Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject...
Mike Lawrence One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer...
Photo: Harold Pace Just in case anyone hadn’t heard the famous Sheb Wooley song, one car carried a license plate that spelled it out.Photo: Harold Pace The Minis raced in the SCCA’s Texas Region, which had its own popular Drivers Club for those competing in the 1960s.Photo: Harold Pace Everyone...
The man who held honorary SCCA Competition License No. 1, Ohioan Chuck Dietrich, has died at the age of 88....
Philanthropist Peter Mullin is founder of the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California, as well as Chairman of the Board...
Few cars in the history of the automobile can be viewed as more revolutionary than the Mini. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, the Mini was both ground-breaking and game-changing in 1959, when it made its debut. A true “compact” car, the Mini featured a short (120-inch) all-steel monocoque construction body,...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
Tony Robinson: The Biography of a Race Mechanic By Ian Wagstaff Everyone knows that the best racing stories are those told by the mechanics, and here is a book full of them, from a man who has assisted some of the great names of the sport. Become a Member &...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of...
The LeMay – America’s Car Museum will have its grand opening on June 2, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington, having completed...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to the top echelons of the endurance racing world. From winning the British Saloon Car Championship, Fitzpatrick went on to factory rides with Ford and BMW, as well as notching up...
Some 45 years after making headlines at the Monte Carlo Rallye, the iconic Mini name is back on the World...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
A quartet of Minis leads the field away from the start of the touring car scratch race for the H.M.V. Trophy during the Australian GP meeting at Warwick Farm, February 19, 1967. Into Creek Corner, eventual winner Don Holland (48) leads John Leffler (50), Frank Matich (49, obscured) and Digby...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one...
In what is believed to be one of the few one-make series in historic racing, Masters Historic Racing has launched a championship intended solely for FIA specification pre-1966 Minis. Rounds of the series will be held at Masters Festivals and Top Hat meetings in 2010, highlighted by two races at...
Masters Historic Racing has launched its latest tin-top series, thought to be the first ever ‘one make’ historic series, catering...
My time with the BMC competitions department saw me racing the big Austin Healeys, and later racing at Le Mans...
Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk reopened the Kop Hillclimb after 84 years, speeding up the hill in a 2009 Mini after the marshal dropped the Union flag. Although there had been a previous event in 1999 called the Risborough Revival, it had 150 cars present and was described as “low key.”...
Story and photos by Simon Wright To celebrate the 50th Birthday of the Mini, the IMM2009 meeting and Mini 50th...
When Alec Issigonis was requested by British Motor Corporation (BMC) in late 1956 to develop an economical but nevertheless fully-fledged...
The MINI brand turned 50 years old on August 26, 2009. Fifty years ago to the day, the British Motor Corporation (BMC) unveiled the result of its quest to design a new and revolutionary compact car. The very first sales brochures praised the Morris Mini-Minor’s “extraordinary future promise”. Fifty years...
For two consecutive years—1969 and 1970—Porsche won the World Manufacturers Championship. Brian Redman was an important part of the teams,...
With the 12th annual Goodwood Revival set for September 18–20, the organizers are planning to celebrate a pair of prominent...
The third edition of what has already become the legendary MINI United Festival was recently held from May 22 – May 24 at the Formula One track in Silverstone, England. Arriving in over 10,000 MINI models, approximately 25,000 fans from more than 40 countries made the pilgrimage to the world’s...
Mini’s fiftieth anniversary will be celebrated in four classes at this year’s Silverstone Classic, with a 48-car grid in two...
The Earl of March has announced the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 3–5, as...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned 17 and, with $200 burning a hole in my pocket, I just had to have a car. I didn’t need one, of course, but fired with the impetuosity of youth...
