Derek Gardner will be remembered, by many, as the designer of one of the most radically designed cars ever to...
The fourth renewal of the Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance will be held February 27, 2011 at the La Quinta Resort...
Canadian-born racing car designer, engineer, and innovative wheel manufacturer, Max Boxstrom died on March 15th in Birmingham’s Heartland Hospital of cardio-respiratory arrest. A much-respected “behind the scenes” man, Max was born in Sweden and moved to Canada in 1951 when his family emigrated. While still in high school, he wrote...
West Coast road racer Dick Smith (73 years old) and his stepson Kyle Runciman (16 years old) were killed in...
Hope for Tomorrow will celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a black tie dinner at London’s The Hurlingham...
Well-known historic Super Vee driver and Monoposto Racing director Domenick J. Billera died on Friday, April 21, 2006 at his home, in Lower Saucon Township, PA, with his wife by his side. Billera fought a valiant battle against acute leukemia and persevered through a stem-cell bone-marrow transplant with great strength...
Formula One, Can-Am and F5000 entrant and constructor Don Nichols passed away on August 21, at the age of 92....
The Donington Grand Prix Collection put their first works Renault Formula 1 car on show during the “World Series by...
Ask any F1 enthusiast to name Ayrton Senna’s greatest achievements and the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park is sure to feature. In an underpowered McLaren MP4/8-Cosworth, he surged from 5th to 1st on the opening lap of the wet race and after no less than five pit stops...
The 2019 Donington Historic Festival promises to be the most action-packed yet. Fifteen grids will take to the track across...
The second Historic Festival took place at Donington Park in the English Midlands over the weekend of May 5–6. The...
The stars are beginning to align in preparation for the 2012 Donington Historic Festival on May 5–6, with early entrants including the Le Mans and Daytona 24 Hours winner and ex-Formula One driver Jackie Oliver, who will share a 1961 250 GT SWB with Rohan Fernando in the Pre-’63 GT...
The Donington Historic Festival has announced a number of changes for its next event following the latest redevelopment at the...
The Historic Festival has been run at Donington Park for 12 editions now and is a firm favorite with both...
This year’s Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for Saturday April 30 through Monday May 2, the traditional May Bank Holiday weekend in Britain, will feature eight decades of motorsport history with racecars from the 1920 through the 1990s. Within a schedule of 17 races, the three-day Festival will showcase some 400...
Two fascinating characters from the early days of motor racing will be honored at this year’s Donington Historic Festival, set...
The future of one of Britain’s greatest race circuits, Donington Park, has been spectacularly confirmed by the launch of its...
Though the historic racing experts felt it was a bit of a risk to stage a historic festival at the newly refurbished Donington Park circuit, sponsors EFG International and organizers HSCC seemed to have been very happy at the end of a sunny and busy Mayday Bank Holiday weekend. Though...
The Donington Park circuit in the UK has been bought from the current owners, Tom Wheatcroft & Sons, by Donington...
Donington Park in the English Midlands, the historic site of 1930s Grands Prix, has once again echoed to the sound...
The third annual Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 4-5, 2013, will celebrate the career of three-time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna. Two historic events from the Brazilian’s career that took place at Donington Park will be featured, the 30th anniversary of the first time Senna ever drove a...
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Maserati, Motor Racing Legends and the Maserati Club UK are staging a historic Maserati...
The organizers very wisely had the foresight to provide off-track entertainment, the most popular of which were 16 sessions of...
On May’s first weekend, Vintage Racecar’s European team was on hand to greet many subscribers and friends, old and new, at the Donington Historic Festival. The first of the event’s three-days offered challenging weather conditions from sun to heavy rain — and even snow — as all four seasons played...
Racing’s fabled “Pink Lady,” Donna Mae Mims, the first woman to win an SCCA National Championship, has passed away at...
On September 5–7, a “Tribute to Mark Donohue” was held during SVRA’s Zippo Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This...
History will be made at next September’s SVRA Zippo at the Glen event, when the cars and career of the late Mark Donohue will be featured. This will be the first Zippo at the Glen event to feature a driver, rather than a marque. According to Watkins Glen President Craig...
The three-hour enduro for sports cars that was part of the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix weekend at Riverside in...
PRELIMINARIES The 2023 Daytona 24 hours was the 61st year of the event. It was once again a watershed year,...
The man known as the “Flying Dentist,” Dr. Dick Thompson, has died of natural causes at the age of 94. Thompson didn’t begin racing until he was in his 30s, but despite a lack of formal training or mechanical background, he was a natural who competed for nearly 20 years,...
