Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
October 2008 Carlos Lepro’s Giulia—The First Winning GTA By Bernardo D. Martínez, MD For ten days, in October 1965, a grueling, 4,236-km touring car race—the Gran Premio Internacional de Turismo—was held around Argentina. During that race, a young teenager named Bernardo Martínez watched the race and was spellbound by the...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
Jerry Marshall Tazio Nuvolari 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B9B to victory in the F3 race at Brands Hatch, England (1968). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
On winter’s final weekend in the Southern Hemisphere, September 20-21, the Veloce Racing Association will hold its second annual East...
I stood back watching, as Monterey feted the Fangio marque. Fangio marque? Yes, Juan Manuel Fangio is the only person,...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna Seca track map to the right, over the course of those 35 years, a wide variety of significant automotive marques have been honored with the distinction of “featured marque.” Interestingly,...
Mario Andretti I had three different seasons in Alfa Romeo sports cars. People remember that I drove for them in...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This...
Carroll Shelby once remarked, “There are only two people I can think of who could sit down, take a welding...
July 2008 Hugh C. Hunter in his lovely 8C2900B Alfa Romeo on the Campbell Road Circuit. In ths race he...
John Zeitler Nigel Mansell Photo: Maureen Magee 2 Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Penske PC-18, wins the CART Budweiser Cleveland Grand...
The man at the wheel of the 2.8-liter, six-cylinder, Ford Sierra XR4i may have been a schoolmaster, but he certainly...
I worked as the chief engineer at Lola (1969–1981) during one of their most productive and interesting periods. The number of fascinating incidents that happened during that period is endless. Not long after I joined Lola, at their factory in Slough, which must have been around 1970, we had a...
John Watson Manfred von Brauchitsh 3 Manfred von Brauchitsh scores the Mercedes-Benz Type W25 debut victory by winning the Eifelrennen...
The 2008 Alfa Romeo Owners Club Convention will be held Wednesday, June 18th – Sunday, June 22nd in Oak Brook,...
In 1967, sports prototype racing was going through one of its golden eras, with plenty of entries and a wonderful driver lineup for the world championship series, which consisted of races in North America and throughout Europe. Seven different manufacturers contested the title with five of them winning races that...
Rubens Barrichello Nigel Mansell 1 Al Holbert drives a Chevrolet-powered March to victory in the IMSA Camel GT race at...
1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce Race Car For Sale Details: 1600 race engine built by Dan Marvin; Twin...
If I said to you the words “historic racing” and “green,” what comes immediately to mind? A British racing green Jaguar? The infield grass at your favorite track? All the money you spent on your last racing engine? Any of these would seem valid to me. But would you have...
If you ever see a photograph of Philippe Etancelin in action, chances are you will never forget him. Because he’s...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at...
Over the years, Vintage Racecar has been fortunate to have been able to include the work of talented cutaway artist Shin Yoshikawa in numerous features and Racecar Profiles. Japanese-born Yoshikawa began drawing cars when he was 10 years old, and over the past 50 years has come to be known...
The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was a sports racing prototype raced by the Alfa Romeo works team between 1967 and...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first world drivers’ championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
