A small brick house not far from the Atlantic Ocean in Surfside Beach, South Carolina is one of the top repositories of auto racing history in the United States. Sagging shelves hold thousands of ...

Ford recently announced its return to Formula One with Oracle Red Bull Racing. For some, it feels new. It isn’t.

Those words appeared in the April 11, 1965 edition of The Charlotte Observer. They were written by George Cunningham, who manned the “Motor Beat” for the newspaper for decades. They were used to ...

At one time, both in the U.S. and in Europe, motorsport was an open-road affair. Fast cars competed on public roads in what ...

NMAHMAI copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. Bennett -- Vanderbilt -- Hippodrome sprints -- Auto import -- French scenery -- Specials -- Mercer -- Stutz ...

From interactive exhibits to racing history, Charlotte’s NASCAR Hall of Fame offers more than most visitors expect.

The unique demands of car racing have spurred various developments in automobile manufacturing. Whether in Formula 1, Le Mans, or on the street, people love a car with plenty of speed and performance.

It’s easy, here in the 21st century, to take cars for granted, but the automobile took quite a while to catch on in most locales. During the first few decades of this new contraption’s existence, few ...

At the top of a hill in a sprawling Santa Clarita industrial park in the shadow of Magic Mountain’s roller coasters, a significant chapter in the history of motorsports was written. But the story ...

Nick Tandy, Laurens Vanthoor and Felipe Nasr are 24 hours away from doing something no one in the history of sports cars has been able to pull off. At Le Mans, Tandy and Nasr will drive the No. 4 ...

David Pearson after one of his 105 wins in NASCAR’s top divison, the second-most all time behind Richard Petty’s 200. Observer File Photo “The layout’s a dilly.” Those words appeared in the April 11, ...