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1967 Chevrolet Corvette Vintage Race Car Drivetrain: 1965 327 block, +.030 = 331 CID with reported 410 HP. The engine...
A 1935 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Spyder that competed in the Mille Miglia and was once owned by Benito Mussolini will be auctioned by H&H at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse on February 27, 2008. Of historical importance, the stunning dark red two-seater carries an estimate of £600,000–800,000. Chassis 700635,...
One of the wildest racecar designs of the 1950s was penned by Mario Boano, for Carlo Abarth, in 1954. From...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
In 1980, people laughed when they heard Audi was developing a four-wheel-drive rally car. Hadn’t Ford tried that with their Capri 10 years earlier and drawn a blank? But the detractors stopped laughing when an Audi Quattro won the 1981 Janner Rally in Austria by 20 minutes. And they were...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
December 2007 Alfa Romeo Argentina By Christián Bertschi & Estanislao Iacona With nearly a 100-year continuous history, it may come...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be familiar with Fabulous Fifties columnist Art Evans and his previous books on both the drivers and the tracks of ’50s American sports car racing. In his latest work, Racing Sports...
The Can-Am Porsche 917 The Can-Am Race Series, held from 1966 to 1974, helped propel professional sports car racing to...
Antonio Brivio Mario Andretti 1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967)....
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, genuine thoroughbreds. The development of the racing sports...
1957 Climax-powered Jomar 1957 Climax-powered Jomar. Photo: Harold Pace You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add...
September 2007 Graham Hill Scrapbook, 1929–1966 By Philip Porter Over the past couple of years, we’ve brought you reviews of...
As evidenced in VR’s recent two-part feature, the diminutive under-1-liter Italian sports car affectionately known as “Etceterini” encompasses a broad, beautiful array of handcrafted racecars. This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the memory and passion for these little jewel-like cars. This simple site contains sections devoted to Abarth,...
On May 26–27, the Bugatti Owners’ Club staged their all-French “La Vie en Bleu” speed hillclimb event at the UK’s...
Vincenzo Lancia Keith Duckworth 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim...
The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) 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, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
July 2007 Surtees Choice Dear Editor: Like John Surtees [Greatest Racecars, VR May ’07], I also feel privileged to have raced the Mercedes Benz W-125. Indeed, I have now driven most of the 750 KG formula cars, yet the W-125 stands head and shoulders above the rest. No Subscription? You’re...
American sports car racing in the 1950s is perhaps best known for the titanic battles between Italian-built Ferraris and Maseratis...
Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most...
The H-Modified class in American road racing was derived from the FIA small-displacement sports racing machines popularized in Italy and France. In the fifties, it was dominated by cars derived from the Italian National Racing classes, which were in force from 1937 to 1965. Development of the 750-cc class in...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to...
Two-liter sports racing 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; the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971; and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a European...
The noise! It took my breath away. A BMW M12 4-cylinder or Honda V-6 at around 10,000 rpm. Totally ear-splitting...
Achille Varzi was the opposite of his capricious nemesis Tazio Nuvolari, who was steeped in instinctive talent. Varzi was a...
When I attend race meetings, I am often sought by those collecting autographs. I think I must be on the list of one of the most obscure names in Formula One. As a small boy, and into my teens, my bedroom walls were littered with pictures of the great Jo...
