January 2017 Can-Am 50th Anniversary By George Levy and Pete Biro Can it really be 50 years since the Canadian-American...
Few figures in American racing history have had as much impact as Harry Miller, builder of an incredible range of...
Seems unfathomable that we have never looked at this site (forgive us, Ferrari fans), but better late than never, and especially so given this month’s feature about the ex-Ascari Ferrari that enjoyed a long afterlife. In any case, this link will take you to the History section of the main...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Seventeen years ago, I started this magazine, in no small part, because I was finding it increasingly...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Elsewhere in this issue you’ll read of the passing of an individual that you’ve likely never heard...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented history. As such, we scour the globe (and the Internet) looking not just for a great car, but one with its original logbook. With this in mind, I recently found...
Jimmy Murphy Biography Jimmy Murphy was born in 1894 but tragedy soon struck the Murphy family when his mother died...
If you’ve spent any kind of time in the collector car world, then you’ve certainly heard the word “provenance” bantered...
Great Britain’s National Motor Museum has opened a multi-media display of four legendary British Land Speed Record cars as part of its permanent “For Britain and for the Hell of It” exhibition. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full...
Jack Johnson behind the wheel. Black participation in American motorsports dates back to 1909, when then heavyweight champion Jack Johnson...
The Aston Martin DBR1 that won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe in France on 18-20 June, 2012 as part of a tribute to its drivers Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori, and its chief engineer Ted Cutting, who all sadly passed away...
Don Yenko and Yenko Stinger By Charlie “Bud” Doerge In 1957, Chevrolet racer Don Yenko set up his own tuning...
City-to-City Race Car Drivers The great city-to-city races were the origin of motor-racing. Attempts had been made to organize an...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit that drives all racers toward excellence on the track, but then again, perhaps it is, just not in an analytical how-it’s-done sense. Following on from his previous Motor Racing: Reflections...
Aston Martin and Zagato have collaborated on several automobiles, starting with the famed Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato up to...
Notable American Grand Prix Drivers Michael Andretti The son of a racing legend, Michael Andretti was the Indy Car Champion...
The Best Finnish Grand Prix Drivers Since the Formula One championship began in 1950, only nine drivers from Finland have participated. But three of them have won the competition. Kimi Räikkönen most recently won in 2007, adding to Finland’s wins by Keke Rosberg and Mika Häkkinen. Here is a look...
The first thing to say about www.autoracinghistory.com is that this is a text-heavy site where the word works more powerfully...
Every job has its drawbacks and its drudgeries. While writing for VR is a passion that all of our staff...
Nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains above trendy Malibu, California, lies an artifact from the history of automobile racing in Southern California, Paramount Ranch. During the mid-1950s, the venue, which served as the setting for a number of western movies when owned by Paramount Studios, provided an abundance of excitement...
With Peter Collins’s remembrance from his early days at Germany’s Nürburgring serving as this month’s feature article, we thought it...
The FIA’s vaunted Formula One World Championship celebrated its 60th anniversary last year, with gala reunions of all its living...
Motor Racing History – 3.5-litre Naturally-Aspirated Engines, Active Suspension and Electronic Driver Aids 1989 was another McLaren year but this time the championship was won by Alain Prost. With turbos now banned the other teams were able to reduce their deficit to the Hondas. During the season there were six...
Motor Racing History – The Monsters F1 Turbo Engines The Turbo Years The war between FISA and FOCA continued into...
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The 1968 season had barely begun before it was rocked to its very foundations by the death of its biggest star, Jimmy Clark, in a minor Formula 2 race (ed. The circumstances...
Motor Racing History – New British Teams & The Rear-Engined Revolution The Rise of British Racing Green Green cars began...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four...
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula based on engine size and weight was abandoned in 1928.In its place, races were run under Formula Libre rules. In lieu of the major manufacturers, drivers raced as privateers or...
