Formula 3 was a superb training ground for many British drivers in the early 1950s. For this sunny International Daily...
Introduced in late 1954, the Porsche 356 A Speedster continued as a stripped-down, affordable, sports-oriented convertible within the 356 A...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the Cobras and Ford GT40s (Marks I, II and IV) all over the world, Phil Remington stood on the leading edge of racing technology for some seven decades until his peaceful...
In 1903, Henry M. Leland began selling a $750, single-cylinder, automobile under the name Cadillac. Later touted as the “Standard...
The early post-war interest in small displacement automobile racing in Europe was fueled by enthusiasm and petrol rationing. Money was...
My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when leading”…under protest. That was at Le Mans after the big crash when one of our cars was involved and the Mercedes board in Stuttgart decided to withdraw the other cars....
FORMULA ONE & TWO AT REIMS, 1958 | It could never happen now. Ian Burgess was a works Cooper driver...
The iconic Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa reigns as one of the most beautiful creations the industry has ever seen. The...
Don Blenderman is koo-koo for Kurtis cars. And why not? Frank Kurtis is arguably the greatest American racecar builder of all time. His career spanned four decades, and his cars regularly dominated the competition. The Kurtis midget was the car to have in the ‘30s and ‘40s, and the lovely...
The Porsche 550 was Porsche’s first production racing car. The car was completely street legal, so it could be driven...
VR contributor Mark Brinker went to Bonneville’s August Speed Week, with his sights on breaking the Grand Touring Sports Car...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in Santa Monica, California, where we had agreed to meet, office workers and the boatyard crew came out to have a look. Several of them took out their cell phones and...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to...
1959 Cooper T-51 and 1960 Cooper T-53 The two Formula 1 Coopers you see here represent one of the key...
This is a little-known story, but the real father of Riverside Raceway was Jim Peterson. I thought this would be a good time to tell it, because the new Riverside International Raceway Museum is having a “Legends of Riverside” celebration on March 27-29. It might be appropriate to include at...
The car collector world is full of automotive puzzles and owners and pundits with “theories”. Some theories arise out of...
My motor racing career started with the most basic form of car, a 1952 Ford Anglia E93A, which I towed...
September 2005 The Amazing Summer of ’55 By Eoin Young There is no logic why 1955 was destined to ring throughout the history of post-war motor racing. Of course if you’re turning the big 50 this year, 1955 was indeed significant but when it comes to motor racing it was...
Some cars are designed to get us from A to B, and nothing more. And then there are icons –...
September 2010 A great idea that failed. Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24...
Road racing in America started just after World War II and rapidly grew into a phenomenon. While many of the cars competing on American asphalt were expensive jobs built in Europe, a great number of enthusiasts disappeared into the garage to build their own road racing specials. They bent tubes,...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be...
1955 Crowfoot Holden Special The author opens up the wailing Crowfoot Special onto Wakefield Park’s front straight. Photo: Casey Annis Now I understand why Australia was put where it is. When world geography was organized, it was recognized that motor racing would get everywhere, but in places where it would...
The Pikes Peak Hill Climb is the second-oldest major motor racing event in North America. The inaugural race was held...
The scene is just prior to the start of the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, and local favorite Stirling...
The 1954 Carrera Panamericana developed immediately into a fight between two Ferraris: the year-old 375MM of Phil Hill and Richie Ginther, and the new, brutishly fast 375 Plus of Umberto Maglioli. After his early lead was eroded by mechanical problems, the Mexican press nicknamed Hill “El Batallador” (The Battler) for...
Pete Lyons Fifty years—let’s set the old timescope at that fulsome number today. It’s been a long time since 1954,...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
Known as “Le Monstre” by the French, this car was built on the Cadillac Series 61 platform with a tubular chassis. Powered by a custom-configured 331 cu.in. V8 engine, it produced 160hp and could reach 130mph on the Mulsanne straight. Watch the video to learn more about the incredible story...
