Over this Long Beach GP weekend, which for so many year featured Formula 1, and as we prep for the 2021 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas, Oct. 22-24, it’s in keeping with the enthusiastic mood to look back 54 years at another USGP on the other...

The best couple hundred thousand bucks ever spent in racing? That's got to be Ford's investment in the Cosworth DFV Formula 1 engine. Bolted to the beautifully sparse Lotus 49, it made its winning debut in the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix and never looked back.Downtown Motown, June 5, 1983: Milan's...

Engineer and motorsports designer Adrian Newey will be reunited with a racecar he designed and ran at Daytona International Speedway when he makes his North American competition driving debut in the third edition of the Historic Sportscar Racing Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA, November 8-12.Entered to co-drive...

High-end model maker Automodello has recently released two stunning, resin-cast models – a 1967 Lotus 49 as driven by Jim Clark and the Ford 3.0-liter V8 Twin-Cam that powered it, during its maiden outing in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Clark won the race, the first of four he...

A couple of engines take center stage in our sixth annual Great Cars Issue. Two Cosworths, to be precise – Formula 1's DFV V8 and Indy car racing's DFV-derived DFX. Their gestations are fascinating (and contentious, in the case of the DFX), but it's the way each went on to...

It was 50 years ago today – June 4, 1967 – that Jim Clark and his Lotus 49 scored the first grand prix victory for the Ford Cosworth DFV (for "Double Four Valve") V8 in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. And it happened in the debut race for the...

MSRP $949.95 automodello.comNext year is the 50th anniversary of the gorgeous Lotus 49 and the ground-breaking Ford DFV engine that powered it. To celebrate, Automodello steps into the large-scale arena for the first time with a limited edition of just 50 sets of an exquisite rendering of Jim Clark’s 1967...

High-end model maker Automodello has recently released two stunning, resin-cast models – a 1967 Lotus 49 as driven by Jim Clark and the Ford 3.0-liter V8 Twin-Cam that powered it, during its maiden outing in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Clark won the race, the first of four he...

After last competing in the Indianapolis 500 in 2008, Darren Manning will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend in the June 13 “Indy Legends” Charity Pro-Am not only as a driver but a man on a mission. The race, the centerpiece of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association’s June...

Autodromo Nazionale Monza is one of the last iconic Formula 1 tracks that still possesses its original character. Still superfast, despite the chicanes; still atmospheric, despite the gladiatorial element of F1 disappearing; still possessing a soul in a way that most of the tracks that remain on the calendar couldn't...