Leslie Alan Richter was born on October 26, 1930 in Fresno, California. He graduated from Fresno High School where he...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver Arrows” (1934). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Bobby Unser François Cevert 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be...
When I first talked with Vintage Racecar editor Casey Annis in 2005, the conversation revolved around the subject of me writing about the fifties, the fabulous fifties as it were. After all, this was what I was known for. I had written seven books about the decade. One of my...
The new Historic Motorsports Productions organization has scheduled three events for its inaugural 2010 season. Watkins Glen International was the...
In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
Michele Alboreto Photo: Maureen Magee Emerson Fittipaldi Photo: Keith Booker 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim...
It was 25 years ago that I started my racing career at what is now known as New Hampshire Motor...
I’ve driven many types of cars, Indycars, NASCAR, Sprint Cars, the whole bit; I started at the old Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Dallas, Texas, on a third of a mile dirt track driving a 1932 Chevrolet Coupe. The car was pretty basic, no fenders, and a Chevrolet V-8 engine; I raced...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs, and Les Richter (l to r above) headline the 2009 class of inductees to the...
A new organization, Historic Motorsports Productions, is seeking to raise the game of vintage and historic racing in North America to match its demographic. The group’s three principals—three-time National Champion and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, Just Marketing founder Zak Brown, and longtime vintage racer and entrepreneur Peter Stoneberg—made...
Richard Petty will serve as the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Honorary Chairman for 2010. The seven-time NASCAR champion, winner of...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement...
It is well known that some great stock car road racing took place at the Riverside International Raceway. Dan Gurney enhanced his record as an all-around champion there. Some assume that post-WWII stock car road racing started at Riverside, but that’s not true. There were five stock car events on...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
The 24th running of the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival will be held at Road America on the weekend of September...
The game machines in the arcades started it all—with a race seat and steering wheel in front of a big screen monitor, the average “Joe” could really get a taste for what it was like be in a real racecar! Then, the video games from Play Station and Nintendo brought...
Mark Donohue Jr. Biography Mark Donohue Jr. trademark was his versatility. He raced and won in sports cars, Indy Cars,...
Pete Lyons You know how someone’s opposing opinion, one that seems inconsequential enough to let slide at the time, can...
Dale Earnhardt Nino Farina 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona. First IMSA GTP race (1981). 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on the beach at Daytona,...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus...
There was something missing from the recent Olympics—motor sport. I can think of no good reason why, when we have synchronized swimming, the Franklin Mint of sport. The Arts were included in the Grecian Olympics, but the competitors had a shared cultural perspective. In 12 BC, King Herod sponsored the...
Joseph Pendergast, historic racer, race organizer, and collector for nearly 40 years, succumbed to complications from pneumonia on September 14,...
Homestead–Miami Speedway is a fun and fast track. It’s definitely one of the best oval/road course combos out there. In...
Ed Justice Sr., who with brothers Zeke and Gus founded the international oil additives company that bears their name, has passed away due to complications from kidney failure. Prior to creating their own company, both Ed and Zeke worked for Frank Kurtis helping craft the racecars that made his name...
