Among the 450 entries for this year’s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota was an ex–Ken Miles 1960...
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and the Sports Car Club of South Africa will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
Need a change of pace from the usual closed-course vintage race events? Bored with the same corners on all-too-familiar tracks? Try taming Pikes Peak. Try 156 different turns! This mountain is the ultimate test of man and machine. Sunday, July 20th, 2008 marked the 86th running of the Pikes Peak...
Ed Justice Sr., who with brothers Zeke and Gus founded the international oil additives company that bears their name, has...
It is with sadness that we report the loss of British Le Mans–winner, Peter Jopp. Jopp began racing in the...
Assuming that somehow what racing really needs is another international Formula car class, the FIA recently announced plans to resurrect a new version of the same Formula 2 category it consigned to history with the creation of Formula 3000 in 1985. This new F2 is intended to be a feeder...
The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina, Washington, was named “Best of Show” at...
The Jaguar XK series made its first public debut at the 1948 London Motor Show in the shape of the...
For the 35th renewal of the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, organizer Steve Earle decided to depart from his usual tradition of honoring a specific marque and instead turned the event’s annual tribute toward the three and half decades that his creation has graced racing’s...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca...
Vintage Racecar was asked to play a part in continuing celebrations of 50 Years of the Lister “Knobbly” at the...
The traditional Silverstone Classic, held July 25–27, this year received a real “boost” under the direction of Motion Works Motorsport, with a weekend attendance of 57,000 beating earlier estimates by several thousand and being a real improvement over recent years. With a total of nearly 40 qualifying and warm-up sessions...
The Le Mans Classic has now become the most prestigious of all historic racing events…if competition for entries is anything...
The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, will celebrate both famed coachbuilder Bohman & Schwartz and a pair of 50th anniversaries for significant races at Sebring and Daytona. Additionally, this year’s event will pay tribute to...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands alone as the premier event offering something for everyone interested in four- or two-wheeled motor sport. What began as a historic motor sport garden party held in the grounds of...
When in last month’s review of his latest book we referred to Bernard Cahier as F1’s original photojournalist, we used...
On winter’s final weekend in the Southern Hemisphere, September 20-21, the Veloce Racing Association will hold its second annual East...
After a quarter-century’s absence, Group C sports cars returned to Le Mans and did so in style! Providing the spectacle were 30 fantastic Group C machines that took to the grid in glorious sunshine to compete in the historic support race organized by Motor Racing Legends. The 10-lap sprint is...
As a way to thank local resident and international racing driver Sam Posey for his lifelong contributions to Lime Rock...
For the fifth consecutive year the Classic Sports Racing Group will organize the CSRG Charity Challenge presented by Maserati at...
Attendees at this year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone were drawn by celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the British Racing Driver’s Club and the 60th anniversary of Silverstone Circuit, but on the eve of the race the mood changed. A new ten-year agreement was announced, securing the future of...
Last year it was a blast from the past; this year it became the future. Following the package of measures...
The Centennial Anniversary of the Great Savannah Races will be celebrated at this fall’s Seventh Annual Hilton Head Island Concours...
Upon his return from service with the Navy during WWII, Joe MacPherson took a job selling magazines door-to-door and, legend has it, so impressed one customer with his sales ability that he was offered a job selling cars for the man’s dealership. Those abilities soon led MacPherson to open his...
We are saddened to report the death of Ian Walker, rally and racecar driver, team owner and Lotus dealer. Those...
Three cars from the entry list for the first French Grand Prix in 1908 were recently reunited at the Vintage...
Mercedes-Benz rocked Donington Park with its mighty “Silver Arrow” confrontation with Auto Union in 1937 and 1938. Back then, the British crowds were simply stunned by the sight, sound and smell of the mighty racers, and a bit of that magic returned to the same facility when the Vintage Sports...
