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Taking centre stage, and a crowd favourite, George Harrison’s McLaren F1 chassis 025.
Story and Photos by Jonathan Sharp
Some may say that Retromobile 2022 was not a vintage year. Yes, it was a bit smaller, many of the big dealers were absent, there was less participation from the manufacturers, but it was still Retromobile ! You just had to dig a little bit deeper to find the gems.
Photos by Jonathan Sharp
From the VeloceToday Archives, May 2018
In 2016, Jonathan Sharp made an intensive visit to the Schlumpf Museum, and returned with thousands of photos. This week we’ve selected just a few of our favorites taken from the several articles showing the treasures of the Schlumpf. [Read more…] about Twenty Shots From the Schlumpf Collection
Bob Wallace photographed with an Alfa Romeo at the Moroso circuit, Florida.
Story and Photos by Graham Gauld
Race mechanics have something of a maverick streak about them which usually leads to an interesting and exciting life. Such was the case with Bob Wallace, a New Zealander who left his native country in 1960 and arrived in Modena looking for a job.
Rare color photo of the Ferrari Comp Berlinetta sn 0322 at Watkins Glen in 1954. Robert Pauley photo.
By Pete Vack
We left Dick Irish in 1953, pushing the Excalibur for 3.5 miles at Sebring earning the Shell Sportsmanship Trophy, but the rest of the year was a wash. He managed to stay Stateside during the Korean War, and ended up teaching aviation maintenance at the Transportation Corps school at Ft. Eustis, VA. “During 1954, I got leave to race at Tampa, FL MacDill driving Gordon C. “Tippy” Lipe’s Porsche, Brooks Stevens Excalibur (at Sebring again) and best of all, Marty Christensen’s Ferrari 340/375 “Competizione” Berlinetta.”
1971 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Geoffrey Burgess, 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA Corsa, Steven Byrnes
Story and Photos by Vince Johnson
After last year’s restrictions, spectators were back at the Victorian Historic Racing Register’s Phillip Island Classic, held on the sweeping circuit south of Melbourne. The perfect weather and long weekend holiday also saw over 400 entries, but shipping issues meant they were an all-Australian affair, although several overseas drivers had made the journey down to the sun.
Thursday was for free practice, the extra track time valuable to those who had missed last year’s competitor-only meeting. On Friday morning further practice and qualifying was followed by the first of the Regularity events and racing categories. [Read more…] about Phillip Island Classic, Australia, 11-13 March
Charles Chayne’s Cabriolet La Royale chassis 41121 at the end of the Press on Regardless Rally on August 6, 1950.
From the VeloceToday Archives, May, 2017
VeloceToday presents photographs by Bob Temple, coming to us via the collection of Vintage Motorphoto’s Dale LaFollette.
The photos are remarkable in themselves, portraits of cars and events that shaped the sports car movement in the U.S. during the post war years which include the Bugatti La Royale convertible when owned by Chayne. But they were particularly interesting for us, for the photos brought together an equally remarkable set of VeloceToday Contributors who each had story behind some of the images.
Dick Irish in the Ferrari 340/375 coupe, sn 0322 at Chanute AFB in 1954.
By Pete Vack
Photos from the Dick Irish collection unless otherwise noted
While Carl Goodwin did superb job covering race driver Dick Irish for his book, They Started in MGs, this article adds new information about Dick and his all too brief racing career, including never before published photos of the Ferrari 340 PF coupe, sn 0322 after being ditched in Wisconsin. [Read more…] about The Dick Irish Story
Torrey Pines January 15, 1956, Harry Morrow JBS close up view. Photo by Allen R. Kuhn
Photos by Allen R. Kuhn
Story by Pete Vack with Jim Sitz
Following up on our Formula III series, we had not written anything on the class in America. But were there 500 cc events in the States?
Yes, they were raced throughout America but no one paid much attention. Says Jim Sitz, “Formula III never took off in California or the U.S.A. since the fans wanted to see the big, powerful and noisy cars. The most popular events for a normal weekend of racing were the Corvette and modified classes. The FIII cars were noisy but did not appear to be very fast.”
Chassis #110109 as found in the Baillon Collection. (Artcurial Motorcars)
By Peter M. Larsen
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This is the third amazing Saoutchik-bodied barnfind in the Baillon collection. The chassis was delivered on November 5, 1949 to the Carrosserie Saoutchik at no. 46 rue Jacques Dulud in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Only 32 short wheelbase (265 cm) race-derived Grand Sport chassis were constructed by Talbot between 1948 and 1952. T26GS #110109 is one of these very rare and extremely desirable chassis.
1949 TALBOT-LAGO T26 GRAND SPORT SAOUTCHIK #110109
On the Talbot production card, which is reproduced in the book Talbot-Lago Grand Sport – The Car from Paris by Peter M. Larsen and Ben Erickson, “Saoutchik” is written into both the carrosserie and the client fields. This indicates that Saoutchik ordered chassis #110109 directly from the Talbot-Lago factory to be bodied at his own expense for show purposes. Saoutchik fitted chassis #110109 with an exquisite fastback coupé design which had first been shown at the 1948 Paris Salon.
Carroll Shelby in John Edgar’s Ferrari 410S leads Dan Gurney in Frank Arciero’s Ferrari 375 Plus at Palm Springs on April 13, 1958. One of the many photos I shared with the Ferrari Archivist.
Story and Photos by Allen R. Kuhn
I would like to start this series of short stories – they are not Galleries as before – by telling a true story about Graham Gauld, and how he saved our skin when we were in Italy/France in 2006 for our seven-week tour of the Continent. The story really began in Maranello, so bear with me…. [Read more…] about Allen R. Kuhn: Of Gauld and Ferrari
Photo of Tim Considine by Bruce Benedict
On Thursday March 3, Tim Considine, 81, passed away. Actor, author, photographer and historian, Considine dedicated many years to making sure that American drivers were recognized for their achievements on the international racing scene. First, with American Grand Prix Racing Considine devoted a chapter to each one of the Americans who tried their hand at Formula One racing. Second was his masterpiece, Twice Around the Clock, Yanks at Le Mans the book that won him international acclaim. He was working on his second set of Yanks at Le Mans when he passed away at home. Our condolances to his wife Willie and his family.
Many of our readers were close friends of Considine. We begin with Jodi Ellis, who worked with him on his last book and became a good friend: [Read more…] about Tim Considine
