To the rest of the world he’s Paul Newman the renowned actor. In the world of racing, he’s Paul Newman,...
Brian Redman is well-known as one of the most successful and versatile sports car drivers of the late ’60s and...
While best known in current racing circles as the Director of CART’s Indy Lights Series, Roger Bailey has had a long and colorful career in motorsport that includes working as a mechanic for teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Cooper. John R. Wright sat down with Bailey during the CART Toronto...
Frank Costin had a reputation for innovation and creativity unsurpassed in British motorsport. He brought skills and knowledge from the...
Nino Vaccarella won the Targa Florio three times, and for this alone he remains a Sicilian national hero. His name...
In the process of researching his new book on the Ferrari 156 “Sharknose,” European Editor Ed McDonough has had the opportunity to talk with 1961 World Champion Phil Hill on several different occasions. In this month’s interview, McDonough and Hill discuss not only the “Sharknose” but some of the oftentimes...
Considered brash and outspoken by some, few can refute his impressive list of racing accomplishments. These include victories and championships...
In the last installment of our interview with Indy 500 Champion Rodger Ward, Casey Annis talks with Ward about his...
John Zeitler – driver, engine builder, racecar designer and manufacturer – had a racing career spanning over 20 years, most of it involved with Volkswagen-powered cars. Casey Annis recently spoke with Zeitler to find out how it all came about. VRJ: How did you get started in racing? Zeitler: In...
One would expect that winning the Indy 500 and the USAC driving Championship two times, as well as notching up...
If you raced small displacement production cars or modifieds in the US during the ’60s and early ’70s, then you’ve...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Southern California is arguably one of the finest museums of its type anywhere in the U.S. Recently, Casey Annis sat down with Dick Messer, the Petersen’s first and now newly appointed director, to discuss the museum’s turbulent past and seemingly bright future. VRJ: The Petersen...
Bruno Giacomelli was born in Brescia, Italy, in 1952. He was always enthusiastic about racing and especially about single-seaters, working...
His nickname has always been “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name is Adamowicz, but in larger part because his racing career has covered everything from Volvo sedans to Indy cars and Ferrari sports racers. Casey Annis caught up with Tony to discuss his impressive career. VRJ: Your professional...
Hershel McGriff was an up-and-coming West Coast stock car racer when a friend suggested that he run his 1950 Oldsmobile...
New Zealander Howden Ganley competed in 35 Grand Prix events between 1971 and 1974, raced in a number of major...
Few, professional drivers can lay claim to having active racing careers that span 40 years. One of the only drivers to be able to make this claim is the quiet and affable John Morton. Starting in the early ’60s with Carroll Shelby and the prototype Cobra, Morton has raced everything...
When our European Editor Ed McDonough heard that Maurice Trintignant was to appear at the Monaco Historics in late May,...
Bobby Rahal is one of the most well-rounded individuals to take part in motorsport. His reputation for using his brain...
Tom Wheatcroft is a man with a lot of energy and drive. Though in his seventies, he still goes to work each and every day and has seen a boyhood dream become a world renowned achievement. Not only did the boy who first saw cars race at Donington in 1935...
Enzo Ferrari, Aymo Maggi, Piero Taruffi, Clemente Biondetti, Tazio Nuvolari, Giovanni Canestrini, Juan Manuel Fangio, Antonio Brivio, Stirling Moss, Giuseppe...
In this final installment of Casey Annis’ interview with Dan Gurney, Dan discusses his “second” career as a constructor and...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to NASCAR, Gurney can also lay claim to a long and successful career as a team owner, car constructor and truly one of racing’s nicest and most approachable individuals. In this...
41 year-old German Christian Danner is one of a very small number of active drivers with connections to the heady…and...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years – Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits...
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