Despite hailing from a family essentially unconnected to motorized vehicles, Basil van Rooyen soon discovered motorcycles and after a brief...
Pete Lyons Have you ever crushed an aluminum can, then found yourself wondering, “Could I straighten it back out, like...
1956 Lycoming Special The immediate post World War Two years were best described as austere times for many countries, even those that were on the allied side. The post-WW2 period for New Zealand was particularly difficult, especially when it came to imports, as successive New Zealand governments sought to take...
In March, The Legends of Motorsports group —who kicked off their sophomore year at Barber Motorsports Park this May—sent out...
Phillip Island GP Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 18–20, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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Mark Donohue Giuseppe Campari 3 Manfred von Brauchitsch drives a Mercedes-Benz W25 to its first victory when he wins the Eifel Race on the Nürburgring in Germany (1934). 4 The first organized midget race, sanctioned by the newly formed Midget Racing Association, is held in Sacramento, California (1933). Become a...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports;...
Parnelli is not his real name. Rufus Jones’ middle name is Parnell. His mother named him after a Judge Parnell...
It is a given that motor sport flourishes in countries that are both affluent and mindful of technology. In the pioneering days that meant America and Western Europe. We have the Turkish GP because the government is gagging to join the EU and Turkey is going through an industrial revolution,...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
When he contests the 24 Hours Nürburgring this June, sharing a car with his sons Johannes and Ferdinand, Hans-Joachim Stuck...
Following the enthusiastic response from racers to the launch of the JD Classics Challenge, the new Historic race series for Groups 1 and 2, and Group A Touring Cars from 1977–’85, have come widespread requests to extend the eligibility back to 1972. Duncan Wiltshire of Motor Racing Legends, the company...
Is it possible to have too many racecars? We didn’t think so either. With a growing number of interesting “Track...
You may have looked at this month’s cover car and said, “That’s not vintage!” You might also have looked at...
The original Trans-Am was part and parcel of one of the things that made the Golden Age golden. Many of the best U.S. drivers and teams participated, as well as most of the carmakers. One aspect of its huge success was that fans and aficionados drove and identified with the...
This month’s Hidden Treasure begins with the sound of J. Why do I bring this up? Because for years I’ve...
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic Festival scheduled for the weekend of April 29–May 1. Ultimately banned from the sport for being too fast, the Group B cars were truly wicked machines that showcased what could...
Legends of Motorsports, a Bobby Rahal Signature Event, will have an exclusive Ford Racing Contingency Award Program for their 2011...
My early racing career started in single-seaters in New Zealand beginning first with Formula Atlantic, then Formula Three, and then...
Thousands of images dating to the earliest days of Ford Motor Company are being hauled out of the Ford archives and licensed for sale for the first time. FordImages.com features more than 5,000 images for sale including commemorative and limited-edition prints, vintage signs and advertisements. The site launched in January....
I had seen this well-used Lotus 18 sitting in a grumpy little foreign car repair shop hard along Ventura Blvd....
The motor racing world was saddened to learn of the passing of Tom Walkinshaw in December of last year. Tom...
For a baker’s dozen of years in the late 1950s and early ’60s, Nassau in the Bahamas Islands hosted a week-long, end-of-year party disguised as a race meeting. It was an event that virtually everyone looked forward to and the cast of characters that wrote its history was truly world...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress,...
January 2011 Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs By Michael Argetsinger In our review of Argetsinger’s previous book, Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence Was Expected (VR Sept. ’09), we noted that it was more a book of text than anything, an obvious nod to the depth of the subject matter embodied...
