Sports Car News

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…

The weather at Road Atlanta for this year’s Petit Le Mans, the United SportsCar season finale, was abysmal. Days of persistent rain left the track and run-off areas totally waterlogged.…

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…

Think of all the great drivers who drove all those great Ferrari prototypes and GTs that illuminated its golden age of sports car racing. Who was the best remains open…

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…

They were an odd couple, the stooped yet tall Englishman with a stiff upper lip and clipped delivery and the little Mexican with luxuriant swept-back hair and clichéd Engleesh accent.…

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…

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…

How many Formula 1 drivers have admitted to having a coach? Not many. In fact, you could probably count them on two hands. The fact of the matter is, though,…

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…

Vic and Brian. A Londoner and a Lancastrian forever linked: Porsche versus Porsche, Alfa versus Ferrari. Rivals in a golden age of sports car racing: 908s and 917s; Targa Florio,…

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…

The sports car category for the 2016 Hall of Fame is now open and, like we did for the Formula 1 category, we sat down and came up with a…

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,…

It’s fair to say I was a little frustrated after round seven of the United SportsCar Championship – it just felt like another race of ‘what ifs’. The Friday at…