The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant...
The Le Mans Classic has now become the most prestigious of all historic racing events…if competition for entries is anything...
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...
Vintage Racecar was asked to play a part in continuing celebrations of 50 Years of the Lister “Knobbly” at the...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca...
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...
The Jaguar XK series made its first public debut at the 1948 London Motor Show in the shape of the...
The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina, Washington, was named “Best of Show” at...
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...
It is with sadness that we report the loss of British Le Mans–winner, Peter Jopp. Jopp began racing in the...
Ed Justice Sr., who with brothers Zeke and Gus founded the international oil additives company that bears their name, has...
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...
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and the Sports Car Club of South Africa will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
Among the 450 entries for this year’s Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota was an ex–Ken Miles 1960...
With the financial world still reeling from the ramifications of the subprime housing implosion, the four major auctions held in conjunction with this year’s Monterey Historics week were eagerly anticipated by insiders as a bellwether for the state of the classic car market. Yet, when the final gavel fell on...
Joseph Pendergast, historic racer, race organizer, and collector for nearly 40 years, succumbed to complications from pneumonia on September 14,...
Racing has lost a great friend with the passing of Academy Award–winning actor Paul Newman. Brought into the sport by...
Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the Dundrod circuit, prevailing. Jaguar Competitions Manager, “Lofty” England once said of Dundrod, “One can be pretty sure of bad weather, which is not much fun for the competitors, and much...
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first TT race on the Newtonards Circuit in 1928, a long-awaited memorial stone...
Patrick Morgan’s Dawn Treader Company has just completed a full restoration of the ex-Ivan Capelli, Leyton House, March CG891 Judd,...
A Type 35B Bugatti, which competed in the first Monaco Grand Prix and later won the Targa Florio, has been sold privately in England for what is believed to be a Bugatti world-record price of £2.5 million. The car, which boasts all of its original components, was offered for sale...
Scottish racer, Bill Dobson, who passed away on October 13, 2008, was one of the first drivers to join David...
In the wake of the success of this year’s inaugural event at the historic O’Donnell Golf Club in Palm Springs,...
Damon Hill OBE, president of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) and the 1996 Formula One World Champion, joined Richard Phillips and his staff at Silverstone on October 2, 2008, to celebrate the circuit’s Diamond Anniversary. Hill and Phillips posed for photos with a 60th anniversary birthday cake baked in...
VR contributor Mark Brinker went to Bonneville’s August Speed Week, with his sights on breaking the Grand Touring Sports Car...
Surjit Hermon, a 61-year-old Illinois radiologist and veteran vintage racer, was killed in an accident during a practice session for...
Roger Penske was honored with induction into the Legends of Laguna Seca during ceremonies preceding this year’s mid-October American Le Mans Series finale at the track. He joins Pete Lovely, Wayne Rainey, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Eddie Lawson, and Kenny Roberts Sr. on the expanding honor roll at the Monterey...
Ten years have passed since the Earl of March set out to revive the glory days of motor racing at...
Pat Moss-Carlsson, the younger sister of Stirling and wife of Erik, died after a long illness on October 14. She...
An eclectic selection of cars that raced prior to 1970 graced the lawn of the South Coast Botanical Gardens in Palos Verdes, California, on Saturday, October 11, for the 4th annual Concours d’Provenance organized by Fabulous Fifties. Unlike a Concours d’Elegance where cars are evaluated by their presentation and appearance,...
