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Strengthen your bookcase! After a long gestation period the Phil Hill �Inside Track� twin volume book, all 10kgs of it, has been published. The pair of massive hardback books are supplied in a cloth covered slip case, and are divided chronologically into two phases of his career, the first spanning the years 1951-1956 and the second 1957-1962. These were essentially the years that he drove Ferrari�s, both privately and as a works driver, along with many other marques, culminating in him becoming the USA�s first F1 Drivers� World Champion in 1961.

�La Macchina del tempo � Museo Storico Alfa Romeo� is the heart of a genuine �brand center�, with a bookshop, café, Documentation Center, test drive track, events venues and a show-room with a customer delivery area: it is the perfect bond between past, present and future. In Arese, next to Milan city center and the Expo area.

Laurent Auxietre and Christophe Schmidt, two well established experts in the classic car industry, will make their debut as Auxietre & Schmidt at the world acclaimed Rétromobile week in Paris, from February 6th to 11th.
With great results achieved on exceptional motorcars in recent years, they are today taking their collaboration to the next level, creating a new company dealing with the highest quality automobiles: "We pride ourselves in working with passion and consigning some of the most significant motorcars, both classic and recent, as well as meeting the people behind them."

�It seems incredible to think that Enzo Ferrari was born in the 19th century,� says Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne. �His lesson is more relevant than ever and his modernity unquestionable. He was a man with extraordinary vision and ability to manage people and resources as well as a strong entrepreneurial spirit and exceptional courage. One wonders what he could have achieved if he had had access to today�s technical resources and knowledge. The mark that he left on the world remains a source of pride for all of us at Ferrari and for the whole of Italy.�

Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, will be celebrating his 90th birthday this year on February 23. The endurance and Monoposto specialist, born in Stuttgart in 1928, is regarded as one of the most reliable and consistent race drivers of all time. In the course of his motor sport career, Hans Herrmann won more than 80 overall and best of class victories, most of them for Porsche.

First a little history revision on the Caramulo museum - it is situated in the spa town of the same name, high in the hills of the Caramulo mountain range, about 120kms south east of Porto in Portugal. The art and car museum was the brainchild of the brothers Abel and Joao Lacerda, who loved their town and wanted to give it something that would attract visitors, and keep it alive, after the sanatorium that had been its main source of employment and income closed in the early fifties.

The Museo Lamborghini is situated to the right of the main entrance of the factory in Sant�Agata Bolognese, which is a historic small town in the countryside, approximately mid way between Bologna and Modena. A bonus of its location right on the factory premises is that one will see cars being taken out on test, and maybe even spot the odd prototype. The factory is on the main SP 255, Via Modena, on the outskirts of the town, but within walking distance of the historic centre, and is still the site on which Ferruccio Lamborghini established the original factory in 1963.

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Dave Nicholas has taken many shots of Ferrari's from Sebring 59-50-61-62 and some 64-65 and other major races in the North America. Latest updates ... "Results updates include complete nat'l races from Lime Rock and Marlboro 1957 to 1962. Bud Hofer donated some great shots from the Glen GP in 1961. Don Cooke gave us hundreds of shots and the first posted are a great glance at the very last Sunday race at Lime Rock in April 1959. These shots include the notorious Paul Richards trying to dry out the main straight in his Cessna ! A whole new look at Bridgehampton with shots from 1951, 1957, 1966, 1968."

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Construction magnate and boulevardier Tony Parravano was instrumental in launching the West Coast sports car racing craze of the 1950s. Along with John Edgar and John von Neumann, Scuderia Parravano hired the very best drivers of the day to race the very best cars of the day. Tony was a top customer of Enzo Ferrari and had countless cars direct from the Factory.
Now, two of Enzo Ferrari�s quintessential open sports racers are being offered by Copley Motorcars out of their suburban Boston showroom.

After the racing last weekend at the nearby Weathertech Laguna Seca Raceway the Concours week is now officially under way after today´s Concours on the Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Unlike all the other events during the week this is a free concours attracting the masses from normal tourists coming by chance plus those making their way from all around the world to attend the car week. For the first time this week cars will be seen on the Ocean Avenue but unlike the posh Pebble Beach Concours entrants that could be seen on Thursday the Concours on the Avenue is much more a cars&coffee meeting attracting all sorts of cars from the small Austin Minis to the American muscle cars in different classes

As soon as the spectators joined the fun at 10 am the sun also came through the clouds and the rest of the day was fine weather. Since a few years the grounds of the Lodge feature two greens on either side of the road and this year the side stage hosted the class of the �Great Ferraris�. Always one of the most spectacular displays the show spanned cars from the early 166MM Touring Barchetta alongside the Le Mans winning 250 TR from the Kadoorie stable, an original 275 GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spider, the Pinin Prototype as well as the 500 TRC as seen on the tour to the latest TDF models including a taylor made bare aluminium car.

Grand Basel, the ultimate global show for automotive masterpieces, has closed the doors to its first fair in Basel and is celebrating the resounding success of its debut on the world stage. More than 12,000 people visited the show, including international connoisseurs, experts and collectors, as well as culture enthusiasts with a broad spectrum of passions.
As an inaugural show that was designed to demonstrate the spectacular presentation of the Grand Basel show concept, approximately one fourth of the cars on display were officially available to buy.

