Scuderia Brescia Corse was a racing collective established in 1964 to prepare and campaign cars for its members. It attracted a legion of wealthy privateers that owned a wide variety of machinery.
Read MorePrior to declaring independence in November 1975 (when a 26 year civil war erupted), the Portuguese colony of Angola was a hot bed of African motor racing. Permanent tracks at Benguela…
Read MoreOf the first five Ferrari 333 SPs constructed, chassis 002 was one of two leased by Antonio Ferrari for his Euromotorsport team (the other having been 005). Antonio Ferrari was the grandnephew of…
Read MoreJim Clark was custodian of three Lotus Elans prior to his untimely death in April 1968. A Team Lotus driver for his entire F1 career, Clark had just completed his successful 1962 campaign (which…
Read MoreChassis XKC401 was the first Jaguar D-type manufactured. Completed as a bare alloy prototype in April 1954, it was retained for development use and never raced. On April 13th 1954, XKC401 was…
Read MorePlans for a production run of 50 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradales proved overly optimistic and only 13 street cars were eventually completed. Too expensive to build and sell, Alfa Romeo were left with…
Read MoreFew cars have such poignant origins as BMW M1 Procar chassis 4301053. In 1976, American painter, sculptor and printmaker, Frank Stella, had been commissioned to create BMW’s second Art Car.
Read MoreEarly in 1949, Aston Martin decided to enter a team of three works DB2 prototypes for the first post-World War 2 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Known as Experimental Le Mans Fixed Head…
Read MoreIn his first few years as a motor manufacturer, Alejandro de Tomaso was a prolific concept car builder. His dynamic little company ultimately went on to attract massive investment from Ford in the late 1960s.
Read MoreThis unique Countach Quattrovalvole was ordered by Lamborghini London (Portman) for wealthy British-Iranian businessman, Ali Taefi. Mr Taefi registered the Countach on 1st August 1986 to his…
Read MoreThe day after the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours had witnessed record speeds, the FIA announced a three-litre engine limit would be imposed on Group 6 Prototypes from the beginning of the 1968 season.
Read MoreDuring 1970, Lamborghini development engineer and chief test driver, Bob Wallace, was given the go ahead by general manager, Paolo Stanzani, to construct a mid-engined hot rod more or less from scratch.
Read MoreWilliam Keck was a pioneering American oil entrepreneur who, in 1921, founded the Superior Oil Company of Coalinga, California. Beforehand, he had successfully worked as a speculator for several…
Read MorePorfirio Rubirosa was born on January 22nd 1909 in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. His father, Pedro, was a general in the local government-backed militia and advanced to become a…
Read MoreDespite the grey weather this was another well-attended event with the usual mix of exotica present. Featured cars: Lamborghini Countach LP400 S: 653 RU, Lamborghini Countach…
Read MoreAs the Porsche 911’s rivals were mostly larger-engined models, by the early 1970s it was obvious that more power would have to be extracted from the air-cooled Flat-6 engine if it was to remain…
Read MoreAfter building four DB2 ‘Le Mans’ prototypes in 1949, Aston Martin switched focus to the DB2 proper in 1950. Over the spring and summer of 1950 two prototype DB2 Coupes plus one Drop-Head and…
Read MoreThe closing of Normandy’s Rouen circuit in 1994 robbed Europe of a fine track considered by many to be the equal of Spa Francorchamps. That all evidence of the facility was bulldozed in 1999 remains…
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