Historic Racing News

It’s difficult to imagine a Lotus 47 ending up in a scrapyard nowadays, but that was allegedly where this one was saved from during the early 1970s,  a time when…

To the left sits Jody Scheckter’s history-making Wolf WR1 and an Alan Jones Williams FW07. Further down the line there’s a trio of McLarens, once driven by a clutch of…

Fangio described it as a "monster"; Moss said it was "terrifying" and few who heard it in action will ever forget the roar. Now there's a chance to find out…

Anyone who watched vintage racing from the 1960s to the 1990s will know Tony Merrick, racer of ERAs, a Ferrari 246 Dino and dozens more. This memoir covers his career…

The days when replica cars were largely looked down upon are long gone, not least since there are now so many superbly accurate and beautifully built examples available (including some…

Vanwall is back. Not as a Formula 1 team hoping to reproduce the victories that in 1958 made the team inaugural world champion constructors, but as a series of six…

With drivers arriving from around the world, SpeedWeek was a place for reunions. Not just friends seeing each other for the first time since lockdown began, but partnerships that dated…

Goodwood SpeedWeek celebrated the life of Stirling Moss with tributes from drivers ahead of the inaugural Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy. At the circuit that played such a key role in…

Last month on this page, I attempted almost certainly in vain to elicit some sympathy for the fact that for the first time in 16 years, I was unable to…

The Covid-19 pandemic may have torn up Goodwood’s familiar event timetable this year but in the traditional British resolve of the Revival, it kept calm and carried on. The result…

It is a name that is synonymous with early Formula 1 success and now there are plans to return the Vanwall name to the track and road in the future.…

Sixty two years ago today, Tony Vandervell’s dream of beating Ferrari at the top level, a dream he had nurtured for most of the 1950s, finally came true. This was…

Goodwood's SpeedWeek festival in 2020 saw sports cars, supercars and prototypes roll onto the Goodwood circuit for a no-holds-barred timed shootout, with all eyes on the timing screen to see…

By mid-June any hope of an early end to the Coviud-19 pandemic was over and at Goodwood House, the Duke of Richmond was looking at a schedule in tatters. Festival…

The third day pf Goodwood SpeedWeek starts early, with the 8.40am Richmond and Gordon Trophy for 1954-'60 grand prix cars, beginning a day of non-stop racing and demonstration runs. The…

Three days of spectacular motor sport action begin tomorrow at Goodwood, as SpeedWeek begins: a Covid-beating festival with no spectators, but no shortage of action. You'll be able to watch…

The sun shone for HERO's Summer Trial, creating spectacular images of classic cars in the Shropshire hills