Gallery: Classic Fords - BBC Top Gear

Not to be missed--Ford releases thousands of historic photos from its archive. Almost Everything's favorites from TopGear's sneak peek are two shots of Ford GT40s. The first shows a collection of the cars parked in various racing liveries but without numbers. The second shows the three GT40s crossing the finish line of the 1966 24 Hours of LeMans in 1st, 2nd & 3rd places. There are plenty of others showing prototypes, show cars and other historic racers. Click the link below for more!

Gallery: classic Fords - BBC Top Gear

Aston Martin Arrives at Geneva Motor Show This Week

81st Annual International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland

Aston Martin Announces 2011 AMR-One Racer for LeMans Series

Aston Martin AMR-One Racer

One of our regular favorites, Aston Martin will once again contest top tier racing with a new LeMans endurance machine in the LMP1 class.

Only six AMR-Ones will be produced. The first will be run by the factory team in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC.) Two others will run in other venues that have not yet been announced. Aston Martin says that the AMR-One race car shares design philosophy with the One-77 road car including carbon fibre monocoque.

Aston Martin One-77 Road Car

In 2010, Aston Martin Racing was on the winners' podium a lot. Aston placed in both of the American LeMans races it contested, 3rd at Sebring and 2nd in Long Beach.

In FIA-GT the DB9 came in 1st at the Nürburgring and 2nd at Silverstone, Brno and Navarra.

At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Aston DBR9 was 3rd in the LMGT1 Class.

Aston Martin at 2010 24 Hours of LeMans

There were more podium finishes and lots more races. See Aston Martin Racing for full results.

2010 Lola-Aston Martin LMP1 Racer