October 2017 François Cévert guides his Tyrrell 002-Ford through Casino Square during wet practice for the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix....
If you don’t know the Furlows of Dallas, Texas, you’ve definitely been hanging with the wrong vintage racing crowd. Father...
October 2017 Age of Aquarius Dear Editor I can’t figure out those folks at Rick Dore Kustoms. They have built some of the most beautiful custom cars around, centerpieces at any car show at which they appear, and yet someone (presumably an employee) has either a warped sense of humor...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose...
Is there no end to the list of racecar manufacturers of the 20th century? Let’s have a show of hands. How...
With the Concours season starting in California, my memory was jogged to my first and only Pebble Beach Road Races. In 1956, as a freshman engineering student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO) several friends and I heard of a sports car race in Carmel, just up the coast...
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build...
“And Now for Something Completely Different.” This mantra aptly characterized the boldness of Monty Python when it first aired in 1969. Fresh and fantastic; different in the best way possible. In my view, the same can be said of the racing machines and pilots of Great Britain. A bit more...
1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Due to Jano’s suspension modifications over the ’31-’32 season, the 8C enjoys surprisingly flat handling...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to...
There is a certain indescribable thrill associated with the resurrection of a long lost automobile. It’s often more than the joy of the find and the journey of returning a special car to its former state of glory through restoration. Sometimes the process includes rediscovery of forgotten history and reassembling...
1966 Lola T70 SL71/48 Proper warming up of components and attention paid to maintaining balance with the handling were the...
1964 World Champion Our Ed McDonough had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
Hot Rods are more than just auto-mobiles. They define a culture; a way of life. And at their best, they are an art form—muscular and powerful, yet at the same time stylish. Some rods were street cruisers, a way to have fun, grab attention and, of course, girls. Others were...
1959 Costin-Lister BHL133 While the Costin-Lister has proved to be a potent weapon, attention must be paid to both avoiding...
Although my passion and love of motor racing was born in Italy—at Monza during the 1969 Italian GP—my first real...
On July 12, 2009, thousands of onlookers witnessed as a 1925 Bugatti Type 22 Brescia Roadster was plucked from Lake Maggiore on the border of Italy and Switzerland. The car had been submerged for three-quarters of a century and when it sold at Bonhams’ Retromobile auction in Paris in January...
1967 Shelby King Cobra Can-Am If you were Carroll Shelby, 1966 was a pretty good year. Coming off his Cobras...
In this month’s Racecar Profile [“Bound by Fate”], you’ll read that I recently had the opportunity to test drive the...
Uli Ehret’s latest watercolor artwork shows the Group C Toyota T87C—a racecar designed and built by Dome—roaring past the pits during the early minutes of the race. The four-cylinder, turbo-engined prototype was driven by Alan Jones, Geoff Lees and Eje Elgh, and raced against mighty opposition from Porsche (the eventual...
If you’re reading this magazine, you’re probably passionate about vintage racecars. You love the sounds they make, the smells that...
1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car Author found the Maxi rally machine to be very responsive to driver inputs. Photo: Kary Jiggle...
Racing Honda cars in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) is pretty special to me. I’ve won three BTCC titles and countless races with them. Of course, I hold my first British Touring Car Championship win quite close to my heart. It was at the wheel of the 2005 Integra...
Almost Famous is Cameron Crowe’s semi-auto-biographical film about a teenage journalist who lands a writing gig with Rolling Stone magazine...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
How many vintage racing machines can you name that were originally powered by an ear-piercing DKW power plant? Not such an easy question, but I’m able to recall a few. In the Formula Junior class, there was Erick Sobriery’s 1959 FJ and Lyle Powell’s 1960 FJ, both well-constructed one-offs with...
1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB “Comp/61” Inevitably, when the name Ferrari is brought up in conjunction with racing, the first thing that...
There is a warehouse in Houston, Texas, that is the automotive equivalent of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There are no...
