BMW factory racing partner Team WRT has opened the doors of its huge new state-of-the-art headquarters in Belgium on Tuesday evening with a special inauguration event.Its new base, which is located in Bierset, near Liège, features 20,475 sqm of working and manufacturing space for 140 employees and all of the...

The extension of the Hypercar and GTP regulations through the 2029 season, announced ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours, was met with universal praise. It’s a ruleset that is working as intended, allowing manufacturers to choose one of a multitude of routes into sports car racing’s top class at...

Jacky Ickx, six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, who also claimed eight Formula 1 wins, the 1979 SCCA Can-Am series championship and back-to-back World Endurance Championship for Drivers titles in 1982 and ’83, will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club in Long Beach, California, on...

Porsche’s 959 mastered the grueling Paris-Dakar desert rally from France to West Africa in 1986, finishing 1-2 in the 8,700-mile endurance contest. Now the runner-up Jacky Ickx/Claude Brasseur machine -- which finished right behind the identical 959 of winners Rene Metge and Dominique Lemoyne -- is ready to be driven...

Porsche's 959 mastered the grueling Paris-Dakar desert rally from France to West Africa in 1986, finishing 1-2 in the 8700-mile endurance contest. Now the runnerup Jacky Ickx/Claude Brasseur machine—which finished right behind the identical 959 of winners René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne—is ready to be driven once again. A cmprehensive...

Inspired by Steve Nickless' post a few weeks back, I decided to pick up a book from my ever-growing "to-read" pile atop my nightstand. The book I chose was Sam Posey's Where the Writer Meets the Road. I purchased the book from Sam and his son a few years back...

Gooding & Company achieved a 100 percent sell-through rate from its Oct. 4-15 Geared Online Fall Automobilia auction, realizing a total of $239,656.Featuring a wide selection of automobilia offered without reserve, including lots from the Stephen P. Dean and Donald L. Weber collections, the online auction offered an array of...

Gooding & Company’s Geared Online Auction opens today, October 4, and will run for 12 days, to Friday, Oct. 15. With a large selection of items offered without reserve, this auction offers a slice of automotive history for collectors at every level.Notable among the huge selection:Photo: Mike Maez / Gooding...

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) added an impressive list of new inductees to its renowned all-star racing roster in Monday’s 32nd annual Induction Celebration presented by Firestone inside Pontiac, Michigan’s M1 Concourse.The Class of 2020 induction in the brand new M1 Event Center was postponed from March...

Full fields, including several "must-see” entries, plus a Special Run Group for historic Sports 2000 competitors and a Blue Marble Cocktails Radical Cup race, highlight this weekend's Historic Sportscar Racing Fall Historics at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. With a full slate of HSR sprint, endurance and feature races, the Fall...