Photos and Captions by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Ferrari 330 P3 s/n 0844 (Leventis/Hardman (UK).
Garfield’s Monster Renault: It’s Alive!
Reader Thierry Lesparre just sent us this photo of the Garfield Renault as it appears today. Details in an upcoming editon of VeloceToday. Scroll down to read the exciting story of this rare and unusual record breaking machine and its American driver.
First Annual Monterey Motorcycle Meet
Another Motorized Festival on the Monterey Peninsula
By Michael T. Lynch
This 1915 Cyclone board track racer was sold at the MidAmerica Auction on Friday night. The winning bid was a whopping $520,000. Despite European interest, it happily stayed in America. Credit: MidAmerica Auctions.
Since the Monterey Historic Automobile Races and the Pebble Beach Concours were scheduled on the same weekend in 1973, a week long automotive festival including vintage races, concours, public and private parties, tours and many other events has been created. [Read more…] about First Annual Monterey Motorcycle Meet
Ducati’s Year (book)
Ducati 2007: MotoGP & Superbike
Official Yearbook
Published by Ducati Corse
144 Pages, 12″x12″
Price US $60.00
While Ducati had previously dominated the World Superbike category, in 2007 the famous Italian concern won the coveted MotoGP Constructors Championship, bringing the title back to Italy after thirty four years.
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German Grand Prix
Massa on the podium: second is not enough.
By Pete Vack
Erik Nielsen was unable to travel to Germany this weekend.
July 20th 2008, Hockenheim, Germany
The German Grand Prix was not a good race for Ferrari. It was not a good race for Massa. It was not a good race for Kimi. Ferrari still leads the Constructors race by a good margin, but the recent on-track performance of the team belies the mere numbers.
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Dream Museum Opens in Philadelphia
The Simeone Foundation Museum
Fred Simeone, although a highly successful neurosurgeon, is a lot like you and me. He loves cars, he collects cars. He loves racing. Like many of us, he dreamed of having a museum for his collection.
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From Passion for Speed to Immortality
This review orignally appeared on December 5th, 2007. We have now included this title in our VeloceToday Store.
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James Dean: From Passion for Speed to Immortality
By Philippe Defechereux
Published by Dalton Watson.
132 Pages, 121 photographs, 300mm x 230mm
ISBN 1-85443-215-X
Price US $30.00
There are over twenty five books written about James Dean, (American actor 1931-1955), who starred in three Hollywood movies, entered five automobile races, and died at the age of twenty four on a two lane road on his way to a race in Salinas, CA. This book is the latest of the lot and for us car nuts, no doubt the best. [Read more…] about From Passion for Speed to Immortality
Why is the Jolly so Jolly?
This Fiat Jolly 600 was sold at the Barrett Jackson Auction in 2006 for over $43,000. Photo credit Barrett Jackson.
By Pete Vack
If, like Luigi in the movie CARS, a Fiat Jolly could talk, it would probably tell you, with a good hearty chuckle between each breath, the reason Jollys are so Jolly is that they have increased in value from less than nothing to considerably more than $50,000 in an amazingly short period of time. [Read more…] about Why is the Jolly so Jolly?
Book Review: Fiat 500/600 Buyer’s Guide
The Essential Buyer’s Guide: Fiat 500 & 600 Saloons/sedans, Multipla, Giardiniera & 126 1955 to 1962. By Malcolm Bobbitt. Published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. 33 Trinity Street Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT, England. ISBN 978-1-84584-147-8
By Pete Vack Copyright 2008
This is one of the very useful Essential Buyer’s Guides published by Veloce Publishing in the UK. In the past we have reviewed the Alfa GT Coupe guide in the same series.
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Ferrari and Lamborghini at LeMans
24 Hours of LeMans
The class winning Risi Ferrari 430GT of Salo, Bruni and Melo leads through the midnight hours.
Richard Prince was at this year’s Le Mans and came back with some great images of the Ferraris and Lamborghinis in the GT class. [Read more…] about Ferrari and Lamborghini at LeMans
Via Flaminia Tour 2008
By Bart Kleyn
Richard Wijnschenk and Henny Wijnschenk in an Alfa Romeo Gulia Spider on the Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso.
For the past few years via-flaminia.com has been running a low key, highly scenic and by all accounts thoroughly enjoyable tour through Italy. This year on May 23rd thirty- five classic cars from seven countries assembled in Dusseldorf for the fourth Via Flaminia Tour. The entrants load their cars on the train for a trip to Verona for the start of the first leg of the event. [Read more…] about Via Flaminia Tour 2008