Video Automobile Sports Car Vintage – Ferrari 250TR crash at the 2009 Monterey Historics – Two Ferrari Testa Rosas spin out and crash (on two consecutive laps!) of the 2009 Rolex Monterey Historic races, August 15, 2009, at turns 8/8A “corkscrew” of the Laguna Seca racetrack. Fortunately…
John Shirley is 69-years-old and shows no signs of abandoning a sport formerly favored mostly by the young.
But he will be far from the oldest at this weekend’s Charity Challenge at Infineon Raceway, a gathering of vintage car racers organized by the Classic Sports Racing Group to benefit the Sonoma Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities. More than $400,000 has been raised from the event over the past five years and one of the weekend’s drivers will be 80-year-old Mike McNally of Sacramento, who will drive his …Â Details
For its eleventh annual fall celebration of the Legends of Motorsport, The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles will present “Tribute to Trans-Am†on Thursday, November 12 at 6:00 p.m. This will be a distinctively memorable event for all who join The Petersen’s honored guests, friends and colleagues, along with an exhibit of historic Trans-Am race cars famously associated with the Trans-Am racing heritage.
The Petersen Museum’s previous yearly tributes, which have honored Dan Gurney and Riverside Raceway, Phil Hill and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Andy Granatelli and the Indy 500, the triumphant Parnelli Jones, the incomparable Carroll Shelby, and last years’ “Tribute to Corvette Racingâ€, have each been applauded by all and widely covered in the motor racing press… Details