Mike Lawrence Mike Jiggle’s recent article on the ex-Moss Cooper Mk IV-J.A.P. (VR, July 2015) prodded a few memories about...
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Vintage Racecar Archives
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis...
During the French Grand Prix at Rouen-les Essarts on July 8, 1962, John Surtees aims the Bowmaker Lola Mk4-Climax into the Nouveau Monde hairpin. He finished 5th after various mechanical bothers. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
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Lotus: The Marque By William Taylor Eleven years have passed since Mr. Taylor published the third in his series of...
Former F1 driver and constructor Guy Ligier has died at the age of 85. Although he contested only a dozen races during his three seasons as an F1 driver, posting a best finish of 6th in the 1967 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Ligier subsequently founded the team that...
News has come from the Mayo Clinic that American racecar driver and designer Bruce Eglinton has died at the age...
Recently I was traveling from Florida to West Virginia to race in the Jefferson 500. I stopped at the half...
The 42nd annual vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, otherwise known as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, once again delighted crowds with a full slate of racing and other automotive activities as it celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Featured Marque, the Shelby GT350 Mustang, last weekend. Two...
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of BMW, the German marque will be featured at next year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion,...
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Photo: Peter Collins Prior to retirement, the UK’s greatest motor racing commentator, Murray Walker, informed and entertained audiences with a particular passionate style and his inimitable “Murrayisms”—quotes that had become his trademark. During one, excitable foot in the mouth commentary he said, “The lead car is unique, except for the...
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Not long ago, our resident sage—the good Dr. Lawrence—noted that innovations in road cars have always come from sports cars, rarely if ever from Formula One. Carrying this one step further, if sports car racing is the font of road car innovation, then Le Mans surely must be its fountainhead....
Miss Moss wrestled the beastly Austin-Healey 3000 to victory in the 1960 Liege-Rome-Liege Rally, likely the greatest drive of her...
My favorite racing days were with John Jordan. John Jordan was a great man, he was a true enthusiast who...
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