The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner...
Really? How so, you may ask. While it’s hard to imagine today’s Williams Grand Prix car contributing a single iota...
The Don Dear Editor, These days I tend to read Vintage Racecar from the back forward, in as much as I particularly enjoy Mike Lawrence’s “Last Lap” articles. “The Don” rang a strong bell with me, as Don was always a hero of mine, and while a little on the...
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end of the column, but as I tap out this opening sentence, I feel an itch to go back and be a Formula 1 reporter again. Pete Lyons This happens every spring. The off-season has dragged on too long, stimulation and intrigue have...
Adelaide Parklands Circuit, Adelaide, South Australia March 1–4, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Formula One – All the Races By Roger Smith This mighty 600 page-tome is the Formula One race version of...
This site bills itself as “a celebration of motorsport,” and that just about says it all. Now in its fifth year, motorsportretro.com features articles about, interviews with and profiles of major competitors in both cars and bikes through both videos and the written word. Also featured prominently are extensive photo...
Terror Over Brussels Dear Editor, I must urge you to reconsider the excellent winter vegetable the “brussel sprout” and draw...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Sandown Racecourse, Springdale, Victoria, Australia November 5–6, 2011 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 discounts on...
Don Yenko and Yenko Stinger By Charlie “Bud” Doerge In 1957, Chevrolet racer Don Yenko set up his own tuning...
This month we offer you, courtesy of YouTube, a two-part review of the 1963 running of the 12 Hours of...
Deep inside Hunter Valley Wine Country of New South Wales (NSW) lives a very interesting automotive treasure-seeker. By day Aaron Lewis is CEO of the Rover Coaches bus company, a business that has been in continuous operation in Cessnock, NSW for more than 85 years. At night, when the valley...
Alloys Dear Editor, I am a great fan of Mike Lawrence’s column; it is often my favorite part of the...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced single-seater...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia November 26–27, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit...
Have a hankering for Healeys? Then you probably already know about this site, but just in case…. It’s maintained by the Austin-Healey Club USA as its official members’ web site, and when you go there you’ll be able to find pretty much anything you’d like to know about the AHCUSA,...
The Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust has launched a revamped website aimed at keeping current and former F1 mechanics in...
Turn Up the Gane Dear Editor, Thanks for an enjoyable and diverse November issue. I would like to make a...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Behind Le Mans, The Film in Photographs By Michael Keyser Arguably one of the most influential racing feature films of...
With this month’s Profile of Jackie Stewart’s BRM P261, we thought a deeper look into the workings of British Racing Motors might be in order. As the team has not been a functional entity for more than 30 years, however, there is no official team site, but this one seems...
