Historic Racing News

Dario Franchitti MBE (for services to motor racing) is an American idol whose heart remains firmly in his native Scotland where he is a patron of the Jim Clark Museum…

The international motor sport scene might be drawing to close, but there was still plenty of racing to be seen up and down the UK

The Roger Albert Clark Rally was billed as a return to the gruelling days of the sport's past, with stages held across Britain, night running, and the cruel November weather.…

After a tumultuous 24 hours the Roger Albert Clark rally resumed its timetable at lunchtime on Sunday, under the clear but very cold skies of Wales. The Gartheiniog stage was…

There was an air of nervous excitement in the air of the Roger Albert Clark paddock on the morning of the second day, and if the previous evening had been…

The RAC initials, the cold November air, and the Kielder forest backdrop gave the beginning of the Roger Albert Clark Rally a nostalgic feel, even before the first of 140…

It's the season for heading deep into the mud, gravel and drizzle of Britain's remote forests and tearing through them at breakneck speed. Wales Rally GB may not be happening…

Endurance rally specialist HERO-ERA will continue its drive towards carbon-zero motoring by running the UK’s first carbon-neutral rally team in the upcoming Roger Albert Clark Rally. The NET-HERO Rally Team…

As far as specialised rallying vehicles go, this 356 might take the biscuit for the most adventurous Porsche ever devised. While the rare 597 Jagdwagen off-roader was created with harsh…

Tony Dron towered above the cohort of mid-sixties aspiring young motoring journalists both physically but also with his skill at the wheel of a racing car and with the typewriter.…

This year's regular October fixtures were joined by a one-off autumn staging of the Goodwood Members' Meeting to add even more sparkle to the monthly schedule, that no amount of…

Short but spectacular: the paired SF Edge sprints provided tyre-smoking Edwardian spectacle at Goodwood’s 78th Members’ Meeting, autumn leaves forming an unusual backdrop to an event postponed from spring due…

He tore along dirt trails and snaking roads, inches from treacherous drops; through rain, hail and, eventually, the blazing Corsican sun. Eventually, Bernard Béguin emerged victorious. In 1987, Béguin conquered…

The rescheduled 78th Goodwood Members’ Meeting is now set for mid October and as always there will be a great deal of racing to view. The delay – the weekend…

The Mercedes 300 SLR steered by Stirling Moss to victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia has been permanently retired after its appearance at the Goodwood Revival this weekend. The No722…

Is there a UK motor sport happening more hotly anticipated this year than Goodwood’s jewel, the Revival Meeting? The Festival of Speed was special, as will be the Members’ Meeting…

The 70th anniversary of the original Pebble Beach road race was a central theme of this year’s annual Concours d’Elegance at the celebrated Californian resort – albeit a year late…