1969 Lola T70 Mk3B Forget, for a minute, the origins of the Lola GT, the Mk6, the connections with the...
Tech—IT’S OK! by Bob Williams, Chief of Tech & Safety Inspections, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association For some race entrants, technical...
Billy Krause started his racing career driving midgets on California oval dirt tracks. He went on to race his own Jaguar D-type, which he later converted to Chevrolet Corvette power. His list of accomplishments is impressive. In 1960, he won the Times Grand Prix against some of the best opposition...
Last summer, I was getting ready for a race here in California. It was a typically hot, Southern California day...
Gilles Villeneuve Biography “He’s different from the rest of us, on a separate level …” Jacques Laffite describing Gilles Gilles...
Teddy Pilette It was almost certain that I would be a racing driver because my grandfather raced, my father raced, I raced, and even my sons are racing. That is four generations of racing. I don’t think there are many families anywhere else like that—maybe the Unsers. My grandfather drove...
Shadow DN4 “Don Nichols turned up in Can-Am in 1970 with that stupid car with tiny cotton-reel wheels, the first...
Quite a few younger folk seek me out and want to hear about how wonderful sports car racing was during...
Round Sainte-Devote depicts the start of the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix with Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon leading the field...
The International Britax Touring Car Race; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Oversteer and understeer. Jack Sears and Sir John Whitmore with their...
From 1964–1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Jr. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2 was...
Pete Lyons 2006 already! Those mileposts are just whizzing by, aren’t they? I feel like I’m riding up Pikes Peak...
Manfeild, New Zealand November 2005 The 1968 Camaro of Billy Dunn ahead of a couple of Holdens, the 1969 Monaro...
Road Atlanta, Georgia October 21–23, 2005 The 1973 Royale RP20 of Andy Gilberg is chased by the 1976 Ralt RT1 of Travis Engenand the 1978 Ralt RT1 of Bob Goeldner.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full...
Tweed, Australia September 16–18, 2005 Warren Daly exercising his D-Type Jaguar in the parade lap.Photo: Speed on Tweed Become a...
Spa, Belgium September 22–25, 2005 The view from Eau Rouge at the start of the Six Hour race.Photo: Keith Booker...
Daytona, Florida November 11–13, 2005 Dave Bondon and Bob Wagner shared this 1969 Royale RP-4 in the Rolex Vintage Enduro.Photo: Chuck Andersen 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...
February 2006 BMC Competition Department Secrets With Marcus Chambers, Stuart Turner, and Peter Browning While the name of the book...
If you’re a reader of this magazine, then chances are good that you are already something of a connoisseur of...
Bonhams recently announced the purchase by private treaty of the Williams F1 Reserve Collection, ahead of its scheduled auction on December 14 at Williams F1 headquarters in Grove, Oxfordshire. A private collector who wishes to remain anonymous bought the Reserve Collection for a substantial undisclosed sum. The Williams F1 Reserve...
The Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) has announced that the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection) has been chosen to...
Exhibitors have responded in force to the announcement of the 3rd International Historic Motorsport Show, to be held Feb. 24–26,...
On November 4–6, 2005, 30,000 people went through the doors of the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England to see the annual Classic Car Show, the main show event for the UK “off-season” period. With a record number of exhibitors, car clubs, special displays, and a much bigger autojumble section,...
Gerard “Jabby” Crombac, renowned French journalist and automotive authority, has died of cancer at his Paris home on November 18....
While historic racing in Australia is moving from strength to strength, it’s usually confined to the well-known circuits located in...
On paper, the concept of former Grand Prix drivers racing each other is quite mouth-watering. Cars would have to be identical in performance and design, no driver aids, and thoroughly safe. In the past, many have suggested the notion of such a race, but it had remained but a pipe...
The 2001 World Rally Champion Richard Burns died on Friday November 25 after a long battle with a brain tumor....
The Vintage Sportscar Club of America, (VSCCA) has announced that it has expanded its list of eligible vehicles to include...
The Masters Series, which encompasses the Grand Prix Masters Series, the Sportscar Masters Series, and the Gentleman Drivers Series, recently announced their choice of the Vintage Racecar Journal as their international media partner for both the 2006 and 2007 racing seasons. According to Ron Maydon, president and founder of the...
