The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced its racing schedule for 2020. The Association has announced three official races for...
For the majority of VR’s readers, 2019 has been the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford, although it actually started in...
The terms Porsche and racing have now become virtually synonymous. In no small part, this is due to the German manufacturer’s stunning 19 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans—more than any other manufacturer. However, the keen enthusiast will know that it took Porsche almost 20 years to...
SCRAMP, the non-profit organization which manages the Laguna Seca racing facility and organizes the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, has...
McLaren Automotive has unveiled its new Ultimate Series roadster, the McLaren Elva. As the brand’s first open-cockpit road car, the...
Two factory Porsche 910s await the start of the 1967 Sebring 12 Hours. Car #36 will be driven by Scooter Patrick and Gerhard Mitter, while Jo Siffert and Hans Hermann will handle car #37. The two 910s will finish in third and fourth, respectively. [Editor’s note: Click here to read...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that renowned engine builder Louis “Sonny” Meyer Jr. died Saturday, Nov. 7, in Crawfordsville,...
The name Alfetta is still one that makes any red-blooded Italian motor sport fan throw out his chest with pride....
A Triumph TR2, raced in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, far exceeded its pre-sale estimate for this past weekend’s Silverstone Auction, when it sold for £258,750 ($332,677), setting a new sales record for a TR2. The Triumph TR2 was launched in 1952 and was soon in great demand...
Emerson Fittipaldi Chris Amon Oscar Koveleski Jo Siffert 1 Eddie Rickenbacker takes control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1923). 2...
The first Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation sports cars – part of the £6 million Aston Martin DBZ Centenary...
Dubbed “Challenger 2,” this twin-Hemi-powered streamliner holds the certified record run as the fastest naturally aspirated, piston-powered vehicle in history—an automotive milestone that was 50 years in the making. Designed and built by Hall of Fame driver, self-made engineer and prolific promoter Mickey Thompson in collaboration with Kar Kraft of...
Rarely in the history of motor racing was one person so revered as Ayrton Senna da Silva. From the start...
Mirrored sunglasses and a big grin. Andy Wallace is always in a good mood when he arrives at work in...
The Board of Directors of Hulman & Company announced today that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Penske Corporation, a global transportation, automotive and motorsports leader. Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corporation, will acquire all Hulman & Company principal operating assets, including the Indianapolis...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Tom Cantrell’s world revolves around excellence, and it seems he will go to any length to achieve perfection on, and...
It was 95 years ago that the car which came to be known as ‘Cloverleaf’, XR 1981, lined up at the bottom of Aston Hill. One of just eight customer cars built in late 1923, this very early Aston Martin was competing against two Bugattis and two other Aston Martins...
Bentley is to make 12 “continuation” examples of the supercharged 4.5-liter Birkin “Blower,” one of those cars whose legend far...
Porsche in the Monte Carlo Rally 1952–1982 By Patrick Daase & Maurice Louche In 1968, Porsche won the Monte Carlo...
“Who painted this D-Type red?” was my thought when I first laid eyes on this legendary machine. Most of the Jaguar competition cars are BRG— British Racing Green—a livery thought by many to be “proper” for a car of this ilk. Sure a few black, blue, or even white cars...
The International 12 Hours of Reims, July 4, 1954. Rene Bonnet trying to get his D.B.-Panhard back on the road,...
Canadian motorsports owes a huge debt to the team of Jim Fergusson and his wife, Alice. Their efforts were almost...
When he competed in his first Formula One race, Eddie Cheever was even more baby-faced than when I got to know him, which is saying something. It was the 1978 South African Grand Prix and Eddie, who looked about 16 at the time, had actually just turned 20. He qualified...
Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis hosts America’s most important racing event, the Indianapolis 500, aka Indy 500. The 1920 Duesenberg 183 Grand...
On September 28, 1929, Mario Umberto “Baconìn” Borzacchini, at the wheel of a Maserati Tipo V4, set the world land...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
Silverstone Auctions has opened its catalogue for entries to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with a very rare and...
One of the most memorable motor races I have ever seen was broadcast from the 1959 Easter Monday Goodwood Meeting...
June 14–15 ,1952, 24 Hours of Le Mans This was a great idea that failed. Jaguar fitted special streamlined bodywork to the C-Types for Le Mans, to increase top speed. Unfortunately, there was not enough engine cooling and all their cars retired. Here Tony Rolt, who drove with Duncan Hamilton,...
