The latest issue of Vintage Motorsport, Jan/Feb 2022, features a rear three-quarter-view photo of one of the most potent and attractive Grand Prix cars of the 1950s, Juan-Manuel Fangio’s Lancia D50. And that image tripped my memory circuit, reminding me of another bright red Italian race car on the cover...

Funny how these things happen. I was just discussing Vintage Motorsport “cover cars” with RACER Marketing & Media’s Nick Lish (who wears so many hats, I can’t keep track, but I’m an especially big fan of his large-format photography) because my Valentine’s Day/Memorial Day/July 4th/Labor Day wish for a red...

The Jan/Feb 2022 Vintage Motorsport issue is in the mail to subscribers and if you are a subscriber, thank you! It’s also headed to newsstands at Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide. If you’re not a subscriber, you can go to VintageMotorsport.com/Subscribe or call 877-425-4103. Single copies can be purchased at...

As we look back on the Lime Rock Historic Festival 34, check out the "Pick of the Paddock" winner - the 1954 Lancia D50 Recreation cared for by Miles Collier and The Revs Institute of Naples, Florida as not one, but two Two Lancia D50s took to the track.A video...

Subject to minor changes, the 263-car racing entry list for Historic Festival 34 Presented by the Prestige Family of Fine Cars, set for Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2-5, has been released by Festival Chairman Murray Smith.Smith's created nine race groups averaging almost 30 cars per, highlighted by the new-for-the-Lime-Rock-Festival "Tin...

The sights and sounds reveal how hard the blood-red Lancia D50 is being worked. Over the crest exiting Raidillon, it appears to be barely touching the pavement as the 2.5-liter V8 tries to transmit 280hp to the ground through skinny, treaded rubber. Moments later its left-side tires are bending and...