Joel E. Finn, author, racer and computer industry pioneer, died January 28 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was 78. The...
For the fourth year running, Vintage Racecar’s European team has presented awards at the British Women Racing Drivers Club annual...
Northern California’s Classic and Sports Racing Group has released its 2017 event schedule, listing four major events at Sonoma Raceway and Thunderhill Park. The CSRG Season kicks off with the annual David Love Memorial Races at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend of March 31-April 2, where the club will hold...
The “Eagles Have Landed” exhibit honoring Dan Gurney at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum opened last Friday night with a reception...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) announced its 2017 class of inductees last week at Daytona International Speedway,...
Chip Ganassi, who fields 14 cars for 18 drivers in six major series worldwide, was named the 2017 recipient of the Road Racing Drivers Club’s Phil Hill Award for outstanding service to road racing. The award, which recognizes the racing accomplishments of Phil Hill, America’s first Formula One World Champion,...
Mario Andretti, winner of the Daytona 500 in 1967, the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 and the Formula One World Championship...
Four celebrated legends from the 24 Hours of Le Mans top a star-studded lineup of speakers appearing at the inaugural...
What’s better than a free day at the race track? Not much we suspect, and on Thursday March 23, competitors intending to contest this year’s 27th Silverstone Classic, set for July28-30, will get just that. With entry for the actual event in July expected to top 1,000 cars, track time...
The story of a small British car manufacturer that first enjoyed success with a three-wheeled delivery vehicle in 1907 that...
The fate of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca seems to have been at least temporarily settled, as the Monterey County (California)...
February 2017 • Publication of the final calendar for the FIA’s 2017 Formula One World Championship means that the date for next summer’s Silverstone Classic will shift a week in order to accommodate the changes. The 2017 Silverstone Classic, featuring a 50th anniversary celebration of Formula Ford, will now take...
The matriarch of early American road racing, and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center,...
The Napier-Campbell Bluebird II that Malcolm Campbell used to set a world land speed record in 1927 will complete a...
On the weekend of May 27-28, 2017, the tenth annual pageant of French motoring excellence — La Vie en Bleu — will take place at Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington in Gloucestershire, home of the Bugatti Owners’ Club. This spectacular two-day event has always been a favorite on the motoring calendar,...
Casey Annis, publisher/editor of Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar, will be speaking this Sunday at the inaugural Classic Auto Show in the...
Following last year’s relocation from its original location in Novi, Michigan, to the grounds of Daytona International Speedway in Florida,...
Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show, scheduled for February 24-26, 2017, at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, UK, has lined up Finnish rally legends Ari Vatanen (above, Pete Austin photo) and Markku Alén for the show’s 15th anniversary celebrations where the pair will get back behind the wheel on the bespoke...
Goodwood’s 75th Members Meeting is fast approaching with its March 18-19 date, and the latest word is that the Gerry...
Having got over the high spirits of Christmas and New Year, it’s good to get back on the ground to...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has created a new vintage event for its 2017 calendar, the Spring Classic that will take place on the weekend of May 19-21 at the scenic Central California raceway. The three-day event will showcase racing by vintage racecars from several different eras, focusing on the ’70s,...
The Petersen Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles is preparing to open a new exhibit honoring Dan Gurney called...
Carl Jensen, a long time driver, official, director, event promoter and great friend to many, suffered a fatal heart attack...
A 1938 Chevrolet “Fangio” Coupe (above) reigned supreme on the Endurance Rally Association’s Rally of the Incas, an exciting 27-day adventure exploring the fantastic terrain and equally stunning scenery across 9,981 kilometers/6,200 miles of South America. Americans Chuck and Pam Lyford lifted the trophy for the Vintageant category after starting...
Visitors to the 9th annual Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion, scheduled for August 27-30, 2017, will discover a decidedly Italian flavor...
The Crosslé Car Company, the world’s longest-standing constructor of customer racing cars, is celebrating the six decades since the late...
The careers of 15 racers honored with places on the Watkins Glen Drivers Walk of Fame will be examined when International Motor Racing Research Center Historian Bill Green kicks off the annual Center Conversations speaker series on Saturday, January 21. Joining Green in the discussion will be fellow members of...
NASA’s Johnson Space Center will host Strada Corsa Houston, scheduled for the weekend of May 5-7, 2017, when enthusiasts of...
Philadelphia’s Simeone Automotive Museum has expanded its collection with the addition of a new, rare, treasure, a 1907 Renault Racing...
January 2017 • The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced its 2017 schedule of events with the season kickiing off on the weekend of June 8-11 as part of the SVRA’s Open Wheel World Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and follows up with a July 20-13 appearance at Road...
