The 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 justifiably received more hype, pomp and circumstance than any of the 99 editions that...
RM Sotheby’s has announced additional Ferrari highlights to join the 1962 250 GTO in the company’s most historic Monterey lineup...
Englishman Vic Elford, along with teammate Frenchman Gérard Larrousse, on their famous win of the 1971 ADAC Nürburgring 1000 km race driving the MARTINI Racing Team Porsche 908-3. Acrylic on 12”x 10” (30.48cm x 25.4cm) canvas Original painting available. For more from the artist: Paul Chenard Automobiliart.com paul.chenard@hotmail.com 1 902...
By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost,...
The Porsche 550 Spyder left an indelible imprint on the motorsports world during the 1950s. It was Porsche’s first purpose-built...
Lamborghini Polo Storico has completed restoration of one of the most famous Miuras ever built: the Miura SVR. On the occasion of its delivery, the car was also exhibited at Japan’s Nakayama Circuit. Only 763 Lamborghini Miuras were produced, between 1966 and 1972, at the company’s plant in Sant’Agata Bolognese,...
[Click here to read the second installment] Sure enough, the more liberal formula of the 1949 Mille Miglia attracted a...
Howden Ganley For the Historic Formula Junior Diamond Jubilee World Tour (quite some title) it really was the “last lap”...
The last time a car featured in my Heroes column was months back, when I wrote about the 1935 Alfa Romeo Bi-turbo, a fast if erratic machine with an Alfa P3 engine, front and rear. It was dreamt up by Enzo Ferrari and his designer Luigi Bazzi in a desperate...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
It was disguised under the name Sabakat and around 60 years ago had a decidedly racy history, but now one of...
July 2018 Bobby Rahal Rene Panhard Donald Mitchell Healey Louis Chiron 1 – A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania (1973). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is...
In what is shaping up to be its most historic lineup to date, RM Sotheby’s has announced the addition of...
The sport of automobile racing is arguably about 130-years old, assuming you subscribe to the notion that the first organized...
Gabriele Guidetti paints an evocative picture of the aluminum–bodied Porsche 356 that Schlutter and Polensky drove to victory in the 1952 Liége-Rome-Liége Rally. Artist: Gabriele Guidetti, Via Varolio 4, 40133 Bologna, Italy Cencia7@libero.it...
We push Pete Thelander’s 1934 MG NE Magnette out into the sunlight. Its red paintwork gleams and dazzles. The car...
Bugatti had won the Targa Florio three consecutive years from 1925 – 1927 by the time their new recruit, Albert...
[Click here to read the first installment] Poland, Denmark and Norway had fallen to Nazi Germany and the blitzkrieg up through France, Holland and Belgium was just months away by the time the 1940 so-called Mille Miglia took place. Hardly a time to be thinking of pleasant pastimes like motor...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the...
June 2018 Jackie Stewart Enzo Ferrari Bruce McLaren Tim Birkin 1 – Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at...
WSC Giants: Audi R8 By Ian Wagstaff In recent years, German carmaker Audi has dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans, banking 10 victories from 13 attempts since first appearing there in 1999. Half of those wins were registered by the R8, and even though it’s since been superseded by...
Photo Gallery from the April 7–8 running of the HRSCA’s Autumn Festival at Wakefield Park, Australia....
Photo Gallery from the April 21-22 running of the Sporting Car Club of SA’s Anzac All Historic Race Meeting at Mallala....
Building on a remarkable 70-year racing pedigree, David Brabham has announced Brabham’s return to manufacturing at a gala event in central London, with the global launch of Brabham Automotive’s first product, the stunning BT62. The Brabham BT62 continues the legendary ‘BT’ naming convention established by founders Jack Brabham and Ron...
You hold in your hands, the 225th issue of VR! Seems hard to believe that we’ve been doing this, month...
Mike Hailwood had won no fewer than nine World Motorcycle Championships before he ever competed in his first Formula One...
Photo: Chris Mann This was going to be an important year for me. My win at Oulton Park, in Richard Attwood’s Cooper, had impressed the MRP gang and for 1963 I was offered a full season with them in a brand-new car. The team had done a deal with Lola...
In the history of racing there have been formulae that quickly become popular and continue to grow, while others are...
Alan Stammers grew up with the sight and sound of motor racing, the family farm bordering the Snetterton circuit in...
May 2018 This is the Elva Mk. I, designed and entered by Frank Nichols at the Prescott Hillclimb on May 22, 1955, here driven for Nichols by Robbie MacKenzie-Low. MacKenzie-Low set a new class record of 51.14 seconds. This was a great start for Elva cars. Photo courtesy of: THE...