The 13th edition of the Salon Privé Chubb Insurance Concours d�Elegance was blessed with fine late summer weather throughout and plenty of warm sunshine. For the 4th running of the event at Blenheim Palace, the show field moved from its previous enclosure away from the Palace right up to the terrace fronting the columned facade of the architectural masterpiece, with the Water Garden to the left and the Italian Garden to the right. Apart from being a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Palace is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and the home of His Grace The 12th Duke of Marlborough and his family, who is now Patron of the event.

In occasion of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Prancing Horse is launching a unique �Piloti Ferrari� specification for the Ferrari 488 Pista. This special custom creation, the latest from the exclusive Tailor Made programme, was designed to recognise the success of clients who race Ferraris and will make its debut on the eve of the legendary French endurance race at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Inspired by AF Corse�s no. 51 car, with which Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado won the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Drivers� and Manufacturers� titles ...

The seventh edition of the �Royal Concours� as it widely known, due to its tour of Royal residences, including St James Palace and Windsor Castle, before settling at Hampton Court Palace, was held over the weekend of 31 August � 02 September. It featured a total of 60 desirable automobiles displayed in the Palace�s Fountain Gardens, ranging from a 1903 Panhard et Levassor 15 HP to a 2018 Ferrari GTC4 Lusso Tailor Made. There were also massive club displays on the perimeter of the main show area, together with classic dealer displays, broadening the spectrum of cars for visitors to enjoy.

The Estoril Classics Week comprised of three main elements, the Rallye de Portugal Histórico, a concours and a historic race meeting at the Estoril circuit. The Rallye de Portugal Histórico featured an international entry list of 87 teams, of which 15 were from Portugal and 72 from a wide range of other countries, including in alphabetical order, Andorra, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Lithuania, Monaco, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

RM Sotheby�s is delighted to announce the addition of a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM with significant motorsport pedigree ahead of The Petersen Automotive Museum Auction on 8 December. Campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari for the 1956 and 1957 seasons, the fully matching-numbers, Ferrari Classiche-certified racer was piloted by an amazing assortment of factory team drivers including Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill, Peter Collins, Wolfgang von Trips, Olivier Gendebien, Eugenio Castellotti and later, Sir Stirling Moss, in some of the most prestigious race events in the world.

For the 36th time the Lime Rock Historic Festival was held at Labour Day at the track at Lakeville near the border triangle of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. With about 200 cars in 8 different race classes the track was hot for three days including practice sessions, the qualifying and the final races on Monday, the Labour Day being the traditional final of the race weekend on the first Monday in September.

The 35th edition of "Auto e Moto d'Epoca" will be held at Fiera di Padova in Padua, Italy, from October 25 to 28. It is the most important event in Europe for vintage car and motorcycle enthusiasts counting over 5000 cars for sale and bring together more than 1600 exhibitors. FCA Heritage will be one of the leaders of the event. The department of the Group in charge of protecting and promoting the history of Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Abarth will be presenting a selection of classic cars picked from its collection on a refreshed stand, namely a 1908 Fiat S 61 Corsa, a 1967 Fiat 124 Sport Spider, a 1981 Pininfarina Spidereuropa, a 1988 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Gr. A "Safari" and a 1988 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione IMSA.

Last week we reported on the Bugatti Meeting both in the races and the Concours in the park at Lime Rock for the Lime Rock Historic Festival around Labor Day. As mentioned back then this was just the prelude for the International Bugatti Meeting to take place the following week in the New York area. Every year one of the numerous national Bugatti clubs is entrusted to host the International Meeting and after several editions in Europe it was finally time again to head overseas. As the last USA tour being held on the west coast this year the transition period between summer and fall was chosen for the meeting in Saratoga Springs located in the middle-east of the state New York

The final two races in the International GT Open series were held at the Circuit de Catalunya over the weekend of the 20 � 21 October, with both the Team and Drivers� Championships still to be decided. In the Team Championship it was a battle between 2018 newcomer to the series, the American team Luzich Racing with their Ferrari 488 GT3s, and the Italian team Imperiale Racing with their Lamborghini Huracan GT3s. The Drivers� title was mainly between Luzich Racing�s Danish driver Mikkel Mac ...

It was just after 16h on a sunny day in Paris that Mai^tre Herve´ Poulain, accompanied by Matthieu Lamoure, brought his hammer down to mark the start of the 14th edition of the Automobiles sur les Champs auction, organised by Artcurial Motorcars. Expertly presented by Pierre Novikoff, the deputy director of Artcurial Motorcars, 48 collectors cars changed hands during the afternoon. The sale realised €4,390,732 / $5,005,434.

RM Sotheby�s celebrated 70 years of Porsche on Saturday with the company�s single-marque Porsche 70th Anniversary Auction at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta (PEC), also the home of Porsche Cars North America. RM Sotheby�s achieved $25.8 million in total sales, with 92 percent of all lots finding new homes.