Historic Winton, Australia’s largest and most popular all-historic motor race meeting, will celebrate its 33rd renewal of honoring the past...
Mario Andretti was presented with the first annual Spirit of Competition Award at dedication ceremonies for the Simeone Foundation Automotive...
Mercedes-Benz once again provided the star feature for September’s second running of the Weekend de L’Excellence Automobile de Reims, only instead of last year’s recalcitrant Streamliner, this year the company brought along a 1955 W196R Grand Prix open-wheeler. A period driver was provided as well, with Hans Herrmann taking over...
It was indeed a sad day for Australian historic racing enthusiasts when word came of the untimely passing of John...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
After church one Sunday in 1957, a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy named Tom Pomeroy was playing with some of his friends,...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man, in 1950, Emilio Giuseppe (Nino) Farina became the first driver to win the modern Formula One World Championship. The Italian was also famous for his laid-back (literally), straight-arm driving style,...
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British...
I have driven numerous racing cars over my 30 years and many eras of motor sport. I drove in several...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It resulted in transforming Cobras into world-class automobiles, not only on tracks, but also on roads. The relationship between the two was not just a business one, it was also very...
In a recent letter to Vintage Racecar, David Carroll mentioned that he owns an HRG. Regardless of anything else, like...
In 1938, Tazio Nuvolari left Alfa Romeo after narrowly avoiding serious injury when the uncompetitive car he was driving burst...
January 2009 The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, June 10-11, 1961. Augie Pabst seems serene at the wheel of the battered and besmudged Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati Tipo 63 that he and Richard Thompson drove to 4th place overall at Le Mans in 1961. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
The Turn 6–7 complex at Road Atlanta not only makes for a huge grin factor, it’s also the most crucial...
Since the doors opened in 1924, the MG Car Company of Great Britain has been producing interesting and innovative automobiles....
January 2009 The Father, the Son, and the 2900B Dear Editor, Your news article (VR, November 2008) on the Alfa Romeo 2900B that won the first Watkins Glen race in 1948, states that its driver was Stephen Griswold. In fact, the winning driver was Frank T. Griswold, father of Stephen,...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Nearly 12 years ago, Parker Johnstone walked away from a strong career as a professional Indy car driver with 2 years left on a lucrative contract. Why? Frankly, he had turned to “almost despising”—his words—the sport he once loved. Pete Lyons But vintage racing has made him a fan again....
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