December 2002 Bugatti – A Racing History By David Venables David Venables has developed a considered and thoughtful format which...
The Web is a funny old place… there is no shortage of sites devoted to the greatest Formula One drivers...
Lyn St. James Alex Zanardi 3 F1 and sports car racer Andrea de Adamich is born (1941). 3 Two-time CART Champ Car champion Allesandro “Alex” Zanardi is born (1969). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
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October 2002 Jaguar at Le Mans—Every Race, Car and Driver 1950-1995 By Paul Parker In large part, the success of...
Arguably, of all the Italian car manufacturers, few possess the depth of road and racing history as that of Alfa Romeo. Founded in 1910, the history of Alfa Romeo is, in many ways, the history of the Italian automotive industry. Due to this tremendous depth of history, many years ago,...
Robert Benoist Björn Waldegård 3 Teo Fabi wins the Mid-Ohio CART race. Only CART win for engine supplier Porsche and...
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September 2002 Mosport — Four Decades of Racing By Bob Bockington Canada’s Mosport International Raceway turned 40 years old last year, and for a 40-year-old, the track does not show its age. Extensive renovations have provided a facelift for the home of Canadian motor sport, which has generated so much...
Jack Turner began building his own racing special in 1951 and early successes with the car quickly led to a...
What do the following all have in common: Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Emerson Fittipaldi, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Nigel Mansell and...
Mark Donohue Bruce McLaren 1 “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the first dragracer to run the 1/4 mile at more than 200 mph. He drives his Swamprat dragster to 201.34 mph at Island Dragway in New Jersey, USA (1964). 1 Gerhard Mitter dies in a testing crash at the Nürburgring...
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August 2002 La Dynastie Pilette—One Century, Three Men and their Cars By Bernard Geeraerd While the history of motorsport has...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the history of the Corvette, with an emphasis on its racing history and development. Some of the interesting segments of this site include a year-by-year synopsis of major Corvette milestones; historical investigations of the Grand Sport, L-88 and ZL-1 race programs; as...
Chris Amon Lance Reventlow 2 Achille Varzi dies in a low-speed accident while practicing in the rain at Bremgarten for...
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July 2002 Red Arrows—Ferraris at the Mille Miglia By Giannino Marzotto There are few races in the annals of motorsport that conjure more images of historic drivers and memorable moments than the Mille Miglia. Likewise, when it comes to famed and revered manufacturers, few names can duplicate the history and...
During the late ’60s and early ’70s few racecar drivers better fit the image of the playboy racer than Frenchman...
One of the most beautiful front-engined Grand Prix cars ever built, the Maserati 250F carried Juan Manuel Fangio to his 5th, and final, World Championship in 1957. Seen here, the car is depicted at Aintree, England, during the 1957 European Grand Prix, with Fangio holding the car in a classic...
James Hunt Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Bob Dunsmore 2 Bruce McLaren dies in a testing crash at Goodwood, England (1970). 4...
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June 2002 Stirling Moss—The Authorised Biography By Robert Edwards As a long time fan of Stirling Moss, I have collected quite a few books dedicated to him and his cars – All But My Life, by Ken Purdy; Stirling Moss: Racing with the Maestro by Karl Ludvigsen; and My Cars,...
As highlighted in this month’s Racecar Profile (pg. 20), the Porsche 914-6 competed at both the professional and amateur levels...
Rodney Dangerfield can’t get no respect. “Ho, I can’t get no respect! The other day I asked my wife if...
Last October, I was in the paddock at Indianapolis where all the historic racers were assembled. I found myself in the presence of the most outstanding collection of race-ready Formula One cars that I have ever seen. Most of the owners were readers of VRJ – hi, guys! What a...
Jackie Stewart Gilles Villeneuve 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy...
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May 2002 Sixties Motor Racing By Michael Cooper Over the past few years there have been a number of large format, high quality photo essays devoted to the history of motorsport – all attempting to capture the essence of motorsport during a given period. In the case of Michael Cooper’s...
