• HANS® Performance Products, the inventors of the head and neck restraint, has announced its next-generation product, the HANS Adjustable....
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado (1950). 5 George Follmer drives a Porsche-powered Lotus 23 to victory in the USRRC Road America 500 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (1965). Become a Member &...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Winton Raceway, Benalla, Australia May 26–27, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a production sports car, the famed 300 SL “Gullwing” was not Daimler-Benz’s first choice. Under Technical Director Nallinger, plans were already afoot to build a smaller sports car, on a platform...
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The...
The World Championship for Makes was one of the several names the FIA adopted for its global sportscar championship through...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was about to establish an Australian motor racing dynasty, but that is exactly what he did. Jack would win no fewer than three Formula One World Championships, the last in 1966...
Philip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 9–10, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Mallala Motorsports Park, South Australia April 8, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Tall Texan Tales Dear Editor, Your excellent June issue included Pete Lyons’ review of the happenings while Jim Hall was honored during the RRDC dinner at Long Beach. One of Jim’s recollections was how he used the engine of his Chevy pickup truck when the Chevy V8 in his Lister conked out in the prelim at...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Carrera Panamericana 1950–1954 As covered several months ago in our “Lost McAfee Tapes” feature, the running of the Carrera Panamericana in the early ’50s was a wild and eclectic amalgamation of circus and international motor race. World-class drivers like Phil Hill, John Fitch, Louis Chiron and Karl Kling raced exotic...
This is the official site of the Shelby American Collection in Boulder, Colorado, which houses many examples of significant Shelby...
Whether you are a fan of Formula One or not, it was hard to not read about the recent Bahrain...
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato, NZ January 27–29, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome...
Spiking interest in F3 Dear Editor, Your story on Spike Rhiando and the Trimax gave me the impetus needed to...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...
An E.R.A. Album, 1973-2010 By Alan Cox Publishing and working with publishers can be a brutal experience. As electronic media...
As another of our sports car icons, the MGB, marks its 50th anniversary of existence, we thought you should be...
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus Cars. In just nine short years, Colin Chapman’s designs had evolved from an Austin 7-based trials special with a plywood and alloy body, to a sophisticated spaceframe design in what...
Canadian Big Healey Dear Editor, I enjoyed the article “Big Healey” in the March 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. In...
Cale Yarborough Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, sharing a Porsche 908 Spyder, win the 1000-kilometer sports...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961; the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963; and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia February 25–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Dashware This software program allows the racer to enhance racing videos with on-screen gauges (able to be customized to look...
Lotus is an iconic name in racing history, one of the most creative, innovative and successful marques ever, thanks to the genius of Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. That Lotus cars would therefore become collectable was inevitable, and this site serves as a register to keep track of early Lotuses from...
