For all the effort, expense and heartache generated by the committee at BRM, it fell to the clear, single-minded vision...
Alan Jones Tazio Nuvolari 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a practice crash for the...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent Bain Vintage Racing Services (203) 377-1658 Jack Boxstrom RM Auctions (613) 476-9132 Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Chris Christansen Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 These prices are suggested guidelines, they...
Forty years! That’s how long it’s been since our man Philip Toll Hill, Jr., became the first American to win...
VIR, VA May 5-6 The 1966 Yenko Stinger of Charles Sadek is chased by the 1968 Porsche 911 of Susann...
Rockingham, England May 27-28 The 1955 Chevrolet of Leon Cole. Photo: Peter Collins 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...
Northern California May 1-3 Morning breakfast stop at a 1905 barn converted into a restoration shop in Ferndale, CA.Photo: Bob...
August 2001 Monaco Driving Shoe By Piloti On the whole, racing-grade driving shoes tend to have two drawbacks: 1) Because...
Our featured site this month has taken on the daunting task of tracking the history of individual racecars from the 3-liter Formula One period, Formula A/5000, Center-Seat Can-Am and the Tasman Race Series. Each section is organized in such a way that there is a listing of each manufacturer that...
This year’s California Mille, held May 1-3, saw over 70 classic sports cars, tourers and racecars blast their way through...
The long awaited debut of the 21st Century approach to racing in the UK finally came to be at Rockingham...
The VSCC and the Historic Grand Prix Car Association joined forces with Donington Park to savor the return of Auto Union Grand Prix cars to the Derbyshire circuit for the first time since before World War II. Audi sent a 1936 V-16 C-Type, 1938 V-12 D-Type, a host of racing...
It was recently announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honor List that Jackie Stewart will receive a knighthood this coming January....
Vittorio Brambilla, affectionately know as the “Monza Gorilla” died from a sudden heart attack at his home in Italy on...
Road America and the Historic Grand Prix racing group have announced that a grid of 30 3-liter Formula One cars will be the feature race for the 2002 Merrill Lynch/Brian Redman International Challenge to be held July 18-21. According to James King of the HGP, “When the U.S. Grand Prix...
Works Sunbeam Rapier As a 1960 Sunbeam Rapier drifted through long fast bends on the top of the Downs above...
In the last installment of our interview with Indy 500 Champion Rodger Ward, Casey Annis talks with Ward about his many experiences and accomplishments as a road racer. VRJ: I’d like to switch gears a bit and talk about your road racing career. I don’t think a lot of people...
Ok, Ok… here’s the pitch. You’ve got this kinda mush-mouthed, body-builder guy who is a washed-up racecar driver, see? We’ll...
I always think I have to be cautious when I talk about “great cars” or “my best cars,” because the...
It depends which Nelson you mean – and which Victory. In Portsmouth, there once was a station called Radio Victory, named after Horatio Nelson’s flagship, the pride of Portsmouth and still a commissioned ship of what remains of the Royal Navy. I was the first English “journo” to interview Nelson...
Younger brother of Pedro, the fiery Mexican was his country’s motorcycle champion at age 15, graduated to sports cars at...
2 Swede Savage dies from injuries suffered in a wreck 33 days earlier during the Indianapolis 500 (1973). Pedro Rodriguez...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent Bain Vintage Racing Services (203) 377-1658 Jack Boxstrom RM Auctions (613) 476-9132 Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Chris Christansen Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 These prices are suggested guidelines, they...
Dan Gurney once tried to show me how to wring the neck of a recalcitrant racecar to squeeze out that...
Road Atlanta, GA Apr. 26-29 The 1923 3-liter Blower Bentley of Bob Reed. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a...
Buttonwillow, CA May 5-6 The 1915 Ford Model T of Gary Lucas. Photo: Susan Myers 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...
Pocono, PA Apr. 21-22 The Turner of Ray Heppenstall. Photo: Louiseann & Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
July 2001 Alberto Ascari By Karl Ludvigsen This book is yet another in the critically acclaimed series of books from...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the long and rich history of the Sunbeam marque. Founded as early as 1899, Sunbeam racecars have enjoyed numerous racing, Land Speed Record and commerical successes. This Australian site is one of the most comprehensive we’ve seen and provides a wealth of...
