Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158...
John Zeitler Nigel Mansell Photo: Maureen Magee 2 Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Penske PC-18, wins the CART Budweiser Cleveland Grand...
The 24th annual Millers at Milwaukee Vintage Indy Car Event, sponsored by the Harry Miller Club, will be held July 13-14, 2018, at the famed Milwaukee Mile racetrack in suburban West Allis. The Miller event is one of the most impressive U.S. gatherings of Pre- and Post-WWII Indy and Champ...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Mark Donohue Giuseppe Campari 3 Manfred von Brauchitsch drives a Mercedes-Benz W25 to its first victory when he wins the...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario, Canada (1963). 2 Henry Seagrave drives a Sunbeam to victory in the French Grand Prix at Tours (1923). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
John Watson Manfred von Brauchitsh 3 Manfred von Brauchitsh scores the Mercedes-Benz Type W25 debut victory by winning the Eifelrennen...
Jo Bonnier Vic Elford 3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine”...
David Hobbs Jacky Ickx Ayrton Senna “Wally” Willmott 1 Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his first CART victory (1997). 2 Lancia finishes 1-2 in the Acropolis Rally in Greece. Walter Rohrl drives the winning car (1983). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Over the years, Vintage Racecar has been fortunate to have been able to include the work of talented cutaway artist...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through...
Founder Kevin Kay was working in the foreign car parts business some 30 years ago, when he purchased his first Aston Martin, a DB2/4. Kay decided to restore the car himself, and after showing his pride and joy at a number of events, he began to attract a following of...
The 2018 La Jolla Concours d’Elegance concluded its 14th year on a high note last Sunday, April 8, with more...
La Leggenda di Bassano is a historic racing event on the calendars of the FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Vèhicules Anciens)...
On the weekend of May 28-29, 2016, the tenth annual pageant of French motoring excellence – La Vie en Bleu – will take place at the U.K.’s Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington in Gloucestershire, home of the Bugatti Owners Club. This spectacular two-day event has always been a fan favorite, and...
Although the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 of the late-1930s and immediate post-war years lingered on the market until 1953, its...
1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an...
1969 Porsche 917K In 1969 it was make-or-break time for Porsche. After over a decade of dominating small-bore racing, the factory team was ready to go for overall honors at the major endurance races, and at Le Mans in particular. Porsche was well known in the marketplace for creating the...
The annual support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important events in all...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, which was first run in 1911 and is still going strong. Next comes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first of which was in 1923. And the...
[Click here to read the first installment] Poland, Denmark and Norway had fallen to Nazi Germany and the blitzkrieg up...
[Click here to read the second installment] Sure enough, the more liberal formula of the 1949 Mille Miglia attracted a...
Italian car collector Michael Schwartz has been named this year’s Honored Collector, a unique feature of the annual Lime Rock Historics, which will be held Thursday, Aug. 29 – Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Last year’s Honored Collector was Peter Mullin, who brought several rare Bugattis to Lime Rock. However, this...
Under cloudy skies, fortuitously slotted between rain showers, the second Lobethal Grand Carnival opened the historic 8.7-mile Adelaide Hills road...
Last weekend’s third edition of The London Classic Car Show featured an expanded format that also included the Historic Motorsport...
Former Formula One driver of the 1970s, Loris Kessel, has succumbed to his long-term battle with leukemia. Kessel’s early dream was to emulate the driving abilities of fellow Swiss Grand Prix driver, Jo Siffert. His early racing experiences were with an Alfa Romeo Spyder and later a Fiat 128. In...
It seems almost unbelievable that an example of one of the great pre-war cars, a straight eight supercharged Alfa Romeo...
Three apparently unconnected things seemed to me to have a synergy. One is the supposed 75th anniversary of Jaguar, a...
Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most famous sportsman. Holding dual citizenship Chiron joined the French army prior to his 18th birthday, serving as an artilleryman during World War I. He later became the personal driver to...
