The rewarding, testing and unforgiving roads of Mallorca provided a mighty challenge to the 150 cars and crews who enjoyed...
On April 11-13, the streets of Long Beach, California once again reverberated to the sound of a full field of...
On April 24, at HSR’s Road Atlanta “Mitty” event, Jaguar North America pulled the wraps off of a pair of historic XKE racers that will be campaigned throughout 2003 with sponsorship from Jaguar’s Select Edition Certified Pre-Owned vehicle program. According to Steve McKnight, Jaguar Vice-President for Remarketing, “We see our...
The original 6.6-mile Watkins Glen Grand Prix circuit has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. The circuit...
July 2003 Toyota 2000 GT—The Complete Story of Japan’s First Supercar By Shin Yoshikawa While Japanese cars are often overlooked by historic racing aficionados and classic sports car enthusiasts alike, several Japanese models built in the late ’60s possess a rich road and race history. One of the most notable...
Long Beach, CA April 11-13, 2003 The 1968 Ferrari 312 of Todd Morici is chased by the Williams FW08 of...
Birmingham, AL March 27-30, 2003 The 1975 Porsche 911 RSR of Ron Barnaba enters Turn 13. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become...
Savannah, GA April 3-6, 2003 Start of the Monoposto race. (Left to Right) The Brabham BT29s of Bob Goeldner, Asa Candler and Joe Blacker lead the field into Turn 1. Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
Willow Springs, CA April 5-6, 2003 The Datsun 240 Z of Mark Belrose. Photo: Cheryl A. Jones Become a Member...
Anyone who saw the terrifying tape of Mario Andretti’s 200-mph “blowover” at Indianapolis on April 23rd will easily visualize the...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the...
Rene Arnoux Achille Varzi 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, is born in Japan...
The Lancia D24 was the dominant sports racing car of the mid-1950s and was driven by some of the greatest...
Giorgio Pianta started racing in the 1950s, raced and rallied at international levels through the 1970s, and has held important...
At 30,000 feet, questions begin to crystallize like ice on the wing… Will the circulation ever return to my hopelessly...
Vic Edelbrock In the late 1930s, Vic Edelbrock Senior started up his automotive business in a small way, in a small garage on Los Angeles’ 3rd and La Brea. He did tune-ups and general auto repair, and on the side, he raced various cars at the dry lakebeds just east...
If you are even just slightly interested in Australian motor racing there are two Sundays of the year that are...
1968 Fiat-Abarth 1000 TCR Variations on a theme – that’s the one-liner which always comes to mind when encountering an...
This year’s running of the California Mille (April 26-May 1) challenged its participants both with new features such as a hillclimb for pre-1927 automobiles up San Francisco’s steep California Street, as well as rain, snow and even hail on several legs of the journey. Over 58 entries took part in...
Renowned author, VRJ contributor, race engineer and team manager for the Le Mans-winning Shelby GT40 program, Carroll Smith succumbed to...
Eighty-six year old Paul Frére drove his first 24-Hours of Le Mans in 1953, won the long distance classic in...
On May 23rd, during this year’s Monaco Grand Prix weekend, the legacy of Juan Manuel Fangio was honored when a life-size bronze statue of him standing next to his Mercedes Benz W196 was unveiled at the entrance to the pitlane near Rascasse corner. Taking part in the unveiling were Jochen...
On May 7th, H&H auctions held its first London-based sale at Olympia. Of particular interest was a trio of Brabhams...
The annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, to be held on August 17th will celebrate Ford’s centennial, showcasing some of the...
Perhaps better known as a car and motorcycle constructor rather than a racer, Alejando De Tomaso, 74, died in Italy, at the end of May. The son of an Argentinean presidential candidate, De Tomaso settled in Modena, Italy in 1955, intent on a motor racing career. He drove for Maserati...
As announced at this January’s Autosport show in the U.K., a new race organization devoted to Group C and GTP...
August 2003 Ferrari – The Factory By Karl Ludvigsen So much has been written about the pride of Maranello that it is very hard to pick up a book on Ferrari and find much that is new. However, Karl Ludvigsen and Iconografix has managed to do just that with a...
