The Silverstone Classic, firmly established as “the world’s biggest classic racing festival,” celebrates 21 years since its inception this July...
Well-known America racing driver Pete Lovely has died at the age of 85 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Lovely’s career...
Formula One crossed an historic turning point on March 2, but I think it is safe to say that almost no one realized it. A new era was ushered in that could, at least in my opinion, change the very face of the sport from this point going forward. Interestingly,...
Exotic doesn’t cut it when it comes to describing this gutsy, fun-loving, vivacious show-off of a beauty who was born...
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...
This Labor Day weekend, the MG Vintage Racers will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their organization with their East Coast...
After closure for four years and speculation as to when, or even if, it was to reopen, the Museo Nazionale...
McLaren Cars celebrated 30 years of carbon fiber technology at Silverstone in March when a small group of journalists were able to test the prototype of the brand-new MP4-12C, the first car in the under £200,000 category with a carbon fiber chassis. Vintage Racecar’s European Editor Ed McDonough was behind...
The most famous race on earth may have a checkered past as part of the World Championship, but foreign flavor...
It is a given that motor sport flourishes in countries that are both affluent and mindful of technology. In the...
The 1963 12 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance at Sebring marked Triumph’s first factory entry into North American competition. Competition Director R.W. (Kas) Kastner selected three TR4s from the company’s regular inventory and began the arduous task of preparing the cars to survive the 12-hour race. Flown to Miami, Florida,...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Palm Beach International Raceway, Palm Beach, FL February 10–13, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
May 2011 Collage – Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix Album Sir Jackie Stewart The wives and girlfriends of racing drivers of the 1960s and 1970s, in most cases, were enthusiastic members of the team. They played an active part in the pit and paddock at race meetings, usually seen sitting on...
Lucky Vintage Racecar subscriber, Mr. A. Finley-Day of Worcestershire, England, scooped our promotional prize at Race Retro. A copy of...
F1-67 “NONDA” Think back, if you can, to the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and possibly even the ’80s. Did you ever...
This acrylic on canvas painting depicts one of the most famous and iconic racing cars of all time. The JPS Lotus...
April 2011 During the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Tom Pryce rounds Rascasse in his Shadow DN5, not long after the “wet race” start. Having started on the outside of the front row, he ran in 3rd place during the opening laps of the race, but stopped too early to change...
Tim Mayer Photo: autopics.com.au A.J. Foyt Photo: Jim Hatfield 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes-Benz to victory in the Grand...
That sound! A wild shriek spearing out of the new Japanese F1 sliced like a samurai sword through the dronings and raspings of the commonplace European engines. Beware, that unearthly cry proclaimed. We are coming. Pete Lyons It was at Watkins Glen in 1964, the next to last year of...
At Monza on the weekend of June 3–5, the HGPCA will hold three 20-minute heat races, with the third race...
The man known to many as “Mr. MG,” Tony Roth, has passed away after a long fight with cancer. Roth...
A Personal Recollection of Der Nürburgring by a young English Lad Who Grew Up to Become a Motorsports Photojournalist Later to drivve Formula 1 for BRM, Dr. Helmut Marko takes a works Alpina BMW 1600 Ti through the bottom of the Steilstrecke test hill approaching the Karussel. Photo: Peter Collins Having...
Roberto Moreno enjoyed a productive career in the upper levels of professional motor sport even though his accomplishments may not...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under...
Monza 1970 was where I realized that Grand Prix racing, certainly with Team Lotus, wasn’t for me. I believe too that, in the eyes of Colin Chapman, the writing may have been already on the wall. We were testing the Lotus 72 without wings, I had a major disagreement with...
