A half century has passed since the first Shadow made its competition debut at Mosport in the opening round of...
Organizers have announced the special classes for the 26th Annual Amelia Concours d’Elegance, March 4-7, 2021. Shadow In 1970, the wildest...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced the results of the first round of its 2020 revival racing series at the WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman at Road America on July 25-26, 2020. Finishing first in F5000 Class A (pre-1972 cars) was George Bruggenthies in the ex-Sam Posey 1970...
John Watson Jean-Luc Thérier Danny Ongais Jackie Stewart 1 Ayrton Senna enters and wins his first go-kart race (1973). 3...
Road America has announced that the special feature of the 2020 WeatherTech® International Challenge with Brian Redman will be the 50th...
What’s the single most important component, for maximal performance, on a racecar? The engine? Suspension? In the grand scheme of things it’s probably the checkbook(!), but that’s really outside of the car. As odd as it may seem, I’ve come to the conclusion that the racing seat probably contributes more...
1 • Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
When the sports car scene started to heat up again in ’65-’66, I went to work for Motorsport Design in Connecticut, and we built a McLaren M6A for John Cannon. After that I was hooked on the Can-Am so I moved back to California, when I became Peter Revson’s mechanic...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
Masters Historic Racing staged a pair of Formula One races last weekend, the first the European season finale at Estoril,...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Formula One, Can-Am and F5000 entrant and constructor Don Nichols passed away on August 21, at the age of 92. Nichols was one of only three Americans ever to field a winning car in a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix—omitting, of course, the 10 years when the Indy 500...
Luigi Chinetti Briggs Cunningham Photo: courtesy Art Evans 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, born...
Nearly two dozen cars from one of racing’s more golden ages took to the streets of Long Beach last weekend...
Casey Annis (Editor) Photo: Dan R Boyd At the end of January, I was asked if I’d speak at the new L.A. Classic Auto Show, that was being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. At first they wanted to interview me on stage, which after a moment of consideration...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was...
November 2016 Long Shadows Photo: Dan Boyd Dear Mr. Annis, Really enjoyed your article on Machiavelli’s Shadow in Vintage Racecar [June 2016]! 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...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Battle of Beltoise Photo: Roger Dixon Dear Editor, Thanks to Mike Jiggle for his response on my letter (June 2016...
A field of nearly 40 Can-Am cars is expected to be in action at the 2016 WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman presented by Hawk next month at Elkhart Lake’s Road America. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the fabled unlimited SCCA series, they will tackle the scenic four miles of...
In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I was given a rare opportunity to drive one of the ultimate...
Don Nichols’ new AVS Shadow Mk. 1 made its first public appearance at the Labatt’s Blue Trophy race at Mosport, June 14, 1970. Its amazingly minimal frontal area got a lot of attention, and George Follmer drove it—which took some courage. The car retired from the race with overheating just past...
Hermann Lang Vittorio Jano 1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses around his home city of Coventry. Despite having good qualifications and being at the epicenter of the UK car industry, he was rejected first by Jaguar and then initially by...
