RM Auctions’ Vintage Motor Cars at Amelia Island sale saw a total of $13.7 million worth of cars change hands...
Our Ed McDonough spoke with Patrick Tambay at the start of this year’s Monte Carlo Historic Rally, followed his progress...
1951 Ferrari 212 Export “Burano” As a VRJ reader, the chances are pretty good that the car you see here has some seminal significance, especially if you were born somewhere between the late 1930s and 1950, or have a long-time interest in proper road racing…or both. I was 14 when...
Close racing, the largest field in the history of the series and great weather combined to create an exciting start...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
March 2005 Jackie Stewart—World Championship—The Official DVD Biography The market is, and for years has been, full of videos —and more recently DVDs— on motor racing’s characters, but this is the first one produced by the son of the subject. Mark Stewart, son of Jackie and Helen and brother of Paul,...
Graham Hill Ronnie Peterson 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in...
February 2005 Ferrari: A Champion’s View by Phil Hill It turns out that Phil Hill—America’s first world champion, three-time Le...
It had to be at least one of the biggest gatherings of Ferraris and Maseratis of all time: 250 racing cars and 650 road-going thoroughbreds. All 900 of them descended on the Monza racing circuit, just up the road from Milan, Italy, to help 40,000 race fans celebrate the Prancing...
No other Grand Prix winner has ever sung Puccini, Verdi and Leoncavallo in public or been able to cook like...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an unprecedented auction of Ferrari cars and memorabilia in May 2005. The sale, which will take place in Maranello at Ferrari’s Logistics building, next to the Fiorano track, will include historic and modern racecars, including the F2004 that was driven by World Champion...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was cosanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
December 2004 Speed in Sweden—A Century of Swedish Motorsport By Björn Tiedemann, et al. While it is easy to overlook...
The 31st Rolex Monterey Historic Races were again the feature event at a very busy weekend in Northern California, where Ferrari was the featured marque, and Ferraris were to be found at all the venues as well as driving down the Monterey peninsula, through affluent Carmel, touring across the mountains,...
1967 Ferrari 312 Chassis 0007 After the smaller 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars of 1961–’65, the return to a larger engine...
The North American Racing Team: An evocative name that is steeped in history and encompasses one man’s ambitions, his passion, the glory and the despair of motor racing over a period of nearly 40 years. Masten Gregory Dan Gurney Milt Minter John Surtees Paul Newman Graham Hill Pedro Rodriguez Phil...
Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
I remember the 1968 Oulton Park Gold Cup Race very well because it was my first Formula 1 drive, and Oulton Park was a circuit I knew very well from previous years in F3. We went there, and I qualified on the third row, next to Oliver in the Lotus...
Ferrari wins! This was not always so for Ferrari in the beginning. After a career building and racing cars for...
In a Millennium when Ferrari seems all-conquering in F1, it’s hard to remember the bad old days of the late...
As one of the most recognized names in motorsport, the blood red cars of Ferrari are perhaps one of the few automotive icons that are universally known by enthusiasts and nonenthusiasts all across the world. With over 50 years of road and racing heritage, one would expect that the official...
Richard Petty Antonio Ascari 3 Mark Donohue wins the USAC Champ Car race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, for Team Penske’s first...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963 and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such...
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Ferrari 250 GTO was designed by Sergio Scaglietti in just over two weeks. Il...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World...
Mike Hailwood Lucien Bianchi 3 Future Indianapolis car racer Joe Leonard wins the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on the beach at Daytona, Florida (1957). 4 F1 World Champion Jim Clark is born (1936). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
