Vintage Car Racing Coverage

Fifth Annual Reno Historic Races Honor Vasek Polak and Porsche The Reno Historic Races delivers an exciting blend of historic production and special purpose-built racecars. The world-class historic cars are divided into groups according to make, age and horsepower. A typical representation includes racecars from prestigious manufacturers such as Ferrari, Jaguar, Porsche and Corvette that were raced in great series … [Read more...]

Often overlooked and discarded, the 1961 - 1965 1.5 litre Formula 1 era deserves much more credit. Sure the engines were tiny and not very powerful, but this inspired chassis and suspension designers to make some major steps forward. The limited displacement, high revving V6, V8, V12 and flat 12 engines were absolute works of art and eventually produced over 150 bhp per litre. … [Read more...]

The second edition of the Mugello Historic Festival, the special event for the fans of historical cars, ended this past weekend, with numerous events dedicated to the Prancing Horse. Ferrari, owner of the Mugello circuit in Tuscany, chose the track for the start of the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, the championship exclusively for the jewels from Maranello and, since 1999, with the participation of historical … [Read more...]

From Hemmings Motor News: Experienced and novice hillclimbers will be pitting their vintage sports cars against the laws of gravity once more in Hershey, Pennsylvania, over the weekend of May 3 and 4. The event is the Hershey Hillclimb, and organizers have relaxed the rules this year in order to encourage more enthusiasts to take part in this vintage exhibition. This year's featured marque will be the Chevrolet … [Read more...]

Between the racing show, the club cars and the village, the Le Mans Classic goes to no end of trouble to offer its public three exciting days dedicated to automobile passion. Actually, the faithful public comes in bigger numbers for each meeting: 20,000 spectators in 2002 to 70,000 in 2006… How many in 2008? On forthcoming July 11, 12 & 13, the automobile world will be focused on the Le Mans long circuit. From … [Read more...]

Sports Car Digest is going vintage racing. The desire to race began a long, long time ago when we were first exposed by an uncle, a very competitive SCCA Formula Continental and Atlantic driver. This exposure hit home, and it never left. While attending all forms of racing, from Formula 1 to CART and Trans-Am to Camel GT, the one constant was that we would race one day. Typical excuses followed, i.e. money, school, … [Read more...]