Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject...
From West Coast Juniors comes word of a global celebration of the formula’s Diamond Jubilee that will begin next January...
The 62nd running of the Coppa InterEuropa at Monza on June 19-21 promises an action-packed weekend of racing featuring full grids for both the FIA Masters Historic Formula One and FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars. The weekend will be the inaugural visit by Masters Historic Racing to the fabled Italian...
His signature sky blue helmet firmly strapped to his head, Alberto Ascari poses for a Pirelli publicity picture before the...
Photo: Peter Collins In 1922 the Maserati brothers, Alfieri and Ernesto, began to work closely with the Diatto Company after...
Rudy & the ’Ring Dear Editor, I love reading Mike Lawrence’s comments every issue! I always learn something. I believe Rudolf Caracciola won five German GPs on the Nürburgring (1928, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939), not six. His first German GP win was at the AVUS track in 1926. Become a...
Following a chance trip to Monza with a friend, Almo Coppelli found a passion for a sport that would totally...
Author Robert Heinlein once wrote, “A generation which ignores history has no past—and no future.” With a recent announcement by...
Ode to ’53 Dear Editor, Really enjoyed the review of 1953 by Mike Lawrence (March 2014)—a terrific season with so many different brands running. 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...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports for,...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
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...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
1925 Bugatti Type 39. Photo: Mike Jiggle There is something very special about a Bugatti, and this example is very special...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to let him race a kart. They hired one for him, but he crashed it on the first lap of his first race, so kart racing was a no-no in the...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
It’s wrong to call Baconin Borzacchini the “eternal second,” as some motor sport historians do. Sure, he came 2nd in...
I started work with Lotus Components in 1960. I really wanted to join the Lotus Formula One team, but unless you were in the right place at the right time and talking to the right person, it was difficult. It was very curious in the way it worked, you could...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as this. For starters, his namesake ancestor built the first successful steamboat 11 years after the Declaration of Independence severed the bond between colonial America and Mother England. In his own...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may have made more of a mark on motor racing safety over the past 30 years than anyone else. Indeed, his dogged determination and stubbornness to get things right nearly cancelled...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and...
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor Mike Jiggle got him to discuss his early years at Lola and going to work at McLaren, as well as his basic design philosophy. In this second installment he speaks...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill,...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
