Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, UK July 7, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Contracted to race as a senior driver for Mercedes-Benz in 1937, Lang validated his selection with victories in the Tripoli...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of 1984 there really was only one car to choose—the Ralt RT3. Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Ralt RT3 was a class apart. From its first appearance in 1979 to its...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Photo: Peter Collins Cruise through Como on Saturday; line up for the Parma Poggio hillclimb on Sunday. Alfa Romeo: great...
At the Prescott Closed Meeting in 1939, a Bugatti T59 assaults the hillclimb course. Note the dual rear wheels for added traction capability. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
Vintage Racecar and Historica Racewear, in association with the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club (BWRDC), have introduced the “Champion of...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Shelsley Walsh, Worchestershire, UK August 18–19, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner...
French racing driver Henri Greder, who focused his career around the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has died at the...
A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black...
The stars are beginning to align in preparation for the 2012 Donington Historic Festival on May 5–6, with early entrants including the Le Mans and Daytona 24 Hours winner and ex-Formula One driver Jackie Oliver, who will share a 1961 250 GT SWB with Rohan Fernando in the Pre-’63 GT...
Half a century ago, if your perfectly good sports car were damaged in an accident, you had options. One such...
Vernasca, Italy June 24–25, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Exotic doesn’t cut it when it comes to describing this gutsy, fun-loving, vivacious show-off of a beauty who was born to a country postman and his wife on December 15, 1900 in Aunay-sous-Auneau, about 50 miles southwest of Paris. At 16, she broke loose from her provincial shackles and invaded...
Pete Lyons I edged my toes to the brink of an abyss a thousand feet deep, issuing my own small...
The Historic Sports Car Club is targeting the 1600-cc Formula 3 cars of the early 1970s for a revival in...
1962 Porsche 804 Dan Gurney was about as versatile as a racecar driver could ever be. He pretty much skipped the junior grades of motor racing and went in at what we could safely call the “deep end.” He drove sports cars in America, then in Europe, moved to Grand...
The Port Jefferson Hill Climb will celebrate its 100th anniversary this July 18 with festivities including an automobile parade around...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be remiss here not to spotlight this charismatic man and his remarkable achievements. We are talking about a motor racing galaxy, not just a star, someone so talented and versatile that...
Motor sport anniversaries and centenaries seem to have filled the calendar in the last few years, and as our sport...
As enthusiasts and students of racing history, we have a natural tendency to idolize, if not deify, the great men...
Robert Donner Jr., whose interest in cars began as a toddler while his father was an Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg dealer in northern New York, passed away on January 13. It was after his family moved to Colorado that Donner got his first taste of road racing, driving his father’s...
Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk reopened the Kop Hillclimb after 84 years, speeding up the hill in a 2009 Mini after...
It wasn’t the fact that Roy Lane won four British Hillclimb Championships, it was the timing of the wins. His...
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting in Australia was held during January 1976—mid-summer in this part of the world. I am fortunate to say that I was there, but the first Amaroo Historics was a bit...
Castell’Arquato, Italy June 22–28, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
I guess genius rather than hero is the correct way to describe Ferdinand Porsche, whose cars mobilized humanity and provided...
Tony Marsh left nothing to chance during his long motor racing career. Indeed, he tried the whole gamut the sport had to offer from trials to sprints, rallies to racing. In fact, all forms of 4-wheeled competition came under his radar at some time during his career. He excelled, however,...
