Above: Rodger Ward racing his dirt midget against Doc Thompson in the 1959 Stingray Racer, Formula Libre 1959. Photo via Dalton Watson Fine Books/Lime Rock Park. Stop by the Corvette Concept tent at HF40 to see the Stingray Racer yourself.Lime Rock Park has built a robust tradition that is set...

Briggs Cunningham’s efforts to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans landed him on the cover of TIME magazine in April 1954. The range of automobiles the B.S. Cunningham Co. designed and built for Le Mans was extraordinary.From a stock Cadillac Series 61 coupe, to an aerodynamic body on a...

Photo: Theodore W. Pieper ©2021 Courtesy of RM Sotheby'sBlenheim, Ontario, CANADA – Leading early highlights for RM Sotheby’s May 22 Amelia Island auction is a Corvette that Briggs Cunningham entered in the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans.Photo: Theodore W. Pieper ©2021 Courtesy of RM Sotheby'sThe C1 Corvette (chassis no....

When entrepreneur, sailor and auto racer Briggs Cunningham was granted two entries for the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans, the easy option would have been to buy a couple of European-made sports cars. But Cunningham wanted his debut in the French endurance classic to be an all-American affair, instead...

The U.S. Vintage Grand Prix weekend launched in full earnest Friday with the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival. The festival is an annual event celebrating the advent of America's first major post-World War II road race beginning Oct. 2, 1948. Founded by the late Cameron Argetsinger, the event was originally...

A 27-year-old Phil Hill teamed up with George Tilp to drive George's 750 Monza 0498M Ferrari No. 3 at Road America's inaugural race weekend on Sept. 10-11, 1955. Briggs Cunningham's driver Sherwood Johnston, in a long-nose D-type Jaguar, battled Hill to a photo finish. The first race features Paul O'Shea...

RACER looks back at the legendary Ford GT40 program that dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans with four consecutive wins from 1966-1969 in a series of new interviews with the iconic drivers who represented the Blue Oval.Dan Gurney made his first start at Le Mans in 1958, and by...

Augie Pabst began competing during in the mid-1950s during road racing's golden era; he owned a small sports car dealership that sold Triumphs, so he raced a TR-3 in 1956. He stepped up to an A.C. Bristol the following year."That A.C. was a great little car," said Pabst.In 1958, Pabst...

Sebring’s fourth annual 12-hour classic in 1955 turned out to be thrilling but controversial.The race featured a massive 80-car field, but chaos ensued at the start when six reserve entries – upset they were not selected to race – snuck on to the track and began racing. After a couple...

Sebring’s fourth annual 12-hour classic in 1955 turned out to be thrilling but controversial.The race featured a massive 80-car field, but chaos ensued at the start when six reserve entries – upset they were not selected to race – snuck on to the track and began racing. After a couple...