1960 Jolus Formula Junior “Fair Dinkum?” Was my response to the question. Fortunate would be a good way of describing...
Vintage Racecar’s European Editor Ed McDonough and photographer Peter Collins, co-authors of the new Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 book, were...
Wisconsin’s rolling kettle moraine hills will resound to the roar of vintage racing Volvos when Elkhart Lake’s Road America hosts the 2006 Volvo Gran Prix September 15–17. More than 35 vintage Volvo racecars from across the U.S. and Canada are expected to attend with Volvo being the featured marque at...
The buzz in Hollywood is that American film company Infinity Media—makers of this year’s Oscar award-winning Capote—has bought the rights...
Racing icons Carroll Shelby (2nd from left) and Phil Hill were honored at the recent NASCAR 500, at California Speedway,...
The 11th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held on March 10–12, and again featured a wide variety of racing history including a working recreation of the Stanley Steamer that Fred Marriott drove to a Land Speed Record in 1906, an impressive collection of racing Jaguars, as well as various...
In one of the press releases sent out by the organizers, the Automobile Club of Monaco, just before Christmas, they...
The Third International Historic Motorsport Show held February 24–26 was an outstanding success with over 20,000 paying visitors joining a...
The Shannons Phillip Island Classic, held February 10–12, celebrated the 50th anniversary of a remarkable Australian motor racing circuit. Racing started at Phillip Island as far back as 1928 and serious racing took place for many years on an airfield track about two kilometers from the current modern facility. In...
As detailed in this month’s “Racecar Profile,” the Alvis Car & Engineering Company has a rich road and racing heritage...
May 2006 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 By Peter Collins & Ed McDonough Of all the postwar, long-distance, sports racing prototypes,...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 26–February 1, 2006 The team of Craff/Wibaux corner their Alpine 1600S on the Col de Pertuis.Photo: Peter Collins 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...
Brooklands, England January 15, 2006 An unidentified driver puts his BMW to the test.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member &...
Phillip Island, Melbourne, Australia February 10–12, 2006 A huge field of Holdens, Toranas, Mustangs and Camaros provided plenty of exciting...
Paris, France February 10–19, 2006 The ex-Le Mans Matra MS670 on the Artcurial auction stand.Photo: Thierry Lesparre 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 ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access...
Forty Memorial Days ago, I sat in the Indianapolis grandstand across from the pits and witnessed Graham Hill capturing the...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Colin Chapman Mike Spence 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy (1994). 2 Driver Henri Toivonen and codriver Sergio Cresta are killed when their Lancia Delta S4 Group B rally car crashes into a tree and bursts into flame during the...
The historic Le Mans 24-Hour racing circuit, made up of country roads with constructed racetrack sections, has always been a...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1955. The start of a dramatic race. Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling...
The painting pays tribute to Smokey Yunick, and the last ever Daytona Beach Race (Oceanside Speedway) on February 3rd, 1958. Paul Goldsmith drove Smokey’s ’58 Pontiac from pole position, to win by 5 car lengths from Curtis Turner, with Jack Smith and Joe Weatherley coming home 3rd and 4th, respectively....
Car names have always fascinated me. Brands yes, but particularly model names. There have been countless quirky ones over time,...
The immutable rule of life is that every living thing is born, lives and dies. Publications are living things, and...
We have had this conversation before! When you get asked a question about your greatest drive, or greatest race or the greatest racecar, you always have to qualify it. I have had cars that did well that I hated, and cars that never won but were great to drive. Some...
I first met Maurice at the Castle of Galifet in 1979 or 1980 at a funeral. It was a funeral...
The amply proportioned Vincenzo Lancia was a double hero, if you will. He was a successful racing driver with over...
As you’ve hopefully noticed over the past couple of years, we’ve been bringing you quite a bit of content from the “Land Down Under.” I’ve always known that Australia is one of the most underrated automotive cultures in the world, but I really didn’t realize how much so, until I...
Dan Gerber started racing in midwest SCCA events in an Austin-Healey in 1961, while in 1962 he also started racing...
Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up...
1954 Alvis Grey Lady At the 2004 Goodwood Revival, a most unlikely machine quickly became the large crowd’s favorite as Ivan Dutton and the late Gerry Marshall pedaled Dutton’s rather majestic 1954 Alvis Grey Lady to a 2nd and 4th in the two heats of the St. Mary’s Trophy race....
