One of the Petersen Automotive Museum’s latest exhibits, “Corvettes in Competition: Racing America’s Sports Car,” continues to create quite a...
There is a warehouse in Houston, Texas, that is the automotive equivalent of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There are no...
Vaso Bill Vukovich Sr. John Cobb 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, (1974). 2 Land Speed Record setter John Cobb is born in Esher, Surrey, England (1899). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
During the first 60 years of the Corvette’s existence, each of its six model designations raced at Le Mans. To...
Brian RedmanPhoto: Mike Jiggle Jacques Villeneuve.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 Michael Andretti drives a Swift-Ford to victory in the CART Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead, Florida. First CART win for Swift in their first...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of the long-distance sports racing cars you’ve seen or learned of over the years, and that you still hold in reverence. Cunninghams, Jaguars, Ferraris, Fords, Porsches, classic enduro racers that you...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be...
Jim Hall, creator of the legendary Chaparrals and the man who gave Gil de Ferran his first Indycar drive, was the honoree during festivities surrounding de Ferran’s final race as a driver at Laguna Seca’s American Le Mans Series finale. After beginning his Indycar career with Hall’s team in 1995,...
December 2009 Ferrari 312P & 312PB By Ed McDonough and Peter Collins Billed as “the story of a great car...
Le Mans champion Roy Salvadori once wrote in a UK magazine, decades ago, about driving his winning Aston Martin DBR1...
Pete Lyons You know how someone’s opposing opinion, one that seems inconsequential enough to let slide at the time, can keep gnawing on you ’til finally you just gotta explode? That’s what I’ve been nursing ever since a NASCAR telecast last year, when I heard announcer Darrell Waltrip say something...
Roger Penske was honored with induction into the Legends of Laguna Seca during ceremonies preceding this year’s mid-October American Le...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at...
From May 27 to July 3, Lime Rock Park underwent a major transformation. Not only was the original 7-turn configuration completely re-paved, re-curbed and re-guardrailed, but Skip Barber went a step further. He designed and had built two new (optional) corner complexes, at The Uphill and West Bend. Mainly in...
The late news—very late—that U.S. open-wheel racing’s long uncivil war has finally staggered to its hemorrhagic conclusion, fell with less...
Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders...
This month’s featured Web site showcases the race photography of Larry Neuzel. Organized by race series and year, this site displays an interesting selection of race and pitlane photography from the Can-Am (1971–1974), F5000 (1973–1976), the Indy 500 (1971–1974), as well as current shots from the ALMS. One of the...
Well-known American historic racer Duncan Dayton has announced that he and his team, Highcroft Racing, have purchased an ex-Dyson Racing...
The American Le Mans Series has announced that HSR will organize three Historic IMSA GTP races to be held in...
The American Le Mans Series has announced that it will create a series of races for historic IMSA GTP cars to be run in conjunction with various ALMS races in 2001. The series, which is being launched by American Le Mans Series founder, Don Panoz, will run at least three races...
