The Magazine
Previews of upcoming events, Race & Rally Reports, News, Reviews, Letters and Regulation Information from Historic Motor Racing News.
These stories are all from the pages of Historic Motor Racing News. Some have been abridged for this website. If you'd like to receive the full version, go to Subscribe where you will find postal and digital subscriptions available. We are currently working on providing full access to our archives of back issues going back to 1994, exclusively for our subscribers.
Home »
The Sponsors of Speed – The Great Motorsport Liveries – Vernasca Silver Flag
Thirty years for a classic car event are a lot. It takes great passion and commitment to organise an event year after year. In those thirty years, there has been a generational shift. Tastes and interests have changed, and the cars that were at the peak of their popularity are…
Centenary of Britian’s First Grand Prix
The world’s first permanent race circuit is also the venue for Britain’s very first Grand Prix, which was staged at Brooklands in 1926. This year, to celebrate the centenary, the award- winning Brooklands Museum is staging a special event on Saturday 8 August – 100 years to the day after…
Dr. Wolfgang Ulrich to act as Legends of Le Mans Ambassador
To mark the launch of the new Legends of Le Mans series in 2026, Peter Auto, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, and Le Mans Endurance Management have announced the appointment of Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich as the series’ official ambassador. A well-known figure in modern endurance racing and former director of…
London Motor Sport Show and Motor Show Announced for 2027
Motorsport Expo has been announced as a brand-new London-based motor sport show, set to take place at the Excel exhibition centre in Docklands on 26-28 February 2027, the first general motor sport show in the capital since the 1990s. In the intervening period Autosport International has been held each January…
US Tariffs for Cars
According to the latest bulletin from logistic company special- ising in the transport of high value and historic vehicles CARS Worldwide following their review of the recent US Supreme Court ruling concerning IEEPA-based tariffs and the Presidential Proclamation issued under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, the impact…
M&S Partner with Silverstone
Racy is not the word that springs to mind when thinking about Marks & Spencer, but the conservative, some would say staid, high street retailer has just signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Silverstone Circuit to become its Official Partner with a presence across Silverstone’s annual programme of events. According…
Masters Champions Announced
Masters held their 2025 season awards dinner at Beaune in France on Saturday 1st March announcing their 2025 Champions. Masters regulars Mike Cantillion, James Hagan, Martin Bullock and Ewen Sergison won the Patrick Head, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fitipaldi and Jackie Stewart classes of the Masters Racing Legends Championship for 3-litre…
Laguna Seca and Petersen Museum
The Petersen Automotive Museum and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca have announced a new partnership that will bring the two institutions together to amplify their impact in the automotive and motorsports industries. The Petersen Automotive Museum, recognised as one of the world’s top automotive museums, and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, which…
Payne to race Senna tribute Van Diemen RF81
Forty-five years after Brazilian rising star Ayrton Senna da Silva – as the future three-time Formula 1 World Champion was known then – burst onto the British racing scene, a sister Van Diemen RF81 in tribute livery will compete in the HSCC-run SDC Classic Formula Ford Championship for Pre-1982 cars,…
Le Mans Guest of Honour Gordon Murray
Le Mans Classic will host visionary engineer Gordon Murray as guest of honour at the Le Mans Classic Legend event in July. Designer of the Brabham BT42, the first Formula One car entirely of his design, Murray went on to join McLaren and contribute to the design of World Championship-winning…
Historic Driver to Tackle ‘Race to the Clouds’
Jim Morris has announced his intention to break the current front-wheel-drive record on Pikes Peak. The 57-year-old is the founder and Managing Director of Coventry-based Lifeline Fire & Safety Systems Ltd, as well as being behind several motorsport businesses, including Old Hall Performance, Trident Racing Supplies and GTS Motorsport. Born…
Generational Shift at V de V Sports
Vde V has announced that Laure Van de Vyver, an important part of the team since 2001, has taken over the direction of V de V Sports the organisers behind so much historic endurance racing, Her father Eric Van de Vyver was one of the pioneers of historic motor sport…
GT40s Celebrate Legendary le Mans Victory
Each year brings its raft of anniversaries, and this year we will be up to our necks in Ford GT40s as the famous MKII cars celebrate their legendary 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans in 1966. It will start at Race Retro where three exact replicas of the winning cars will…
Monterey Gears up for Multiple Celebrations
Registration for the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, which takes place on 12-15 August, opened in December and entry lists are filling up fast. Registration is also open for the Monterey Pre-Reunion and the Corkscrew Hillclimb, scheduled for August 8-9, marking what promises to be one of the most celebratory…
Pebble Beach – Change at the Top
This year, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will celebrate its 75th anniversary. For 40 of those years, its Chairman Sandra Button has been the force behind the event. That will change in October when she hands over to ex-Marine and then ex-California trial attorney, Vince W Finaldi. Though stepping back…
Restored Sunbeam to Debut at Pebble Beach
On 29 March 1927, Henry Segrave drove the 1000hp Sunbeam land speed record car to 203.79 miles per hour (327.97 km/h), the first car to reach a speed over 200 mph (320 km/h). Now in the UK’s National Motor Museum, the car has been the subject of a fund- raising…
The 2026 Royal Automobile Club Concours
After a better than hoped for inaugural event last year, the Royal Automobile Club’s Concours is back on the calendar on 8 July at the Club’s Woodcote Park country estate in Surrey, some 20 miles away from central London where the Royal Automobile Club was founded 129 years ago. Categories…
Royal Automobile Club Historic TT Lunch
In winning the HMRN Pre-’63 GT race at Silverstone last year, John and Gary Pearson, also won the prestigious Royal Automobile Club Historic Tourist Trophy. The RAC not only celebrates this on the podium on the day, but also at an annual lunch where the TT winners are guests of…
Record Breaking Solo Endurance Drive
HERO/ERA Chairman Tomas de Vargas Machuca was celebrated at the International Historic Motoring Awards in November for his 14,899km, 37-day, solo drive in a 1926 Bentley 3-4 1⁄2 Litre during the 2025 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. Remarkably, without a navigator or riding mechanic, Tomas also finished the event in…
Royal Automobile Club Concours to Return in 2026
Just days before going to collect their award at the International Historic Motoring Awards ceremony in London for the ‘Breakthrough Event of the Year’, the motoring team at the Royal Automobile Club revealed that it will be repeating their Royal Automobile Club Concours again next year. The date they have…