Sentences with phrase «historic car race»

Only authentic cars that pass the strict scrutineering process are accepted to compete in the historic car race.

This world - renowned historic car race features 550 authentic and period - correct race cars that span nearly every era of motorsports.

The historic car race attracts 550 authentic race cars that compete in 15 different groups.

A high - speed race down memory lane, visitors to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will witness historic car races from nearly every era.

Constant reminders of this sprang up throughout the day today at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, a four - day event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where tens of thousands of people visit during Monterey's Classic Car Week to get their fill of cool historic cars racing wheel - to - wheel.

Not exact matches

Classic Group C and GTP cars are always a hit in historic racing, thanks largely to the huge variety of cars and manufacturers of the era.

The Monterey Motorsports Reunion event at the epic Laguna Seca circuit is one of the stand - out historic racing events of the whole year, as all sorts of different cars take to the track for a series of short demonstrations and races.

Hosted by the Daytona International Speedway, there have been Ferrari Challenge races, historic endurance and F1 machine demo runs, more modern F1 Clienti cars taking to the track and a load of road cars on display.

The likes of Lotus, Brabham, and Cooper all built cars for it and with so many knocking about, it's ended up being a pretty popular category in historic racing.

Blaney drives the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing car, one of NASCAR's most esteemed teams, and that Wallace will be driving for another historic team, Richard Petty Motorsports» No. 43, had Blaney enthused and gave him an idea.

Race cars will probably never sound as good as this again, so it's great that we can still enjoy them thanks to the thriving historic scene.

With African American race car driver Bill Lester's historic win at the Grand - Am Road Racing, the light has now been shined on other Black racers who have How those in power in the Black church make empty promises and manipulate unmarried African American women to stay single in the name of God.

With African American race car driver Bill Lester's historic win at the Grand - Am Road Racing, the light has now been shined on other Black racers who have

Enjoy classic cars and historic races?

You can select from Modern Hot Hatch, Classic Street Muscle, Historic Road Racing, Rice of the Super Car and Track Toys.

Beginning in 1965, Shelby and Ford led an all - out American assault on European sports car racing with the Daytona Coupe and GT - 40, culminating in the GT - 40's historic 1 -2-3 finish at the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hour, humbling the mighty Ferrari juggernaut as Henry Ford II proudly looked on.

After looking over some of the historic cars in the collection, St. Antoine challenges the 81 - year - old drag racing legend to a drag race between Garlits» V -10-powered Dodge Challenger, and the XFR - S.

Friend of evo Marino Franchitti and contributing editor Richard Meaden will contest the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car race at the Silverstone Classic this weekend.

To get the cars on track, a series of Lister sponsored historic race meetings are being planned for 2015, just in time for the company's 125th year anniversary.

McKenzie cars — The history of this small Birmingham manufacturer by Ian McKenzie / Sunny Silverstone — Tom Threfall's report on the VSCC race meeting / Rescue of a 30/98 Vauxhall — The story of «the lady of the lake» by Dennis Harrison / Nesseldorfer to Tatra — Michael Worthington - Willaims recounts the history of a remarkable series of car from Czechoslovakia / 1937 A.C. 16/70 — The editor enjoys his excursion no. 2 in this sports tourer with a pedigree / Commercial London - Brighton Run — The annual pilgrimage for historic commercials / About registration numbers — David Hales explains their origins and diversity / Mille Miglia 1989 — Toby Ross describes the «fantastic atmosphere» of this unique event.

The Goodwood Revival is always about more than just historic racing, with a mouth - watering selection of «period» cars both inside and outside the circuit

The 2012 produced some brilliantly close historic racing as, once again, an amazing collection of some of the greatest competition cars was brought together

The Editor reports / Pre-1931 Lanchesters — Chris Clark describes the early models and explains their unique features and advanced specifications / 1955 Lancia Aurelia Spider — This month The Editor gives us his (very favourable) impressions of a rare and delectable sports car / The Voisin Story — The well - known racing driver and author Paul Frere commences a two - part article on this historic manufacturer.

Here he tells the story of this remarkable car / Auto - biography: Colin Crabbe — Matthew Bell hears from Colin Crabbe about his life and career as an adventurous hunter of historic cars from the four corners of the globe / One hundred years of cussed motoring — In the centenary year of Leslie Hounsfield's singular design, Gerry Michelmore explains the peculiar joys of the two - stroke Trojan / Moretti 750 — Its enticing looks have always threatened to outshine its performance, but the tiny Moretti is now getting the recognition it deserves, explains Karl Ludvigsen / The Paris - Ostend race of 1899 — Nick Jonckheere tells the story of the gruelling long - distance road race, and the plucky Brits who took on all comers / Invicta's Baby — The 12/45 was meant as Invicta's saviour, but only a handful were sold.

Graham Robson describes a well known series of the period: the MCC National Rallies1950 - 56 / Back on the Road — Michael Ware looks at more readers» rebuilds / Ford Popular — Back on the Road / 1939 Raymond Mays — Back on the Road / 1953 Bristol 403 — Back on the Road / 1902 Delahaye 0A / End - of - Term Report — Douglas Blain reviews his first season's historic racing with a Morgan Plus Four / Wet & Dry Liners — Workshop / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Something Up their Sleeve — Sleeve Valve Engines & their Users — Part Two / Something Up Their Sleeve — In the second part of his examination of sleeve valve engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially Speaking

In Initial impact, Simon Charlesworth tells the story of a rare survivor of this important Vintage tourer / / For this month's Auto - biography, Matthew Bell meets graphic designer, historic racer and lover of Americana Julian Balme to discuss his life behind the wheel / / The first saloon to use the legendary XK engine, Jaguar's Mk VII was a 100mph luxury car just as happy winning touring car races as cruising the home counties.

