Trans World Historic Rallying has announced the return of the epic London to Sydney Marathon Rally, last run in 2004,...
Markku Alén is the person-ification of his favorite rallying expression: maximum attack. Words he lived by throughout his illustrious career,...
VR: It was recently announced that you have been chosen to be the chief judge for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance starting with next year’s event. I would imagine that—in classic car world terms—this has to be somewhat similar to being selected from the dean of cardinals to be made...
Les Leston was born in 1920 named Alfred Lazarus Fingleston. He worked in the motor accessory business and was an...
The Austin Seven motor car celebrates its 90th birthday this year and the occasion is being marked by a major...
We’re spectating on a rally special stage. The Monte Carlo, Britain’s RAC, the Acropolis in Greece. Anywhere, it doesn’t matter which. We’re halfway up a gentle roadside embankment stamping our almost numb feet and rubbing shoulders with dozens of other rally fans, waiting. It’s dark, cold, the bottle of whiskey...
My recollection of getting to know Archie was that my father went to Cambridge University and was a member of...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output...
I was blessed with car-friendly parents and grandparents. My mother, who took part in several rallying events as a driver, was an only child and had been influenced very much by my grandfather’s love of motoring. I remember one day my grandfather arrived driving a wonderful Ferrari 365 GT 2+2....
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each...
Frank Raymond Wilton “Lofty” England was not head and shoulders above many other men just because he was 6 ft 5 ins (196 cm) tall. He was also an amazing blend of racing motorcyclist, rally driver, bomber pilot, racing car engineer, race strategist and Jaguar’s chairman and CEO. But the...
Aficionados of fine automotive engineering will once again gather in the French town of Angouleme on the third weekend of...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country,...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 29–February 3, 2010 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, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner...
Say what you will about Bernie Ecclestone, but you cannot deny the fact that he has an eye for a...
Newcastle to Peebles, UK October 30–November 1, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter Röhrl dominated December’s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish town of Lloret de Mar. The two-time World Rally Champion teamed with four-time German Rally Champion Peter Göbel in a 1981 Porsche 911 RSR to claim the victory. The pair...
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...
Pentti Airikkala, one of the famed “Flying Finns” of Scandinavian and then worldwide rally fame, died in Berkshire, England, at age 64 after a long battle with cancer from which he had bounced back in his exuberant fashion. The Helsinki native competed in 36 World Rally Championship events over four...
The glorious sunshine and exceptional calibre of racing stars brought motorsport enthusiasts out in their thousands to visit Race Retro...
In 2007 I attended the Press Day prior to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. You can be a passenger in...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 29–February 4, 2009 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, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner...
1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into...
In a recent letter to Vintage Racecar, David Carroll mentioned that he owns an HRG. Regardless of anything else, like...
December 2008 Birdcage Buzz Dear Editor, Your magazines arrived today and they certainly look like a lot of fun. Incidentally, Stirling [Moss] drove that Camoradi Maser Birdcage at the 1960 Sebring where I drove Donald Healey’s little Falcon-bodied Sprite. He lapped me about every seven laps, with a cheerful wave...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One, has been killed in a head-on crash during a vintage rally near his South African home city of George. A mini van apparently pulled out from behind a truck into...
