The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
Ercole Spada started his design career with Carozzeria Zagato in 1960.Photo: David Gooley Artists and artisans have called Italy home for millennia, with pursuit of the arts a natural activity for countless Italians inspired by the natural beauty all around them. One with such a destiny arrived on July 26,...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Pete Lyons Come with me to Italy, if you’ve got a minute, I want to show you something neat. We’re standing along a sun-drenched country road, waiting for old race cars in the Mille Miglia Storica commemorative rally to appear. It’s a scene of joyous beauty, with flowers spangling the...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
All six events at Pebble Beach’s fourth renewal were memorable for those lucky enough to be there, but ’53 was...
May 2011 Kiwis are Regular too! Dear Casey, I have just received my February issue of Vintage Racecar and read your interesting article on Regularity events, which you experienced at the recent HSRCA Tasman Revival meeting at Eastern Creek (a great event which I have raced at in 2008 and...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
The indomitable Sir Stirling Moss made a popular comeback after his frightening accident at his home in March to join one thousand drivers racing in the Silverstone Classic Festival between July 23–25. At the wheel of his own 1956 OSCA FS372, co-driven by Ian Nuthall, Sir Stirling competed in the...
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take...
Here’s yet another source for rare, hand-held video of the old days as shot by those who were there. Courtesy of the Lost Tracks series at thechicaneblog.com, you can enjoy more clips of road racing action from the sport’s earlier days on the historic circuits of Torrey Pines, Pomona, Riverside,...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Italian privateer racing driver Gino Munaron has passed away at the age of 81. Munaron was always considered to be a very professional driver who raced sports and touring cars between 1955 and 1965, usually driving his own cars but also doing occasional works duty with Ferrari, Maserati, and Osca....
Even before the start, the pole-setting car was out of the race. In qualifying for the September 5th Woodcote Trophy...
1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth The De Tomaso drew much admiration from the crowds at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Photo:...
Following their highly successful “GT & Sports Car Cup” race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais have announced a new race series to compliment GTSCC, for genuine Pre-’74 Italian Sports, Sports-Prototype, and GT cars of a type that were raced in the World Endurance Championship and...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: 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. There was even a...
Sir Stirling Moss, winner of 16 Formula One Grands Prix and countless other races, has been awarded the Royal Automobile...
1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius...
1959 OSCA | 1960 Lotus 18 | 1963 Brabham BT6 Regular readers of VR will know that we have a fondness for Formula Junior. We have covered some important ground with this significant racing formula, and gotten to grips with Elva, Lotus, Stanguellini, Volpini, Autosud and more. As 2008 marks 50 years...
In Zen Buddhism it is called a Koan, a question that can only be answered through intuition, not rationale understanding…what...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: 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. There was even a...
