Mecum’s auction during the annual Monterey Car Week saw 11 cars sell for more than $1m, and total sales of $54m.And the headline sale was a competition car, namely a delectable Ford GT40, which fetched $7,865,000. This superb example was one of the 10 lightweight MkI cars that boasted a...

The hardcover "Raoul 'Sonny' Balcaen: My Exciting True-Life Story in Motor Racing from Top Fuel Drag Racing Pioneer to Jim Hall, Reventlow Scarab, Carroll Shelby and Beyond” by Raoul F. Balcaen III with Jill Amadio and Pete Lyons, is now available in the U.S.This lovingly detailed memoir from one of...

The Reventlow Automobiles Inc.'s (RAI) Scarab Grand Prix cars were the very first, home-grown, all-American team of Formula 1 racing cars. Bonhams is to offer two of these Formula 1 classics, along with their much-admired Fiat-Bartoletti transporter, at the Goodwood Revival Sale on Sept. 12.The Scarab racing team was the...