James Hunt celebrated his 29th birthday on August 29, 1976 by taking his McLaren M23 to victory on the Dutch...
December 2018 David Hobbs Zora Arkus-Duntov Divina Galica James Hunt 1– Divina Galica tests a Hesketh 308E-Ford F1 car at Snetterton,...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950, with its first race the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
It was seeing Raymond Mays’ ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school...
Winning the 1970 Monaco Formula Three race was seen as my ticket to a Grand Prix future. I’d made my...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
Having been fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the London Premiere of the movie McLaren, a wonderful tribute to...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario,...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Championship for Drivers, in the world’s most technically...
Last month, in this space, I spoke about our newest contributor Howden Ganley, whose incredible motorsport career saw him go...
1977 LEC CRP1 Month by month, Vintage Racecar tries hard to bring readers some of the world’s finest competition cars—some with...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of my even being interested in the sport. As my mother one day said to me, “It’s not as if you’ll ever take part.” How wrong she was! From the glamor...
Jeremy Houghton trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and the University of Provence. His formative years...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
McLaren Automotive will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed next weekend, June 23-26, with a celebration of race wins and titles spanning more than five decades. McLaren will honor its drivers and championships with the ultimate expression of the Festival’s 2016 theme of “Full Throttle – The Endless Pursuit...
• On page 30 of this issue, readers will find Brian Redman’s account of his first three victories at Spa,...
The 24th Goodwood Festival of Speed, set for June 23-26, will celebrate the 100th Birthday of Bayerischen Motoren Werke, more...
On the 40th anniversary of his 1976 World Championship season, James Hunt’s life will be celebrated during this year’s Masters Historic Festival at England’s Brands Hatch circuit May 28-29. The annual meeting will feature the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship, where a number of Hunt’s cars from period will...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
The Goodwood Road Racing Club’s 73rd Members Meeting, took place last weekend and will likely be long remembered for a big accident involving former F1 and Le Mans winner Jochen Mass in a one-of-a-kind 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS “Porter Special” owned by German collector Dr. Klaus Lehr. Although reports published...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Enzo FerrariPhoto: Ferrari Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Mercedes 1 Chuck Daigh, driving Frank Arciero’s Lotus 19-Climax, wins both heats of the...
• On the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of his 1969 Indianapolis 500 victory, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will honor Mario Andretti at its annual “Legends Day” this May 24. Mario, who was also Rookie of the Year at the Speedway in 1965, will take part in a question-and-answer session...
Tom Havlasek was born in Brno, Czech Republic, and since childhood has enjoyed motorsport, keeping in close contact with it...
• The 1977 McLaren M26-Ford that James Hunt drove to his final Grand Prix victory in that year’s Japanese Grand...
• Peg Bishop, wife of John Bishop, passed away on August 20. The Bishops played a central role a golden era of American road racing, and Peg was actively involved alongside her husband. As executive director of the SCCA in the 1950s and ‘60s, John brought professional road racing to...
Circuit 2011 By Dennis Gray With the relatively recent advent of digital cameras, everyone can now take a great picture…but...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). Become a Member...
