The 2013 Goodwood Revival (13-15 September) is set to build on the success of last year’s event, when a record-breaking 146,000 people attended over the weekend. As ever, the Revival offers visitors of all ages a chance to revel in the romance and glamour of motor racing as it used to be. It is the only sporting event in the world set entirely to a period theme, and every year, spectators and competitors take a magical step back in time by getting into the…

FERRARI 250 GTO

Further to the exceptional recent news that the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration race (the TT) at this year’s Revival (13-15 September) will have three Ferrari 250 LMs competing for the first time in 13 years, Goodwood can now also confirm that it will have three 250 GTOs racing as…

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Mitty fallout, Atlanta Motorsports Park (fun!), The Famous Mr. Hobbs, Jefferson 500 alert, Radical report from Autobahn and shameless

Fathers' Day gift suggestions from racer/writer/ride mooch

and self-proclaimed World's Fastest Novelist

Burt "BS" Levy

Atlanta Report

(complete with famous folks, fun, grousing, grins & excuses)

Well, here it is another Mitty Monday and I'm doing my best to recuperate from three pretty great track…

RANCHO PALOS VERDES,CA -- Peter Brock, the legendary designer of the Corvette Stingray, the Cobra Daytona Coupe and other iconic high-performance automobiles, has been named Grand Marshal of the 2013 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance, to be held at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA on Sunday, September 15.

Brock will drive his Superformance Coupe, a modern version of the famed Daytona Cobra Coupe, in the Concours’ Pleasure Road Rallye on September 14, and…

Today is the 19th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna, who died at Imola in 1994 in what was probably the darkest weekend in the history of motorsports. Senna was one of the most talented drivers ever in F1. What was your best memory of him?

For me, it's Donnington 1993. Senna was in an inferior McLaren Ford, which didn't have active suspension. The race was in the wet, where talent comes to the fore and the car takes a back seat.

Senna started…

VINTAGE: Historic Mercedes F1 Racecar Coming Up For Auction

The 1954 W196 driven to victory by the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio could break world auction record at Bonhams’ sale in July at Goodwood.

Viknesh Vijayenthiran  | http://motorauthority.com  |  Posted March 19, 2013   Goodwood (GB)…

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**CHIHUAHUA EXPRESS REMATCH!

Doug Mockett (USA) and Gabriel Perez (MX) will be the prime contenders for the top prize for Pan Am cars in the 2013 Chihuahua Express, April 19-21.  Perez won the Carrera Panamericana handily last October in his new Studebaker.  Expect Paul Hladky (USA) to be up in front as well.

Thus far it looks like around fifty entries, with twenty-two from the US and Canada, a couple from Europe, and one crew from Australia.  One of the…

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High-performance Ferraris, Porsches and American Muscle

Collector Cars from the 1960s and 1970s Round Out

Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island Auction on March 8

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (February 22, 2013) – Gooding & Company, the auction house acclaimed for selling the world’s most significant and valuable collector cars,  is delighted to announce a…

24 Hours of Le Mans Clock & Race Display

You are looking at what auction houses and appraisers have called the:

 “Second Most Famous Clock in the World” for the 24 hours of LeMans in France

This is the Original LeMans Clock & Race Display which was located at the Start / Finish line for the 24 hours race and was the…

Carreras News

JANUARY 2013

**CHIHUAHUA EXPRESS, April 19-21

**THE EXPRESS – DAY BY DAY

**PAN AM DATES AND ROUTE

**APPROVAL OF CARS AND ROLL CAGES

**PAN AM REGISTRATION

**CARS FOR SALE

**CARS FOR RENT

**LEGAL

**CONTACT INFO

**CHIHUAHUA EXPRESS, APRIL 19-21

North American and European participation in the Chihuahua Express continues to increase. Drivers from the U.S. have also signed up for the Express Rally Tour, a…

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Your home in front of your iMac reviewing the…

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Gooding & Company’s 2013 Scottsdale Auctions Realize $52.5 Million, up 31% from 2012

Gooding & Company breaks an Arizona auction week record selling the

1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider for $8.25 million

Seven cars sell above the…

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Contact: Judy Stropus, jstropus@earthlink.net

A LIVING HISTORY OF VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - THE EARLY YEARS - NOW AVAILABLE

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( Jan. 17, 2013) - Bill King, longtime motorsports publicist, journalist and race series organizer, has just completed the first installment of a history of Virginia International Raceway. “The Early Years (1956-59)” covers the history of the…