If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor racing than anything I experienced before or since. After a 35-year lay-off from that particular single-seater category, it was both an eye opener—and somewhat familiar and reassuring—to go back and...
I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Peter O. Argetsinger, a member of the International Motor Racing Research Center’s Governing Council and an international racing champion and respected driving coach, is being remembered across the industry for his talents and joy in the sport. Argetsinger died Thursday, Feb. 6, at his home in Watkins Glen after a...
For the majority of VR’s readers, 2019 has been the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford, although it actually started in...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Lime Rock Park’s Historic Festival 37 takes its place in its traditional Labor Day weekend home: Thursday, Aug. 29, through Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Thursday, Aug. 29 will be the Vintage Race & Sports Car Parade and the Falls Village Street Fair. While Sunday, Sept. 1 will again feature the...
Lime Rock Park’s annual Labor Day Weekend Historic Festival (Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2019) will feature three days of historic racing...
Heroes of the 1960s will take centre stage at the eighth Castle Combe Autumn Classic, which is confirmed for Saturday,...
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 Brands...
The Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association (VSCDA) will be hosting a 50th anniversary party for Formula Ford at Road America...
All American Racers’ DGF Formula Ford has its first track test at Willow Springs Raceway (1977). 1 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille drives...
Nine race groups have been announced by WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for its upcoming Spring Classic Showcasing Nitro Revival, set for the weekend of May 18-20 at the Central California circuit. The nine groups include the following: Can-Am (1966-1974); 2.5 Liter Trans-Am (1966-1972) (above, Jim Williams photo); Formula Atlantic (1967-1979)...
The Classic Sports Racing Group’s annual David Love Memorial Races will be taking place this weekend, April 6-8, at Sonoma...
The second annual Spring Classic will take place at Laguna Seca on the weekend of May 18-20, featuring not only...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning the 2009 Formula One World Championship. But, like so many other kart stars of the last 30 years or so, Jenson Button did it, with a lot of team changes...
Frank Falkner got me into racing way back when, he was my mentor who lived in my hometown of Louisville,...
The 30h running of the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) took place August 19-20, 2017, on the Mission Raceway Park road course down along the Fraser River in Mission, British Columbia. A field of more than 80 vintage and historic racers were greeted by sunny and hot weather again...
The 27th edition of the Silverstone Classic, now firmly established as the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival, once again...
Portland International Raceway played host to the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Racing Festival the last weekend of July with...
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build a simple, small displacement racecar—like a Formula Ford—and his prototype’s success would catapult that individual into becoming a major racing car manufacturer, eventually reaching the pinnacles of the sport, F1...
Northern California’s Classic and Sports Racing Group’s 14th annual Charity Challenge, scheduled for the weekend of September 29 through October...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
If you read my column this month on the other side of the magazine, you’ll see I take a little, personal look back at the strange treatment that the Datsun 240Z has received over the past 30 years in the classic car and historic racing world. Considered a virtual pariah...
In 1992, Tim Harvey won the British Touring Car Championship. His lengthy driving career has spanned three decades and he’s...
Northern California’s Classic Sports and Racing Group will be hosting a Formula Vee Gathering during its 2017 Thunderhill Spring race...
A full press corps of international motor racing journalists attended the Media Day for the 2017 edition of the Silverstone Classic at the circuit that is the Home of British Motor Racing in Northamptonshire. July’s last weekend (28-30) is when Silverstone fans will be rocking and racing to what has...
