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Resurrecting Legend: The Long-Lost Ford GT40 P/1067 Emerges From A California Garage

Hidden for decades in a Thousand Oaks garage, one of the rarest Ford GT40s—chassis P/1067—has been rediscovered, igniting new passion for a Le Mans icon that almost slipped through history’s fingers.

Datsun 240Z Rally Cars

In the early 70s, Nissan wanted to make a splash in the international sports car world with its new 240Z, while famous road racing teams like BRE were becoming a force in

3 Days In Maranello: Driving The Ferrari Test Track

Pista di Fiorano (the Ferrari test track) is hallowed ground for automotive enthusiasts. Located near the Italian town of Maranello, just about 1,000 feet from the front gate of the Ferrari factory,

Celebrity Stock Car Race at Irwindale Speedway

TGR Staff Irwindale, Calif. In front of a standing, cheering, near-sellout crowd Saturday night, well-known TV and film actor William Fichtner went wire-to-wire in the first-ever Justice Brothers Celebrity Stock Race on

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Map of L.A.’s Lost Racetracks

by Michael Satterfield The Los Angeles area used to be one of the most popular places in the country for motorsports, today LA County has just Irwindale Speedway and Pomona Drag Strip.

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Ron Howard to direct Lauda/Hunt F1 Film

A movie about the 1976 wold championship battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt appears to have taken one step closer to production with news that Ron Howard has come onboard as

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series 2011 – Big Crash

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Speed Channel Talks with Shelby about Le Mans

TGR Staff “Henry Ford II looked at the circumstances (a struggling Ford GT program) and said that we have the might of the Ford Motor Company with an army of engineers and

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

U.S. Grand Prix scheduled for June 17, 2012

TGR Staff The tentative calendar approved by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council includes all 20 Grand Prixs from this year (albeit in a modified order) including the United States Grand Prix.

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Fontana’s Auto Club Dragway is Threatened Over Noise Concerns

by Andrew Wolf In most areas of the country, the closure of a local drag racing establishment is a crushing blow to the racing community, but for Southern California area racers and

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Talks to Develop Movie about Ford at Le Mans

TGR Staff Based on A.J. Baime’s book “Go Like Hell,” which tells the story of how Ford became the first American carmaker to win Le Mans, besting Ferrari. Michael Mann is in

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Dacia Duster « No Limit »

Dacia has decided to take on the world's most famous and most challenging hill climb – the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb – which will take place in Colorado, USA, on June

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago

Catalina Grand Prix Gets The Ax for 2011

December 2010 saw the return of the Catalina Grand Prix motorcycle race, the race once considered one of California’s most renowned motorcycle races had not been run on the tiny island since

by Michael Satterfield

14 years ago