Mario Andretti Biography Mario Andretti was born in Montona, Italy, on February 28, 1940, just three months before Mussolini worked...
Vintage racing has lost one of its American pioneers and greatest supporters. Bob Sutherland died in Denver on November 13,...
The newly formed Vintage Drivers Club of America has held its inaugural race and organizational meet at Savannah’s Roebling road December 10-12. The new nonprofit club is based in Charleston, SC, and will hold 5 events in 2000 with races at Roebling, Moroso, the newly refurbished Virginia International Raceway, and...
The Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts of the Northwest (SOVREN) recently announced that the July 1-3, 2000 running of the...
On November 4-7 twelve Ford GT40s were reunited at the HSR Brumos Continental Historics held at the Daytona International Speedway....
Dave Friedman Photography If you’re a regular reader of VRJ, then you’re probably familiar with the breathtaking photographic work of Dave Friedman. Dave has been capturing the essence of motorsport for over 30 years. Dave’s subject matter has included, sprint cars, endurance racing, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Indy, NASCAR and Formula One....
January 2000 Time and Two Seats By Dr. Janos Wimpffen Epic. The races were epic, the drivers were epic, the...
San Diego, CA Oct. 22-24 Some people came to San Diego for a cruise… some people didn’t.Photo: Bob Dunsmore Become...
Daytona Beach, Florida Nov. 4-7 Indy car champion Bobby Rahal rockets his 1965 GT40 MkI through the Daytona high-banking.Photo: Art Eastman Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most...
Hello, Posterity. This is the past calling. Writers and readers being separated by the editor’s deadlines, it’s still 1999 for...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
Gilles Villeneuve Jean-Pierre Wimille 1 Sports car racer James “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 11 American John Walter Christie, free-lance engineer, auto builder and racer dies. Christie helped build first submarine and designed tanks used by Britain in WWII. His 1907 WC-5 Grand Prix racer was the first to use...
“I find Richie Ginther interesting. Good, competent, intelligent and safe. He can drive big cars and small cars and it doesn’t matter to him which. He knows his limitations and drives within them, he’s not trying to prove he’s the greatest. But he’s that good anyway, he doesn’t have to...
Superstitious? Not even a little bit? Are you one of those ritualistic types that won’t (or can’t) climb into your...
What could be more refreshing on a warm, Saturday afternoon than opening up the fridge? Recently, I had the opportunity...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years – Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California to the open roads of LeMans, Guldstrand’s list of racing accomplishments is long and legendary. Casey Annis recently caught up with him in his Culver City, California, shop....
Ever since my VRJ colleague, Pete Lyons, reminisced about his early trips to and ‘round the Nurburgring in the March...
American Customer Sports Racing Cars of the 1950s Everyone has heard of the scandalously beautiful Scarabs, the ground-pounding Cunninghams and...
Ferrari 250 SWB The combination of Stirling Moss and the Rob Walker Ferrari 250 SWB were near unstoppable in British GT racing in the early ’60s. Here, Moss can be seen drifting Chassis #2119 during practice for the Peco Trophy at Brands Hatch in 1961. Moss shared this car with...
The Second Annual “Race at the Base” will be held May 5-7 at the Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach,...
On January 15, 2000, the Vintage Racecar Journal in cooperation with the Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA), were proud to...
HSR-West recently announced the creation of a four-race Challenge Series for 2-Liter Sports Racers. According to HSR-West President Ed Swart, the series will be open to all eligibile FIA sports racers built between 1968 and 1979 that are running a 2-liter engine. Cars will be broken down into two classes,...
Organizers of the 2000 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance have announced that this year’s event, to be held March 9-12, will...
As of December 30, Stirling Moss will now be known as Sir Stirling Moss. Sir Moss was knighted in the...
Holman & Moody This is the official web site of this venerable Ford racing and tuning specialist. This site features a history of the company and the racecars that it built. In addition to the famous GT40, this site also sheds light on the NASCAR, Can-Am, Rally and drag racing...
February 2000 Modena Racing Memories By Graham Gauld In the 1950s and early 1960s, Modena was at the center of...
Las Vegas, Nevada Nov. 6-7 The 1967 Ford Cortina of Monica Escandon. Photo: David Yoshimura Become a Member & Get...
Summit Point Raceway, Virginia Nov. 11-26 The 1963 Daimler SP250 of Charles Magby holds off the 1953 MG TD of Ed Cronin and the 1966 MGB of John Faulkner.Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
