Photo: Mike Jiggle The legendary Argentine enjoyed a fantastic career in racing, and in Formula One he scored 24 Grand...
Black Jack and his Brabham biplane are evidence of the aerodynamic wilderness in which the Grand Prix teams found themselves...
Phil Garratt and Kieron BrownPhoto: Mike Jiggle Phil Garratt and Kieron Brown recently won their category in the gruelling 7,610-mile, 2013 Peking to Paris Rally. VR’s European Editor, Mike Jiggle, wanted to know just how this was achieved, from the spark of the idea to participate, to the selection of...
Looking back across the pantheon of Formula One greats one can find a rare subset of champions who not only...
Jacky Ickx and the smoky Martini Porsche 936 just made it to the end to claim the win for himself,...
Rob DysonPhoto: Regis Lefebure Going into the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside in April of 1986, one of our Porsche 962s had been wrecked, so we got a new tub from the factory but it needed all the other parts from our wrecked car. In essence we were...
Photo: Roger Dixon I’ve always said that the greatest racecar I’ve ever driven was the Alan Mann Mustang, registration DPK...
Mike Lawrence By now, everyone who wants to see Rush has done so and formed their own opinion. There is...
At a recent party celebrating the introduction of the new book, Racing Demons: Porsche and the Targa Florio, given at the Sea Palace hotel in Cefalu, Sicily, each of the 100 guests—including local hero Nino Vacarella—received one of these 13-x19-inch posters. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
For the International Formula Libre Race at the British Grand Prix meeting at Silvertone, July 18, 1953, Juan Manuel Fangio...
Then. Southern California is home to a seemingly endless supply of astounding cars hiding in garages, warehouses and barns. For...
Carroll Shelby Dick Rathmann 1 F1 racer and multiple Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx is born in Brussels, Belgium (1945). 2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop foreman), born in West Virginia (1901). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT August 30–September 2, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Coronado Island, San Diego, CA September 21–22, 2013 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...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 6–8, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Streets of Angoulême, France September 20–22, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA September 26–29, 2013 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...
1967: Chris Amon, Scuderia Ferrari and a year of living dangerously By John Julian This is an uncommon book about...
This is the site of the Endurance Rally Association, organizers of the Peking to Paris Rally featured in this month’s...
• The 1977 McLaren M26-Ford that James Hunt drove to his final Grand Prix victory in that year’s Japanese Grand Prix, was the top seller at November’s RK Motors Collector Car Auction in Charlotte, N.C., attracting the event’s top bid of $1.2 million. • The Grand Prix Drivers Club (GPDC),...
October’s Algarve Historic Festival featured a pair of 30-minute contests for the Historic Touring Car Challenge, with both being won...
A display of rare and significant McLaren racecars at the 19th annual Amelia Island Concours this March 7–9 will celebrate the marque’s 50th anniversary. McLaren remains the only marque to have won the Formula One World Championship, the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Can-Am championship....
Syd Fox recently lost his battle against cancer at the age of 83. Best known for his antics in Ford-powered...
Henry Taylor was a farmer, born in Shefford, Bedforshire, UK, and was initially smitten with Speedway (motorcycle racing) at West...
Three-time Le Mans winner Hurley Haywood was honored with the sixth annual “Spirit of Competition” Award last November 20th, presented at a gala fundraising dinner at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia. Past recipients of the award include Mario Andretti, Janet Guthrie, John Fitch, Craig Breedlove and Sam Posey....
The 2014 edition of Salon Retromobile in Paris will honor passionate French enthusiast Jean Rédélé, whose Alpine cars are responsible...
A number of significant racing cars will be offered for sale at RM’s annual Arizona sale, January 16–17, at the...
Pete Lyons F1’s 3-liter formula that began in 1966 was hospitable to American constructors. All three U.S. domestic marques that achieved 1st place in a Grand Prix did so in that period. The winners were Dan Gurney’s Eagle at Spa in 1967, John Watson in a Penske in Austria, 1976,...
