The inaugural Algarve Historic Festival was held October 16-18, 2009 at the new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. With 16 races for 12 Historic Racing Car categories, the Algarve Historic Festival was the biggest historic motor racing event ever held in Portugal and Spain.
“As good as Spa or the Brands Hatch GP circuit”… “Really tricky to learn”… “Bloody fantastic!”
These were just some of the comments about the new Algarve International Autodrome
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LeMay – America’s Car Museum recently appointed two new directors to the board at the board meeting held last month. Moray Callum, Executive Director of Ford America Design and Richard Davis, President and CEO of Standard Parts Corporation were both named to the LeMay Museum board of directors during the meeting.
David Lowe Madeira, President and CEO of LeMay – America’s Car Museum expressed his enthusiasm about the growth of the board
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Story and photos by Simon Wright
The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) Historic Saloon Cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit. The HSCC Historic Saloon Car Championship is open to cars that were in series production before 1966.
Dan Cox, leading the championship, put his 1964 Ford Lotus Cortina on pole position from Graeme Dodd Jaguar Mk II by 0.069 of a second. At the start of the race
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Five very unique cars created by Detroit’s automakers are set for RM’s ‘Automobiles of Arizona’ event this coming January, including the 1954 Mercury XM-800 Dream Car, the 1956 Cadillac Maharani Motorama Show Car, a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado ‘Raindrop’ Dream Car, an all-original 1956 Chrysler Plainsman Concept Car by Ghia, presented in ‘as found’ condition, and the Lincoln Sentinel ‘Styling Buck’.
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Story by Leigh Dorrington
Houston trial attorney John O’Quinn, who has recently emerged as a towering figure in automotive and art purchases for a proposed museum, was killed in an automobile accident in Houston on Thursday, October 30.
O’Quinn and his partner Darla Lexington, president of the O’Quinn Collection, have become known to auction participants and automotive artists but still remained relatively unknown to many. The collection began in only 2003 but already includes more than 800... Read Full Story
