Racing History

I had a birthday last week and it must have been a significant one because into my lap thumped my very own copy of the greatest work of research yet…

The Porsche 911 celebrated its 50th birthday in 2013. Much was made of the occasion and deservedly so – the 911 is a motor sport great, a consistently class-leading sports…

I was only a baby when Graham Hill died on a foggy November night in 1975. So why does it feel as if I can recall the plane crash on…

The classified spotlight usually presents well-prepared, highly-polished machinery. Not so this week where rust, grime and dented body panels take centre stage. Despite its current condition, this week’s spotlight remains…

Back in the 1960s Jim Hall’s Chaparral Can-Am cars captured many imaginations and revolutionised racing as Hall and his small Texas-based team dabbled in aerodynamics – without the use of…

In the mid-1960s, after a stint on the Ford GT project, Eric Broadley refocused his attention to Lola. The result, the T70, broke cover in ’66. It was a muscular…

NASCAR's Chase for the Cup begins this Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway and no matter what you think of the series' playoff format, it's given us one of the year's best…

The response to the launch of our new Motor Sport sound archive has been encouraging, many of you telling us that not only have you enjoyed the interview with Lord…

“By no means have I ever suggested that I'm better than Ayrton,” Lewis Hamilton admitted to Nigel Roebuck in 2008. “For me he's the king, and always will be. If…

I’ve just got back from another amazing Goodwood Revival. In fact, I think I have the post-Goodwood blues today. The Revival just gets better every year and I’m a lucky…

Ahead of the Revival, Goodwood sent Henry Hope-Frost to Sir Stirling Moss's house to talk about his great break-out season in 1955. Moss was already clearly a world-class driver by…

When Formula 1 cars are unleashed at Monza this weekend, there will be few architectural surprises. Grand Prix racing has been like that for some time. There will be design…

The passing of Lord Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu of Beaulieu on August 31 made me think for the first time in many years about the National Motor Museum he founded back in…

In 1961, Carlo Chiti and brothers Lodovico and Gianni Chizzola came together to form Autodelta, which in March 1963 was made an official department of Alfa Romeo. Chiti and Lodovico…

Colchester Racing Developments manufactures and supplies tooling components. The business also fabricates customised metalwork – turning, milling and grinding components – to customer’s drawings and specifications. Best of all, CRD holds every drawing,…

With 550 entries across 15 grids, this weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca (14-16 August) is one of the biggest historic racing festivals in the world. In a…

This week’s classified spotlight both is, and is not, a GT40. Technically the car’s full title reads ’Superformance GT40 Mk1 Continuation’. However, two thirds of its components are interchangeable with…