For 1953, Ferrari released an updated second series version of the 166 Mille Miglia. Newly equipped with an engine that featured six port cylinder heads, roller cam followers and a trio of Weber 36 IF/4C…
Read MoreHaving campaigned the two-litre V6-powered A440 and A441 with much success during the 1973 and ‘74 seasons, Renault’s Alpine subsidiary created a 2.2-litre turbocharged A442 for 1975 when the…
Read MoreHaving been in with a shout of scoring an unlikely victory using an almost bog standard XK120 at the 1950 Le Mans 24 Hours, Jaguar went all-in with a purpose built machine for 1951: the XKC (better…
Read MoreHaving initially been the dominant force in Group C racing, the Porsche 962 gradually began losing out to a new generation of machinery from the likes of Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. The Porsche’s…
Read MoreCreated as a successor to the all-conquering 904 GTS, Porsche’s iconic Gullwing-doored 906 Carrera 6 seamlessly took over the mantle of premier under two-litre Group 4 Sports car. To qualify…
Read MoreLola were great beneficiaries of the FIA’s decision to restrict engine capacity of top flight Group 6 Prototypes to three-litres for 1968. Like Ford’s GT40, the Lola T70 Mk3B GT was, on account of a…
Read MoreFor 1998, the failed FIA Sportscar Championship was re-branded the International Sports Racing Series and this modern iteration of the World Sportscar Championship began to undergo a rapid…
Read MoreAlthough named after Italy’s best known road race, Ferrari’s 166 Mille Miglia became most famous for a stunning outright win at the 1949 Le Mans 24 Hours. Unveiled at the Turin Motor Show in…
Read MoreWith nigh on 30 years having passed since Jaguar had decided to quit top flight Sports car racing, the British firm made a big splash with a high profile return mid-way through the 1985 season using…
Read MoreDuring an enormously successful maiden campaign in 1965, Lola’s new Group 7 class T70 won major races in the UK, United States and Canada with international stars like John Surtees, David
Read MoreAlthough Porsche had scored some impressive early victories with the 911, wins at the likes of the Le Mans 24 Hours and Monte Carlo Rally had necessarily been achieved with lightly modified cars taken…
Read MoreAlthough 20th century sports car racing saw frequent periods of domination by some truly great automobiles, perhaps the most sustained era of supremacy by an out-and-out prototype was that of…
Read MoreAfter a disappointing debut campaign with the first generation Tipo 33 in 1967 during which the car showed a formidable turn of speed but poor reliability, Alfa Romeo commissioned Autodelta to…
Read MoreAlthough best known for its esteemed line of V12 engines, during the 1950s Enzo Ferrari’s company also constructed a selection of racing cars with Aurelio Lampredi-designed four cylinder engines…
Read MoreDuring the GT40’s early life as a true Prototype-class racing car, Ford built a small batch of Roadsters for use in some of 1965’s biggest races. One such example was chassis GT/109 which is heading to…
Read MoreThanks to an influx of Fiat cash in exchange for 50% of his company, Enzo Ferrari was able to create 25 examples of the Porsche 917-rivalling 512 S for 1970. That season, the 512 S was raced by…
Read MoreThe two-year battle for World Sportscar Championship supremacy in 1970 and 1971, when extraordinary five-litre Group 5 cars from Porsche and Ferrari went head-to-head with one another…
Read MoreHaving run a pair of experimental Ford GT40 Prototypes with enormous seven-litre engines at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1965, Ford was convinced that, although neither car completed the distance, this…
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