October 2008 The Japanese Grand Prix; Fuji, October 17, 1976. Jody Scheckter dances with the 6-wheel Tyrrell P34 in streaming...
Virginia International Raceway, also known as VIR, set to the east of Danville, Virginia, is one of the finest racetracks...
The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a two-year period with the plan of building his dream machine. When he bought a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing in 1958, the dream quickly faded and Mulholland soon ran an ad in...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
This one picture is why I’m writing these thousand words. I’m doing so in the first week of August 2008—precisely...
Milwaukee, West Allis, WI July 11–12,2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Donington Park, UK May 31, 2008 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 offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada June 21–22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
California Speedway, Fontana, CA June 20–22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Monza, Italy June 7–8, 2008 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 offers you awesome discounts on partner products. Enjoy...
Watkins Glen, NY June 12–15, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
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Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 11–13, 2008 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 offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
October 2008 Carlos Lepro’s Giulia—The First Winning GTA By Bernardo D. Martínez, MD For ten days, in October 1965, a...
Long-time readers of VR, will be familiar with the period photography of Allen Kuhn. From 1956 until 1965, Kuhn worked...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca Silver Flag Historic Hillclimb, from June 27-29. Castell’Arquato is a small town to the southeast of Piacenza, itself an hour or so east of Milan. Thousands of visitors from the...
Vintage Racecar was asked to play a part in continuing celebrations of 50 Years of the Lister “Knobbly” at the...
The traditional Silverstone Classic, held July 25–27, this year received a real “boost” under the direction of Motion Works Motorsport,...
The Le Mans Classic has now become the most prestigious of all historic racing events…if competition for entries is anything to go by. This year, the 4th running of the Classic, just under 400 cars took part in the six races for cars by age group, each race being run...
The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was the first of three children for Sergio and Giorgia Pininfarina, and died after a car collided with the Vespa scooter he was riding to the company’s design and R&D center...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands...
Imagine what it was like for Eric Broadley to have come up with the T70 coupe after the heady days of his venture with Ford. The Ford program had earned the company some money and provided the impetus to develop the T70 in both coupe and open form. The T70...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
The French, two-time Can-Am champion and former Ferrari F1 driver speaks with Nasir Hameed about his early days, his time...
Just as we were going to press last month, we learned of the …..tragic death of historic racer Dino Crescentini, at Mosport (VR, News Brief, Aug. ’08). While a fatality at a historic race is always a shock, this one was even more disorienting, as it turns out there have...
