If you’re a regular reader of Vintage Racecar (and I hope you are!), then you’ve likely noticed a recent increase...
One of the most beautiful front-engined Grand Prix cars ever built, the Maserati 250F carried Juan Manuel Fangio to his 5th, and final, World Championship in 1957. Seen here, the car is depicted at Aintree, England, during the 1957 European Grand Prix, with Fangio holding the car in a classic...
James Hunt Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Bob Dunsmore 2 Bruce McLaren dies in a testing crash at Goodwood, England (1970). 4...
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June 2002 Stirling Moss—The Authorised Biography By Robert Edwards As a long time fan of Stirling Moss, I have collected quite a few books dedicated to him and his cars – All But My Life, by Ken Purdy; Stirling Moss: Racing with the Maestro by Karl Ludvigsen; and My Cars,...
As highlighted in this month’s Racecar Profile (pg. 20), the Porsche 914-6 competed at both the professional and amateur levels...
Racecar designer Ron Tauranac was awarded Australia’s highest non-military honor when he was bestowed the Order of Australia this year...
Rodney Dangerfield can’t get no respect. “Ho, I can’t get no respect! The other day I asked my wife if she wanted to have sex. She said, ‘Sure, but the mailman won’t be here for another forty minutes!’” Ba-dum-dum-crash. But seriously, folks…if the king of “no respect” were a historic...
For me, to think of the important moments in motor racing means to think of the people I knew and...
Last October, I was in the paddock at Indianapolis where all the historic racers were assembled. I found myself in...
Jackie Stewart Gilles Villeneuve 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy (1994). 1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a record never to be broken (1955). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
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Oran Park, Australia Jan. 26-27 Les Wright in his Brabham Buick V8 cutting it a little fine over the rumble...
May 2002 Sixties Motor Racing By Michael Cooper Over the past few years there have been a number of large format, high quality photo essays devoted to the history of motorsport – all attempting to capture the essence of motorsport during a given period. In the case of Michael Cooper’s...
Is Renault French? Is the Pope a Catholic? I ask because Renault has bought the Benetton team and has renamed...
Duncan Hamilton Jeff Andretti 1 Moises Solana wins the USRRC race in Mexico City, Mexico (1968). 2 Motorcycle and F1 racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
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April 2002 The Fabulous Fifties—Sports Car Races in Southern California By Art Evans In the first line of this book’s introduction, the author poses the question, “Why a book about one section of one sport during one decade in one part of the country?” Fortunately, the answer is a simple...
There’s a fantastic trend building on the Internet: it is individuals creating Web sites to showcase their old amateur racing...
While the Northern Hemisphere battens down against winter, we here in Australia and New Zealand are reaching for our suntan...
Is it really March already? The “Ides of March” didn’t bode well for old Julius Caesar, but for those of us in the historic racing world, March means the beginning of a new season of racing – with all the excitement and possibilities that a new season brings. The start...
Ralph DePalma Danny Sullivan 2 Indy racer Duke Nalon is born (1922). 3 F1 World Championship debut for George Follmer...
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Goulburn, Australia Nov. 25 The 1961 Schazum-BMC Formula Junior of Peter Cooper. Photo: Stephen Oom Become a Member & Get...
March 2002 Racing Maseratis By Giancarlo Reggiani The name Maserati conjures images of some of the most sexy and successful...
If you enjoyed this month’s feature on the Tasman Cup Series and would like to learn more about the history of racing “Down Under,” then you will be interested to check out this month’s featured Web site devoted to the history of racing in New Zealand. After WWII, New Zealand...