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

By Tom Threlfall / Racing Morgan 3 - wheeler — The Editor tries the historic «Johnny Red» on his monthly Excursion / Charron - Laycock and Other Devices — The story of the company and its products by Kenneth Hurst / Formula One Driver at Beaulieu Modern — Grand Prix driver Jonathon Palmer drives some very early cars at the National Motor Museum / Aston Clinton Hill - Climb — A.B. Demaus continues his series of articles on pre-war hill - climbing venues.

Bengt Ason Holm tells the story of AB Thulinverken / Miles of MG's — Malcolm Green relates the story of Ken Miles an Englishman who built and raced MG specials in the USA / Driven From Behind — Karl Ludvigsen begins his new series on the development of rear - engined cars precursors of the Volkswagen / Two Festivals — We report on the Silverstone Historic Festival and the Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nurburgring / Vin de Pays — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts the story of one of France's provincial car makers.

Each car, both street and track, will also see the same historic race livery, a set of white wheels with yellow, black, and white Saleen graphics, and special badging.

Four seasons of enjoyable historic racing followed / The choice of men who knew — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the shortsad story of the Lozier / Continental Cruiser Brian Heath samples a 1955 Bentley Continental R Type / Importing Old Cars / Body Restoration — Workshop

Karl Ludvigsen describes a technical tour de force of the first magnitude / Oily Rag Run — We report on The Automobile's inaugural Oily Rag Run, an event we hope will become a permanent fixture in the motoring calendar / Franschhoek Motor Museum — Simon Moore has visited this museum, an hour from Cape Town, and describes some of the mouthwatering exhibits being collected there / Dan Margulies — In the fourth part of Dan Margulies» competition reminiscences, as related to the Editor, we look at his switch to historic racing with the famous Maserati 8CM, chassis 3011 / The Car of Quality: The Taylor — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the story of one of the most ephemeral of all marques, Taylor of Scotswood - on - Tyne

This year you could find Jesse Alexander signing copies of «Monaco,» his latest book of historic racing photography, at Pebble Beach RetroAuto, while Paul Nesse was selling his car sculptures at Automobilia Monterey.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction

The Editor drives a 1960 model / Auto - biography: Julian Majzub — In the latest of his series of interviews, Matthew Bell visits collector, Historic racer and tyre manufacturer Julian Majzub / Veterans Across Australia — Daniel Ward took his 1901 Decauville to join a number of Veterans celebrating the centenary of the first crossing of Australia by motor car / Goodwood Revival — David Venables reports on all the action at the most popular Historic race meeting of the year.

In Pom's Prince Henry, Vauxhall historian Nic Portway recounts the history of this important Edwardian sports car, precursor of the famous 30 - 98, and tells us why Pom's own car is such a joy to drive / Matthew Bell travels to North Yorkshire to meet the seasoned historic racer who has owned and competed in an enviable selection of sports and racing cars over the past 50 years for this month's Auto - biography: Neil Corner / Although 1.7 million were produced in its 10 - year lifetime, the Chevrolet Corvair is sometimes labelled a loser.

In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports

Each car comes with a history too lengthy to list here and is ready for the next historic racing event.

The Monterey Historic Automobile Races are the premier vintage car races in the United StRaces are the premier vintage car races in the United Straces in the United States.

A lifelong enthusiast and collector, Click decided it was time someone else enjoyed six of his historic Ford race cars.

In an era when just about every important historic race car already seems to have been discovered, race car transporters are emerging as the Next Big Thing in high - end vintage motorsports.

They're typically historic or vintage race cars, though occasionally last year's F1 car will turn up for a while.

Which makes BMW of North America's decision to acquire and exercise an ever - growing collection of historic race cars pretty smart indeed.

A few days prior to the test drive, I'd been asked to supply a racing CV (Nismo has never let a journalist drive one of its historic racing cars before), so I gave them the whole nine yards.

1903 Brightmore Steam Lurry — Exploded diagram of the mechanism / Four inches of History — A.B. Demaus relates how the 1908 TT race was a particularly significant event / 1930 Double Six Low Chassis Daimler — Michael Brisby conducts a remarkable Daimler / Waldron's Wayfarer — Michael Worthington - WIlliams tells this remarkable survival story / Overhauling a Clerget Rotary engine «The music goes round and round...» by A.F.Carlisle / Austin Ruby Restoration — Bryan Purves recalls that the Ruby has been with us fifty years and tells how he restored his example / Ardingly 1984 — The 15th Historic Vehicles Spectacular / Shelsley Walsh — News of the final event of the Vintage Sports Car Club / On Making a Crankshaft — Charles Howard has broken a crank but how do you make a new one.

An expected 550 historic, authentic race cars from more than 900 entry requests will fill the 15 grid field that will provide fans with a near sensory overload.

Nearly 550 invited historic race cars took part in 15 race groups, ranging from pre-war to more modern - day race cars.

This Black / Black Corvette Stingray is located in UK and is a well know car that has been run successfully on the European historic racing scene among which the Goodwood Revival TT where it finished a very respectable 9th overall.

And so Mercedes - Benz and Gran Turismo have now come full circle at the Goodwood Festival of Speed to link the historic 300 SLS racing car to the ultra-modern vision of the future, the Mercedes - Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo.