General Racing, Ltd., organizers of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have announced that the featured marque for the 2007 Historics...
On Oct. 23, a beaming Mario Andretti received the Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana for his public service...
SpaItalia, the famed Belgian circuit’s celebration of Italian style will, this year, honor Maserati and pay homage to its founder Alfieri Maserati. Alfieri Maserati was born in 1887. On December 14, 1914, he created, in Bologna, his own firm with his brothers Ettore, Enesto and later Bindo, called the “Societa...
Jack Cassingham of Sherrills, North Carolina, has been awarded the highest honor of “Driver of the Year” by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association...
Joaquin Folch took victory in the sixth round of the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix World Championship at Donington Park on...
One of the best kept secrets in historic car racing is the wonderful selection of hill-climbs, both competitive and non, that are available in France, particularly in the Alsace/Vosges and Jura regions. One excellent example is Trois Epis “course-de-cote,” in Turckheim, in central Alsace. The road itself is a wonderful...
The Monaco Kart Cup celebrated its 10th anniversary on the street circuit in the tiny principality, Oct. 13–15, and added...
The annual Spa Six Hours regularly attracts a huge entry and this year’s September 30th event was no exception with...
Christie’s Auctions has announced that they will be offering a rare 1939 Auto Union D-Type for sale during their Feb. 17 Retromobile sale in Paris. Considered by many to be one of the most seminal cars in motor racing history, the D-Type won the 1939 Belgrade Grand Prix at the...
The 2007 Gold Cup Historic Races, scheduled for June 8-10, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Virginia...
Motor Racing Legends has announced the eligible years for Le Mans Legend 2007, the historic support race to the modern...
It was scheduled to be a Celebration of Bathurst but, with the death of Peter Brock the “King of Bathurst” just days beforehand, it was also a tribute to a legend of Australian motor sport. Brocky had entered a reconstruction of his Holden-powered Austin A30 and he was scheduled to...
The first woman to race in Formula One turned 80 on November 6, 2006. She is Countess Maria Teresa De...
In December, several members of VR’s editorial staff were honored by the motor press community for the quality of their...
Both the cars and the crews were the stars at the 4th San Marino Rallylegend held in the Republic close to the east coast of Italy over the two days of October 6–7. The organizers have a record of attracting top names from the rallying hall of fame and 2006...
Sir Stirling Moss, one of the greatest all-around racing drivers of his generation, was honored at the recent FIA Gala...
Denver Cornett III, one of the few surviving drivers from the very first race at Watkins Glen in 1948, passed...
On December 4, 2006, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame member and 1962 Indianapolis 500 runner-up Len Sutton passed away in his sleep at the age of 81. Sutton worked for the Oregon Air National Guard, as a propeller mechanic in 1947, when he met Portland racecar builder Rolla Vollstedt. The...
Grand Prix winner Clay Regazzoni, 67, was killed in a road accident on December 15, 2006. He was driving his...
The HSRCA’s 1960s Tasman Revival meeting at Sydney’s Eastern Creek International Raceway began as an idea to reunite drivers, mechanics,...
Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) and Daytona International Speedway today announced Porsche Rennsport Reunion III will take place at the famed Florida racetrack the weekend of November 2-4, 2007. Sponsored by PCNA and organized by Brian Redman’s Intercontinental Events, Inc., Porsche Rennsport Reunion III will bring together an unprecedented gathering...
The first Canadian Grand Prix was held at Mosport Park, August 27, 1967. To celebrate that historic occasion, VARAC will...
Grattan Raceway in Michigan will ring again to the baleful howls of open-wheeled formula cars when the Vintage Grand Prix...
The 110th anniversary of the 1896 run from London to Brighton held to celebrate the emancipation of the motor car was run on November 5th. The raising of the overall road speed limit in Great Britain from 5 mph to 12 mph has been remembered every year since and the...
Whatever F5000 was, it was certainly fast, furious and boisterous. With the end of Australia’s 2.5-liter formula in 1969 came...
Historic Grand Prix (HGP) have announced that they have been chosen to stage a historic Formula One race as part...
Motor Racing Legends has announced the eligible years for Le Mans Legend 2007, the historic support race to the modern Le Mans 24 Hours. On the morning of Saturday, June 16, 2007, a few hours before the start of the world’s greatest endurance race, a grid of 61 Le Mans...
The dream of organizer Richard Morgan looks set to turn into reality, as a brand new event, GPLive prepares to...
Another door to motor racing’s past closed on January 20th with the death of 92- year-old “Toulo” de Graffenried. Only...
The Midland Automobile Club is planning to make their August 2008 Shelsley Walsh event The Peter Collins Celebration meeting. Peter, whose family ran Kidderminster Motors, started his career in a Cooper 500 and competed at Shelsley Walsh. His career then blossomed with works drives for HWM in Grands Prix and...
