This Hustler is not an unsavory men’s magazine, nor is it Jackie Gleason playing a pool shark, nor a con...
Nineteen thirty-five was an excellent Grand Prix season, the best against strong and varied opposition that Mercedes-Benz enjoyed in Year...
At Watkins Glen they said, “It looks like the box it came in.” Even that harsh judgement of the appearance of the new Chaparral 2J may have been too generous. However, handsome is as handsome does and in its astonishing way the 2J did handsomely. A World Champion was sufficiently...
On New Year’s Eve in 1950, the first endurance race run at Sebring was won by a very unlikely car,...
I don’t usually spend too much time on preamble prior to getting into the nitty-gritty of the subject car. However,...
Ferrari put the pedal to the metal in 1957 with new racing cars of magnificent four-cam V-12 power. In spite of Maserati’s V-8 response, Ferrari prevailed in what history would declare the final season for sports-racers of unlimited capacity. The 1956 season of the World Sports-Car Championship saw Ferrari resuming...
Sometimes a slogan doesn’t mean very much. Take for example Exxon’s “Happy Motoring” or Pontiac’s “We Are Driving Excitement” –...
Bearer of a degree in Industrial Engineering at the Turin Polytechnic, Savonuzzi honed his skill on Fiat aero engines during...
I have been road racing since the early 1980s and vintage/historic racing since the late ’80s; always in 105 series Alfa Romeos. But I remember, back in the early ’90s, racing with this little blue sports racer called a “LaBoa”. When I say “racing with” I mean I saw it...
In the 1950s, home-made, one-off sports cars were being created everywhere across the country, the majority of them emerging from...
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was undoubtedly gifted at what he did, admittedly some of his cars were better than others...
Out of the shadows of World War II and its aftermath has come an unique Alfa Romeo sports car flaunting stunning design and engineering. It also reveals secrets that contributed to the design of Enzo Ferrari’s post-war V-12. Among the many pleasures of Alfa Romeo’s 111th-year celebrations is the surprise...
Accused of sandbagging at Daytona, two WSC-95 spyders were in storage until called to duty by Team Joest. Porsches by...
The engines roar, pushing the rev limiters to their limits. When the light turns green, the racecars accelerate at full...
On the Bubble One of the most exciting relationships in sports car history is that of Alfa Romeo and Zagato. 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 membership removes most ads,...
Corvette’s contemporary ZO6 is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who drive slower cars, such as Ferraris...
In the world of exotic cars, there are few names that can compare with Ferrari. The very mention of the...
Ferrari SN: 18139 started life as a 365 GT4/BB. It was delivered to Chinetti’s 1970s NART shop in Connecticut – a place I would visit a lot were time travel to become practical. Back then, the energy and passion for Ferrari in the USA lived there, making many of the...
No racing car exemplified and exploited the admirable freedom of the Can-Am series rules more than the 1966 Chaparral 2E....
American style and simplicity defeated Europe’s complex cars and engines at Le Mans in 1921 to put the seal on...
The newly formed STD Motors awarded their three marques—Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq—the honor of a racing effort in 1921-’22. Sunbeam fared the best with a victory in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy that awarded them the “TT” sobriquet. News of a powerful new alliance in the automobile world broke...
The book “Great Marques – Porsche” starts with this paragraph by Dr. – Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the...
When you troll the paddock at a vintage race meet as often as I have, it takes a special car...
This is the tale of a wonderful old racing machine, now fast approaching its 100th birthday but still enjoying an active competition life in the hands of vintage racing enthusiast and collector Andrew Larson. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Sixty years ago, Chevrolet had the guts to introduce a model that was drastically different than anything they had ever...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
When Rod Millen hit the starter on his custom-designed and built four-wheel drive, four-rotor 1985 Mazda RX7 the explosion made photographer Dennis Fregger and I jump. It shattered the morning quiet, and flushed the birds out of the bushes a hundred yards away. The sound of an unfettered rotary engine...
Resembling nothing so much as a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline sedan that was left in the dryer a bit too long,...
I open the tiny door, diffidently point my toe toward the foot well, and fall into the driver’s seat by...
The search for rare or interesting automobiles to profile for Vintage Road & Racecar has a few obvious starting points. Concours, especially ones like Amelia Island and Hilton Head, can yield a great variety of cars that are appropriate for this magazine, especially knowing that most, if not all of the...
