Photo: RM Sotheby'sMonterey, CA -- RM Sotheby’s Aug. 12-14 Monterey auction grossed $148,528,300 in total sales, with 90% of all lots sold. Bidders hailed from 34 countries.Forty-four of the lots exceeded the $1 million mark; 16 lots exceeded $3 million, and four lots exceeded $5 million over the course of...

Photo: MSHFAIndianapolis, IN -- Eight legends from the world of motorsports were named to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) as the 34th class was unveiled last Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A ninth inductee, in the Historic Category, will be announced later this month.The Class of 2022...

Photo: Pebble Beach Concours d'ElegancePebble Beach, CA -- A 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahn Kurier claimed Best of Show honors in a field of 230 cars at Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours. The event marked the conclusion of Car Week on the Monterey Peninsula.Owned by Arturo and Deborah Keller, the car’s win...

Monterey, CA -- Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) is in full force at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this week and last in its debut as the new official sanctioning body of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Monterey Pre-Reunion.In a new multi-year partnership announced last September, HSR is currently providing for...

This year's Grand Marshal, Corky Coker, left, rides with the late Jim Pace on the Time Trials course at the inaugural 2019 Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, in Coker's 1910 Nyberg Speedster, made in Chattanooga. This year's Pace Grand Prix at the Bend on the new two-mile circuit is named in honor...

Scottsdale, AZ – Gearing up to offer 300 premium collector cars, Russo and Steele will return to Monterey for its Aug. 11-13 sale at the Old Train Station in downtown Monterey.Among the featured consignments of the sale are these personal favorites:1969 Shelby GT350 B Production Race Car1959 MGA Twin Cam...

Brian Walsh's familiar IMSA RS Pinto. Photo: Bill Stoler/Vintage MotorsportJacksonville, FL -- Fifty years ago a young man in New York scraped up enough cash -- about $2,000 -- to buy a brand new 1971 Ford Pinto with the intention of becoming a professional race driver. His goal? To compete...

Salinas, CA -- With tech inspections starting Thursday afternoon and continuing Friday, the 10-run group race action of the Monterey Pre-Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca cranks up Saturday.Photo: Nick LishAmong them is the Group 5 contingent of Trans-Am racers, vintage 1966 to 1972, that will first take to the...

Newport, RI – Leading up to the Oct. 3 Audrain Concours d’Elegance are three days of car-related activities and seminars, including an Oct. 1 interview of racing legend Lyn St. James by Motorsports Hall of Famer Judy Stropus, titled “A Life on Track.”The activities of Newport Auto Week get underway...

Photo: SAACThe Shelby American Automobile Club will present its annual convention – SAAC-46 – at Sonoma Raceway starting Friday with a more-than-full slate of activities to make up for the cancellation of last year’s event.Photo: Nick LishRocky Mountain Vintage Racing will host its 10th Race Against Kids Cancer this weekend...