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Racing stars of Pebble Beach
A number of storied racing machines could make headlines at Gooding and Co's Pebble Beach auction on August 24-25 A pair of Bugatti Veyrons, a Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach and…
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From race to road: Quail Lodge 2018
Bonhams is selling a number of road cars borne out of their racing cousins at the Quail Lodge auction on August 24 Bonhams’ Quail Lodge Auction is a collection of…
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The Porsche 962's Daytona swansong
The final Daytona 24 Hours-winning Porsche 962 is set to be auctioned. Here’s its story Right car, right time. That was how Michael Cotton described Derek Bell’s Daytona 24 Hours…
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Mercedes' ultimate road-going racer
One of just 25 Mercedes CLK GTRs is set to sell for millions The FIA GT Championship was the ultimate competition for road-based sports cars. Along with the Porsche 911…
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The rear-engined revolution of IndyCar
How, five decades apart, two Indy 500 cars demonstrate the evolution of racing machines On auction during Monterey Car Week will be two different, but historically significant, Indianapolis 500 racers:…
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The most expensive car ever to be auctioned?
This Ferrari 250 GTO could set a new record thanks to its storied history Read more: Monterey's record Car Week Sixty million dollars. For a car. But this is a Ferrari…
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The rise of DP215
How the Aston Martin DP215 was created, unceremoniously pulled from the racetrack, and then restored to its former glory ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ – that’s what Aston Martin…
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Babe's Bentley
Woolf Barnato, one of the most important men in Bentley's history, and his 4½-litre WO Bentley once described Captain Woolf Barnato as “the best driver we ever had and... the…
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Sunoco Special
The story of the 1970 Lola T153 'Sunoco Special', which was raced by the likes of Mark Donohue and David Hobbs in the 1970s “The race itself was anticlimactic,” Mark…
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Lots of lots
On top of sumptuous displays, a top-class race meeting and a local concentration of classic car specialists, Monterey also features some of the world’s best-known auction houses With thousands of…
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Pink Gold
The tale of an important Ford GT40, expected to fetch millions at Monterey Ford's journey to Le Mans is a story that needs little in the way of introduction. Neither…
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Something blue: ex-Grand Prix racing Ferrari 500 Mondial
A Ferrari unlike any other is set to fetch millions at auction. Here's its story At first sight, it’s clear that this 1955 Ferrari 500 Mondial Series II is no…
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Mirage and the Gulf
Five outings, three podiums but overlooked at La Sarthe This is a forgotten successful stalwart of Le Mans. Yet its colours, drivers and engine are all familiar. Heading to auction…
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Gallery: ex-Revson/Brabham 1967 Ford GT40
An incredible list of drivers contributes to this GT40's incredible racing pedigree, but the results don't quite match. It's estimated to fetch millions at auction This may not be the…
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Updated: Aston Martin 2 VEV sets record at FoS
Famous Ex-Clark Aston Martin sets new record 2 VEV. Four characters that instantly evoke images of Jim Clark drifting the famous Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato gloriously sideways at glorious Goodwood.…
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UPDATED: Fangio, Hawthorn, Clark, Hill and Senna automobilia auctioned
Helmets worn by Fangio, Hawthorn and Senna, overalls of Hill and a Clark trophy – Bonhams’ Festival of Speed auction is packed with incredible memorabilia Updated with results Often, automobilia’s…
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Updated: Le Mans curios headed to auction
Small but significant Le Mans memorabilia to be auctioned by Artcurial at Le Mans Classic Normally, our auction spotlights are focused on million-pound racing cars, but this one is a…