africa’s premier classic car showcase returns to Johannesburg’s Steyn City Parkland Residence from 30 August to 1 September 2019. Basil Green’s admission into the Hall of Fame follows last year’s Concours […]
Some Europeans seem to have fixed but not entirely accurate conceptions of African rallies; they are either flat-out blinds over open bush or winding escarpments, or long, interminable endurance runs through rock-strewn deserts. This isn’t the case at all, for down in South Africa they have rallies which are very similar in style to British […]
• More than 1 000 classic cars expected for this mid-winter 2019 motor-fest on July 7. • Hot rods, muscle cars, air-cooled VWs, pick-up trucks, British classics and more. • Entertainment for the whole family, gate prices at R80 for adults, children under-12 at R20. Adult prices are R60, if booked through Computicket. • Drifting, helicopter rides and a prawn […]
Total Rally Review/source Motorsport Week archive Of all the world’s international rallies there are but few outside the World Rally Championship which can really claim to be given a great deal of attention other than in their own countries. the Arctic Rally is an obvious one (it has already been suggested by many as an […]
The photos that appear here is of a Fiat that was rallied on the 1981 Datsun Rally. They have come into Rallystar’s possesion, but we are unable to identify who the driver and co-driver was. We are pubishing them here in the hope that there is somebody who will recognise the car and be able […]
The woman’s journey into the racing world was, ironically, a slow one. It took a slow trickle of hard-headed ladies eager to see what speed was all about in order to set the stage for women to come, testing out the waters one race at a time. And the first of those women was Hélène […]
This is worth a look. Dieter Zetsche the former CEO of Mercedes retired a day or so ago. BMW send him and the world this very funny message.
The DTM is facing a transitional year in 2018. In this climate, series boss Gerhard Berger has had to think long and hard about their next moves. In his opinion, racing as a whole needs to re-evaluate where they draw the line between motorsport as entertainment and an excercise in engineering. “Everywhere in Motorsport you find […]
Mario Andretti … the name rolls off the tongue, like that of royalty. Which, essentially, he is. More than two decades after retiring from a decorated racing career, …“I felt, you know, what a package!” Andretti tells Autoweek today. “The balance of the car was there … the potential winning quality was there, no question. I think at […]
A pair of all-American Land Speed Record cars representing the past and present glory of man’s never-ending pursuit of speed are headed to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) at Daytona International Speedway. Danny Thompson, son of the late Mickey Thompson (MSHFA Class of 1990), is delivering this week to the MSHFA both […]
Pete & Paige on the brink of a great adventureLindenberg Racing dad and daughter Peter and Paige are on the verge of an incredible international adventure as they jet off to Holland for the third round of the International Historic Series that commenced in South Africa in February. The Lindenbergs will race at Zandvoort on […]
Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, the spiritual home of Legends Cars racing in the UK, welcomes the country’s best big grid racing for the opening two rounds of the 2019 season this weekend where the category will celebrate its landmark 25th birthday. On Easter Sunday, 21st April, and Easter Monday, 22nd April, the ever-popular Legends Cars […]
PE celebrates the life of a racing legend. South African motorsport celebrates the life of another legend with the passing of Andrew Cave, one of the fathers of motor racing in Port Elizabeth at the age of 75 on Monday 17 April. A mentor, a teacher, a legend and most of all a special friend […]
International rally experts Rally Round is heading for the ‘roof of the world’ for the inaugural Trans-Himalayan Adventure starting on 20th April 2019. A mixture of 20 crews driving classic, vintage and 4×4 cars will journey through China, Tibet, Nepal and India as part of an exhilarating high-altitude expedition to the Himalayas. Rally Director Liz […]
By: David Evans History-making triple FIA World Champion Petter Solberg has announced his decision to step down from top-flight motorsport. The 44-year-old Norwegian will remain active in the sport and will continue to compete on selected events – including a fan-friendly farewell tour for 2019 – but his days of chasing a fourth world championship are […]
Now in its eleventh edition, the Panda Raid regularity rally reserved to 4×2 and 4×4 Panda cars made before 2003 has become a classic on the Rally Raid calendar, which is the category of the legendary Dakar, albeit retaining its amateur spirit. This year there were some 400 vintage Pandas from all over the world […]
The Bloodhound supersonic car is back, under new management and preparing to renew its pursuit of the land speed record.The project went into administration last year, unable to secure the financing needed to go racing – even though the vehicle was all but built. But with the purchase of the car by entrepreneur Ian Warhurst, Bloodhound […]
So… After a while of debating and thinking what I would write in this post, arguably THE MOST IMPORTANT post to date on this blog, I have finally decided to share something with you all that very few people in the world actually know and acknowledge. What I am talking about is the little known fact […]
75 years ago this week, the Sports Car Club of America came to be. Truth be known, the SCCA has made more motorsports history than most automotive clubs combined. And to celebrate this anniversary milestone, RACER.com has taken you through a historical journey this week. So far this week, we’ve seen how SCCA began, played witness to […]
75 years ago this week, the Sports Car Club of America came to be. Since then, the SCCA has made a lot of history – and done a lot of racing. Truth be known, the SCCA has made more motorsports history than most automotive clubs combined. And to celebrate this milestone accomplishment, RACER.com will take […]
In 1953, the shape of road racing in America changed. The 1952 Watkins Glen main event had been cut short at two laps when SCCA President Fred Wacker sideswiped the crowd on the main straight, killing a small boy and sending several other people to the hospital. It had become obvious that street racing was […]
A twist of a key and a little terrier springs to its feet with a gruff little yap, snapping and snarling and getting ready to chase its tail. First gear, second gear, third gear, snap off a rev-matched downshift to second, then haul that school-bus steering wheel to the left and brace yourself for the […]
75 years ago today, the Sports Car Club of America came to be. Since then, the SCCA has made a lot of history — and done a lot of racing. Truth be known, the SCCA has made more motorsports history than most automotive clubs combined. And to celebrate this milestone accomplishment, RACER.com will take you […]