Photo: Peter Collins In 1922 the Maserati brothers, Alfieri and Ernesto, began to work closely with the Diatto Company after...
Track map from the event program (inset) and an aerial view (main image) taken after several years of racing. The...
Rick HallPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first part of this interview, Rick Hall told of his initial foray into the world of automotive engineering, firstly as a boy with the family business and eventually working for British Racing Motors. His BRM career was in two parts; his initial stint with...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Elsewhere in this issue you’ll read of the passing of an individual that you’ve likely never heard...
Luigi Musso acclimates himself to the cockpit of his Maserati 300S prior to the start of the 1955 Grand Prix...
Southgate’s sleek Jagusr XJR-6 draws a crowd in the paddock at Brands Hatch for the World Endurance Championship round in September of 1985.Photo: Pete Austin The first time I met Tom Walkinshaw was in 1984. I had been invited to meet him at Tom Walkinshaw Racing’s (TWR) headquarters in Kidlington,...
Gary Pearson stretches his and the D-type Jaguar’s legs during a Goodwood Revival.Photo: Roger Dixon My first open-wheeled car was...
Mike Lawrence One of the anniversaries celebrated at the 2014 Goodwood Revival Meeting was 50 years since Jackie Stewart won...
The factory Jaguar XJR-9 (chassis 388) that won the 1990 Rolex 24 at Daytona will cross the auction block at RM Auctions’ Amelia Island sale next March. Built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing for the 1988 IMSA Camel GT Championship, it enjoyed modest success during its first two seasons, but for...
Goodwood has announced provisional dates for its two iconic historic weekends, the Festival of Speed and the Revival Meeting, as...
Historic Sportscar Racing has released a 2015 calendar of events that includes seven vintage racecar weekends at tracks in the...
The man who, as marketing manager for the fledgling French petroleum company Elf, effectively engineered the Pilote Elf program that generated the influx of French drivers into Formula One that began in the late ’60s, François Guiter, has died at the age of 86. Although as a youth he served...
Carroll Shelby may be best known for his FIA-winning Cobras, SCCA championship GT350s and the GT40s that triumphed at Le...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has named the Shelby GT350 Mustang as its featured marque for the event’s 2015 edition,...
Modena Aerautodromo, December 15, 1964. John Surtees is about to head out to test the new Ferrari 330P2 that will be Ferrari’s mainstay sports car for the coming season. Mauro Forghieri (glasses) and Dr. Franco Gozzi stand beside the car in dark coats as Italian troops look on. Become a...
Then I have a friend living in the Sunshine State with a spectacular collection of historic racing cars from the...
Max Balchowsky Reg ParnellPhoto: Tim Parnell Collection 2 The first South African Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami...
The FIA Sports Prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set fourth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Motor Racing Heroes, The Stories of 100 Greats By Robert Newman Robert Newman will be no stranger to regular Vintage Racecar readers. Over many years he has scribbled away month after month producing excellent pieces of work for the magazine. His regular “Heroes” column is now the subject of his...
With this month’s feature story about the early sports car races at Goleta Airport near Santa Barbara, California, we thought...
Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Lime Rock Fatality Dear Editor, Your November 2014 issue just arrived, and I have to disagree with...
