Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 19-21, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Ten years have passed since the Earl of March set out to revive the glory days of motor racing at...
The Masters Racing Series traditionally starts the season with two track days at Goodwood, and in 2009 they will continue that tradition plus a whole lot more. While the track days will continue on the Friday, February 27th and Saturday, February 28th, Masters Racing will also spotlight their series and...
The more in-depth summaries of the life and career of Phil Hill have focussed on three significant aspects: the racing...
It is with sadness that we report the loss of British Le Mans–winner, Peter Jopp. Jopp began racing in the...
The Jaguar XK series made its first public debut at the 1948 London Motor Show in the shape of the 130-mph XK120, and its grace and pace caused a sensation. With the road car staying in production for the next thirteen years and racing models taking five Le Mans victories,...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 11–13, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands alone as the premier event offering something for everyone interested in four- or two-wheeled motor sport. What began as a historic motor sport garden party held in the grounds of...
The 2008 Goodwood Revival came to a close over the weekend, as 124,000 visitors enjoyed the unique atmosphere over three...
An epic Whitsun Trophy provided a suitably dramatic dénouement to the 2008 Goodwood Revival race card. At the start, former...
The 25-minute Sussex Trophy race for sports cars raced between 1955 and 1960 witnessed a bewildering number of lead changes. Fan favourite Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams, whose first race was way back in 1957, led the early stages after getting the jump on pole sitter Jamie McIntyre’s 4.6-litre Chevrolet V8-powered Lister...
Ludovic Lindsay led from start-to-finish to record his third victory in the Goodwood Trophy. Pole sitter Mark Gillies stalled his...
The 2008 Earl of March Trophy race fell to Cooper driver Simon Frost. This 20-minute encounter for 500cc Formula 3...
The Glover Trophy race for 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars provided typically close racing. James King got to Magwick first from the middle of the front row, only for pole man Simon Hadfield to get the jump on the Brabham BT7 driver on the exit aboard his ex-Jim Clark Lotus 21. King tucked...
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged...
1959 OSCA | 1960 Lotus 18 | 1963 Brabham BT6 Regular readers of VR will know that we have a fondness for...
British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the early 1960s. However, Taylor earned his spot in Formula One by sharing the 1960 Formula Junior Championship, with Clark, at the wheel of a Lotus 18 [see this month’s Racecar...
Selecting the overall victor at the annual Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ automotive design competition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed...
Audi Tradition is marking this year’s Festival of Speed at Goodwood, England, held July 11th – 13th, with a world...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the BRM P25 front-engine car as one of the best cars he has ever driven. “Great car–bad team” was basically his view. More about that later, though it was especially interesting...
While the postwar American sports car scene was inspired by European road racing, it was different in many respects. In...
I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category that began the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
The International Jaguar XK Club has announced that this summer’s XK 60 celebrations will feature one of the finest displays...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at...
Jimmy Stewart, elder brother of three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, has passed away. He was 77 years old. Stewart started his motor racing career at the age of 19, competing in local Scottish hillclimb events. Early success saw him progress to circuit racing driving a Healey Silverstone, and...
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has unveiled a special, international series of 10 events to commemorate this year’s golden...
The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is “Hawthorn to...
I have been quoted as saying that I didn’t much like the Tommy Atkins Cooper-Maserati. Now, I don’t know if I was right about that, but I do remember some of its characteristics pretty well. The power range was about a 1,000 revs, maybe 1,200 maximum, and that meant it...
