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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 Legacy: The Z Car That Conquered Safari And Monte Carlo

We stopped in to visit the Datsun 240Z Rally Cars at the Nissan Heritage Center in Japan; for more from our visit to Japan. In the early 70s, Nissan wanted to make

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,

15-year-old wins IMSA in Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

TGR Staff Professional racing drivers keep getting younger and younger. Every year, Formula One, for example, seems to crown a new record holder for the youngest race winner in Grand Prix history,

by Michael Satterfield

15 years ago

Dale Earnhardt and Corvette Rolex 24 at Daytona

The 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Jan. 28-29, marks a half-century of top-level sports car racing on the high banks and twisting infield of Daytona International Speedway. We’re counting down to that

by Michael Satterfield

15 years ago

You’re Speeding…eh

by Michael Satterfield Vancouver Police have impounded a total of 13 cars valued at more than $2 million after the drivers were spotted reportedly street racing. Including cars from marques such as

by Michael Satterfield

15 years ago

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

15 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

15 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

15 years ago

Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series 2011 – Big Crash

by Michael Satterfield

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 years ago