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Kimi Raikkonen
BRAWN BACK ON TOP
by Erik C. Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
Don’t stick a fork in them. Contrary to some members of the press singing lyrics to Monty Python musicals, Brawn GP is not dead yet. [Read more…] about European Grand Prix
Merle Mullin is at the helm as Peter checks the gauges on their 1951 Delahaye 235 Saoutchik Cabriolet. It was awarded a 3rd place ribbon in the Postwar Touring Class.
Text and Captions by Michael T. Lynch
Photos front, Dale LaFollette (Vintage Motorphoto)
Photos rear and side, Hugues Vanhoolandt
The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance presented by Rolex is regarded as a watershed in encouraging the use of collector cars on the road no matter how rare or expensive. VeloceToday is happy to share images of a selection of French and Italian automobiles that took part in this year’s tour.
[Read more…] about Pebble Beach Tour: French
David and Ginny Sydorick have a soft spot for Zagato coachwork. This Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Zagato Spyder is a fine example of that bodybuilder’s touch. It is the oldest car in the Sydorick’s significant collection of Zagato-bodied cars.
Text and Captions by Michael T. Lynch
Photos front, Dale LaFollette (Vintage Motorphoto)
Photos rear and side, Hugues Vanhoolandt
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance did not become the greatest car show in the world by resting on its laurels. In 1998 the organizers added the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance as an ancillary event to the Concours itself. [Read more…] about Pebble Beach Tour: Italians
The most famous of all Amilcars is the 1926 C6. It almost dominated the 1100cc classes in France, using a DOHC supercharged six cylinder engine. A masterpiece of diminutive engineering, it was built as both as a customer car and factory team racer.
Correspondent Alessandro Gerelli goes French at the Nurburgringring Oldtimers. Also included are Maserati and Ferrari images so scroll down. All photos copyright Alessandro Gerelli. Captions by staff.
1970 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm–maybe. In any case, what does Am mean? The A was for ‘alleggerita’ (lightened) and the m was for ‘maggiorata’, (increase) in reference to the new larger 2 liter engine. The ‘m’ could also have meant ‘monobloc’. Readers comments welcome.
Correspondent Alessandro Gerelli goes Alfa hunting at the Nurburgringring Oldtimers. All photos copyright Alessandro Gerelli. Captions by staff.
[Read more…] about Nurburgring Oldtimers: Alfa Romeo
In the Americas, the only place you can see sights like this is at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Juan Manual Fangio and Sir Jackie Stewart warm up an Alfa 159 and P3 respectively, before a demonstration run in 1985 that included Phil Hill in an Alfa P2. Credit: General Racing
Exclusive story by Michael T. Lynch
Last Sunday evening, an era in American motor racing ended. At the traditional prize giving ceremony at the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Steven J. Earle, by far the most influential person in U.S. vintage racing, announced that the 36-year old Rolex Monterey Historics, which he founded in 1974, was ending.
[Read more…] about Steven J. Earle: A Legend Moves On
Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
By A.J. Baime
Houghton Mifflin , $26.00
ISBN-10: 0618822194
Hardcover; 320 pages, 20 photos
Review by Greg Vack
To be an American in the mid-1960s was to see the world as your oyster. We had the tallest buildings, the best highways, the strongest military, the smartest scientists, the biggest cars, the wealthiest people, and it was just going to keep getting better. Americans could achieve everything they set their minds on and anything else probably wasn’t worth doing anyhow. Go to the moon? Just give us a few years; we’ll be there. [Read more…] about Book Review: Go Like Hell
A typical Pebble Beach tableau. Ferrari built four 250 Testa Rossas in 1959 for his factory team. All four were at Pebble Beach fifty years later. Some spent hours strolling past, comparing and contrasting the details of the cars. Credit: Michael T. Lynch
By Michael T. Lynch
Pictured below are some major show winners from the Monterey Car festivites, and a few other notables seen during the week. After the gloom and doom of the recent financial unpleasantness, the week was a wonderful respite. The Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue and The Quail-A Motorsports Gathering both had their finest entry yet. The doyenne of the week, the venerable Pebble Beach Concours, also had an exceptional entry, one of the best of its storied sixty year history.
[Read more…] about Pebble, Carmel and Quail Winners
Bugatti sculpture in front of Mullin museum display at Retroauto, Pebble Beach 2009. Photo by Petya Elitch.
Exclusive story by Brandes Elitch
There are always a few surprises at the Monterey Historics, and this year was no exception. A few years previously, a very large tent appeared at the Equestrian Center at Pebble Beach, called Retroauto, a collection of about forty vendors of automobilia-artwork, posters, books, models, all the things that you would absolutely need to have if you hit the lottery and had the room to put them. This year, a new tent appeared next door, with two Bugattis inside, cars never before seen in the US. The display announced a new museum opening next year, founded by Peter Mullin. [Read more…] about New Museum for French “Grandes Routieres”
This week, what’s under the skin of the new Ferrari.
What we know so far about the new Ferrari V8
By Wallace Wyss
Technically the new Ferrari 458 Italia advances the art of the road going mid-engined car by making it almost as fast as the Enzo at a much lower cost.
The 458 Italia is going to be marketed with an automatic, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission designed to increase performance and still deliver very smooth shifts even at full throttle. The engineers have developed specific, sportier gear ratios to match the power and torque curves of the new V8, knowing that high torque is the key to acceleration even at lower engine speeds.
[Read more…] about Ferrari 458 Tech Bits
VeloceToday Award gets bigger
Might you own something different, ahead of it’s time, and superbly engineered? As we announced last week, the VeloceToday La Dolce Vita Trophy will be presented at the new La Dolce Vita event for “The car with the most advanced production engineering for its era”. It will be open to any vehicle entered. Plus in addtion to the VeloceToday trophy is a cash prize of $250 and a new book worth $185. So enter, NOW! Email Cindy@carprusa.com or call 480 277-1864.
[Read more…] about Win Book, Check & Trophy at La Dolce Vita
