The Cheetah at Riverside
was an American sports car designed and engineered entirely with American components, and built from 1963 to 1966 by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas. It was developed as a competitor to Carroll Shelby's Cobra.
The Shelby Daytona Coupe at Daytona
is an American sports-coupé. With this car Carroll Shelby became the first American constructor to win a title on the international scene in the FIA International Championship for GT Manufacturers in 1965. The Shelby Daytona has recently been chosen for historic preservation as a significant vehicle in the history of auto racing.
The Ferrari 250P at Targa Florio
was a series of Italian sports prototype racing cars produced by Ferrari during the 1960s and early 1970s.
The 250 P was an open cockpit mid-engined rear wheel drive design and a longitudinally-mounted V12 engine with a 5-speed gearbox and transaxle.
The Ferrari 330 P4 at Monza
won the 1000 km Monza in 1967. Two P4s, and one 412 P crossed the finish line together in the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, for a photo finish to counter Ford's photo of the Ford GT40 Mk.II crossing the finish line together First, Second, and Third at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Ford GT40 at Sebring
is an American high-performance endurance racing car.
The GT40 effort was launched by Ford Motor Company to win long-distance sports car races against Ferrari, which won every 24 Hours of Le Mans race from 1960 to 1965. The GT40 broke Ferrari's streak in 1966 and went on to win the next three annual races.
The Jaguar D-Type at Silverstone
was designed specifically to win the Le Mans 24-hour race, the slippery D-Type was produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957.
The design, by Jaguar's Technical Director and Chief Engineer William Heynes, applied aeronautical technology, revolutionary at the time.
The Mercedes-Benz W196 at the Nürburgring
was a Formula One racing car produced by Mercedes-Benz for the 1954 and 1955 F1 seasons. In the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss it won 9 of 12 races entered and captured the only two world championships in which it competed.
The Porsche 917 at the Nürburgring
is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche. The 917 gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971.
In 1971 the car featured in the Steve McQueen film Le Mans.
Jaguar E-Type Lightweight at Brands Hatch
Twelve Lightweight plus two spare bodies were made by Jaguar. n some ways, this was an evolution of the low drag coupé. It made extensive use of aluminium alloy metal, in the body panels and other components.
Mustang Shelby GT500 at Laguna Seca
The GT500 was added to the Shelby Mustang lineup, equipped with a "Ford Cobra" FE Series 428 cu in (7.0 L) V8 engine with two 600 CFM Holley four-barrel carburetors sitting atop a mid-rise aluminum intake manifold.
Mini Cooper "S" at Goodwood
The Austin Mini Cooper and Morris Mini Cooper debuted in September 1961.
A more powerful Mini Cooper, dubbed the "S", was developed in tandem and released in 1963.
