There are many obstacles to preserving truly historic racing cars. The somewhat depressing list of these surely begins with a simple question: define what really constitutes ‘a car’, especially in…

There are many things about the motoring world that I will never, ever, understand. My distaste for most such matters stems from simple disinterest. If it’s a road or production…

As we motor into another winter three variably thought-provoking anniversaries beckon. Seventy-five years ago, on December 15, 1949, a group of national and specialist motoring journalists gathered in rural Lincolnshire…

Eighty years ago, for the Allies, WW2 was ‘going well’ and in Britain serious planning had begun for postwar peace. Perhaps symptomatic of new-found optimism, mad keen motoring enthusiasts were…

On the soggy Sunday morning at the Goodwood Revival meeting one of my earliest memories flashed back to me. It was around 1948-49, when tiny me was raised from bed…

It’s been a busy month. But in between the usual bouts of frenzied research and writing, a day spent haring around Goodwood in assorted Caterham Sevens with the company’s chief…

When the news broke that Mercedes-Benz had actually sold what had been, for over 60 years, one of its prized treasures, general reaction bordered upon amazement. While the public was…

Only on rare occasions was a 250 GTO entered by the works Ferrari team. They were most often run by Enzo’s official concessionaires and a band of privateers – albeit…

Sixty years ago, a car regarded by many as the greatest road racer of all time was launched. And this month – March 1962 – it made its competitive debut…

Enthusiast tastes change inevitably with each generation. Most of us grow up in motor sport entranced by the successful cars of our personally formative era. Therefore it’s perfectly natural for…

Don't doubt it for one moment: Jim Hall of Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas is a towering figure in motor racing history. During 1966-67 he proved influential in racing car…

Official race results, once confirmed, are seldom questioned. This is certainly true of the most prestigious surviving road race of them all, the Le Mans 24 Hours. Back in 1965…