Organizers of the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Juniors have announced that they are canceling the 2020 championship due to...
In the 1950s, Britain struggled to find its place in Formula One racing. Fed up with BRM’s attempt, Tony Vandervell...
It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first Formula 1 victory and cemented his name in motorsport folklore. It was Sunday April 21 and the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix. Behind the wheel of a Lotus 97T was Ayrton...
Influential Indianapolis Motor Speedway fixture, historian and historic driver Patrick Kennedy passed away on April 12th, at the age of...
1981 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Bob Lazier has passed away at the age of 81, due to complications...
Built in series from 1919 to 1927, the 30-98 was, in its day, the fastest cataloged production car in Great Britain, with a factory-warranted top speed of 100 mph, when fitted with a high axle ratio and pared-down coachwork. The majority of 30-98s were sold with a tourer body (the...
The L&M Formula 5000 Championship; Mid-Ohio, June 3, 1973. Mark Donohue in Roger Penske’s Lola T330 with AMC Javelin power,...
In late December 1959, Bill Jennings packed his tools, spares and suitcase into the passenger seat of his self-assembled GSM...
Hermann Lang Paul Tracy Don “The Snake” Prudhomme Peter Brock 1 The Lancia 037 rally car makes its competition debut at the Rally Costa Smerelda in Sardinia. Both cars will retire with gearbox failure (1982). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau,...
Sir Stirling Moss was not only a special friend of Vintage Road & Racecar, but for several years he was one...
The final lap has been run and the chequered flag has fallen on the life and time of a man...
Nearly 70 years ago to the day, on April 10, 1950, the great champion Tazio Nuvolari ended his racing career behind the wheel of a Abarth 204A, the first model constructed by Carlo Abarth. The time trial ran from the Sicilian capital of Palermo, up Monte Pellegrino, a steep, evocative...
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Auto and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest have decided to postpone the tenth...
This race was the brainchild of the wealthy race driver and automobile enthusiast, Vincenzo Florio, who in 1906 created the...
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Originally built to compete in the 1910 Prince Henry Trophy, a German trial designed to discover the world’s best all-round...
He crashed numerous cars and aeroplanes, did his best to drown an admiral, and his dog delayed a critical wartime...
In light of the rapidly developing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and its effect on public gatherings, organizers of the second annual Sonoma Speed Festival have elected to reschedule the automotive lifestyle event at Sonoma Raceway to the Labor Day long weekend, September 4-6, 2020. Sonoma Speed Festival organizers have been monitoring the...
Classic and vintage car restoration specialist Thornley Kelham is undertaking its most challenging project yet; a complete nut-and-bolt concours-standard restoration...
A radiator in the shape of a horseshoe and a bright blue finish – everytime one of the striking Bugatti...
Kirk F. White, consummate enthusiast and partner with Roger Penske when the pair entered a Ferrari 512S for Mark Donohue in the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, has passed away. According to a message from his family: This beautiful, crazy, beloved man, father of five, author of DontWashMine.com, owner...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from SVRA’s Feb. 27–29, 2020, Sebring Vintage Classic, at Sebring, Florida. 99 Michael Moss 69 Lola...
Bristol, once a significant marque, has relocated to the “Great Paddock In The Sky.” For some time it had been on life support and a car make in name only. In 2011, it had been acquired by Kamkorp a privately-owned small group of engineering companies, among them Frazer-Nash Research Ltd....
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
When Rod Millen hit the starter on his custom-designed and built four-wheel drive, four-rotor 1985 Mazda RX7 the explosion made...
The special “Greatest Hits” racecard at this summer’s 30th Silverstone Classic ( July 31-August 2) will feature a pair of super-evocative Alfa Romeo 110th Anniversary Celebration Races. Scheduled as a crowd-pleasing double-header on both Saturday and Sunday, these two showdowns are set to attract unprecedented numbers of racing Alfas. The record...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Mar. 8, 2020, Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Auctions are an important part of the...
Organizers of the famed Long Beach Grand Prix—which this year was to include an historic Formula Atlantic support race—have announced that the event has been cancelled. According to the organizers: In light of today’s announcement from the City of Long Beach prohibiting all large-scale events in the City through April...
