Historic Racing News

Rain rarely stopped play at the 2024 Goodwood Revival, where a wet track showed off the skills of racing legends as they manhandled historic machines around the circuit. Andrew Marriott reports on every race from a thrilling weekend

The back straight is quite short, but we’re already running out of revs in top gear. The 100-year-old car is now in a proper hurtle, engine bellowing, tyres singing their…

The 2024 Silverstone Festival saw a bumper entry produce brilliant racing as well as some momentous anniversaries celebrated – Andrew Marriott reports

Monterey Car Week is now one of the world's premier automotive events – and a brilliant 2024 showing demonstrated just why

It’s a fair bet that those responsible for producing the rowing lake on Montreal’s Île Notre-Dame in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics never envisaged a scene such as this.…

F1 drivers joined the Monte Carlo crowds to see historic racing's most glamorous event, and the on-track action didn't disappoint. Andrew Marriott reports from a vintage weekend at the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, where British drivers took the lion's share of victories

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown was on track in his Williams FW07B at last weekend's Historic Monaco Grand Prix. He told Damien Smith about driving the "terrifying" track, and why it remains an essential part of the F1 calendar — even though the cars have outgrown it

Colin Sowter just loves Formula 3000 cars. That’s why he owns five of them: two Marco Apicella chassis, a March and a Reynard; Roberto Moreno’s 88D title winner; an ex-Ross…

The 81st Goodwood Members' Meeting drew in a sell-out crowd... and then blasted them with a cacophany of Can-Am monsters. Andrew Marriott reports on each race and demonstration run from the 2024 event

The long-running British Hillclimb Championship can proudly boast to pre-date every other British motor sport title. It first ran back in 1947 and this year will be its 77th season,…

Jackie Oliver still has his competition licence. Once a racer, always a racer. He’s been there, done it all. Le Mans winner, Can-Am champion, Formula 1 driver, founder of the…

For more than a decade from the mid-1980s, aspiring professional racing drivers and club racers alike never had it so good. As car companies attempted to spice-up their image and…

Paris-Madrid inter-city road race, 1903 No windscreen, no cockpit coaming, no protection from flying stones or airborne debris – the madcap, murderously dangerous Paris-Madrid would be the last of the…

A campaign to restore the historic Sunbeam 1000hp Land Speed Record car has reached its first milestone, and organisers are now targeting a special centenary run at Daytona in 2027.…

Over 200,000 racing fans will descend on Goodwood House this summer for the annual Festival of Speed — a world-renowned 4-day event which showcases and celebrates the very best of…

Jimmy Vasser has been making headlines in American motor racing for more than 30 years and today he remains in the winner’s circle with his Lexus GT3 team in the…