The late, great automotive writer and author Dean Batchelor would be proud. Named as winner of the Motor Press Guild’s...
There are some extremely important aerodynamic considerations which a driver must be aware of while racing with other cars at close quarters. If any two cars are within one or two car lengths of each other, they will have a considerable influence on each other’s drag (known as the drafting...
Alain Prost John Surtees 5 Sir Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed Record of 256.086 mph...
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It remains beyond my sight whether the story of life has a happy ending, but I do see that some of us have the knack of living happily. One of the secrets, I think, is to create good that lives on. My friend Bill Devin – I feel that way...
Summit Point, W. Virginia Nov. 24-26 The 1959 Porsche 356A of Thomas Ross runs side-by-side with the 1957 Porsche 356...
Savannah, Georgia Nov. 2-5 The 1970 MGB GT of Doug & Jim Campbell mixes it up with the 1959 Aston...
Speed Festival, Coronado, CA Oct. 20-22 Try as they might, the Tomcat was always first into turn 1. Photo: Casey Annis 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...
February 2001 Oversteer By Ken Vose Originally released in 1992 and now back in print, Oversteer is Ken Vose’s first...
This site features photography taken at California Sports Car races during 1961 and 1962 by a young man learning to...
The Historic Formula Super Vee Register is calling for all air-cooled and water-cooled Super Vees and Super Vee Alumni to gather at Watkins Glen June 1-3, 2001 for the 30th Anniversary of Pro Super Vee Racing. The event, held in conjunction with the Historic Sportscar Racing “Watkins Glen Historic Races,”...
Famed car builder John Cooper passed away on Christmas eve after losing his battle with cancer, he was 77. John...
Walter Hayes, the Ford executive responsible for bringing the revolutionary Ford-Cosworth DFV engine into Formula One, has passed away at...
The Vintage Racecar Journal is extremely proud to announce that British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss has joined the magazine’s editorial staff. Starting with the March 2001 issue, Moss will contribute a monthly column covering a wide variety of historical and modern racing topics. According to Moss, “I am very...
The SCCA recently announced that in 2001 the club will begin organizing and sanctioning historic rally events in the U.S....
1959 Lister Jaguar Few of the 30,000 spectators, bundled warmly against the biting wind, realized they were to witness the...
No one was exactly thrilled when word reached Maranello, Modena, Arese and points north that the automobile club of an Italian seaside town called Bari was organizing a new Grand Prix. “Their own Grand Prix? The audacity of it all,” some said. “Who are these people? Where and what is...
Bruno Giacomelli was born in Brescia, Italy, in 1952. He was always enthusiastic about racing and especially about single-seaters, working...
If you follow the business section of the paper – or the general automotive press for that matter – then...
I am considering registering my stomach as a trademark. Why not? Damon Hill has registered his eyes as a trademark on the grounds that they immediately identify him. Hill’s eyes, my manly corporation, what’s the difference? Today’s F1 drivers are registering anything they can get away with. A friend of...
I woke up the next morning feeling like I’d been in a fight. My arms and sides were bruised and...
About this time last year, I wrote in this column about, for lack of a better description, securing your nuts. But from the number of pieces that have fallen off of cars over the past year, I thought it might be worth a little more discussion. Carroll Smith The most...
Paul Newman Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams 1 Sports car racer James R. “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy racer...
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The grass had grown long and dense in the cloudy English spring, and the silver racing coupe – a lean, lithe-limbed thing – lay low in it with the muscular ease of a young lioness. I stood at an uneasy distance, as if teetering between the pull of helpless enchantment...
Atlanta, Georgia Oct. 20-22 Alex King acknowledges the corner workers from his 1973 March 732.Photo: Louiseann & Walter Pietrowicz Become...
Danville, Virginia Oct. 12-15 Steve Hynes prepares to do battle in his 1978 March 78B.Photo: Louiseann & Walter Pietrowicz Become...
Colorado Rockies Sept. 11-14 Dennis and Natalie Machul take in the sights of the Rockies in their 1933 Alfa Romeo Monza 8C2300.Photo: Bob Dunsmore 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...
