Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams In observance of Carroll Shelby’s recent passing, VR is presenting an edited combination of the interviews...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars driving a Bugatti (1928). 3 Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier drive a Matra M670 to victory in the 6-hour endurance race at Watkins Glen, New York (1974). Become a Member &...
David Scotney was, for many years, the face of Lola Cars at motor racing events around the world. Born and...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany...
Sam Hanks may have been a quiet man who preferred to keep to himself, but at the wheel of a...
Jim Rathmann, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500, passed away just before Thanksgiving in Palm Bay, Florida, a week after...
A.J. Foyt Pedro Rodriguez 2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born in West Virginia (1901). 3 Dave MacDonald wins the USRRC race at Augusta, Georgia, driving a King Cobra (1964). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at...
Formula One at Watkins Glen By Michael Argetsinger From its dustcover image of the opening lap of the 1967 United States Grand Prix to the closing photo of a leaping Tex Hopkins waving the checkered flag, this book takes you inside Watkins Glen during the circuit’s years as host of...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka...
Jack Brabham Francois Cevert 2 Frank Griswold drives an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 to victory in the Junior Prix, the...
Indy Dear Editor, Just read this months Vintage Racecar while lying in my bed (NASCAR on in the background) at a rainy Speedway [Indy]. This issue’s even better than normal, well done to everybody involved, please pass on my thanks to the team there. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Parnelli is not his real name. Rufus Jones’ middle name is Parnell. His mother named him after a Judge Parnell...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in...
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress, Indycar racing might be rejuvenated by reviving the old stock-block engine idea of Formula 5000. A variety of production-based engines work well in Grand-Am, giving the technical diversity that genuine...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road...
By almost anyone’s measure, one of the things that made the Golden Era golden was the Canadian-American Challenge Cup or...
The Riverside International Automotive Museum has announced that Parnelli Jones will be the Honored Guest at the third annual Legends of Riverside, scheduled for March 25-27 in the Southern California city. Jones became a racing legend with exploits in a broad range of motorsport disciplines, headlined by his mastery of...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing...
During the years following WWII, road racing in the U.S. initially developed as an amateur sport, mostly run by the...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice became the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
One of the men who figured prominently in our tribute to Dan Gurney in last month’s issue, veteran Indycar mechanic...
Dan Gurney Biography He drove in the last great era of Grand Prix racing before the advent of tobacco advertising...
During the sixties, Carroll Shelby tried almost anything having to do with cars and racing. A little-known episode was his effort at Indianapolis. The Shelby Indycar was one of the famous, or infamous if you will, turbine-powered cars. Here’s how it came about. Turbines had been tried at Indy before,...
Jochen Rindt Henri Pescarolo 2 Guy Moll wins the Monaco Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo (1934). 3 Ronnie Peterson...
The title of my column reads: “The Fabulous Fifties.” The era is one I know something about. During that time,...
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...
