The L&M Formula 5000 Championship; Mid-Ohio, June 3, 1973. Mark Donohue in Roger Penske’s Lola T330 with AMC Javelin power,...
Kirk F. White, consummate enthusiast and partner with Roger Penske when the pair entered a Ferrari 512S for Mark Donohue...
March 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of what many feel is the greatest endurance road race in history – the 1970 Sebring 12-hour. Yes, there have been many great 12- and 24-hour races over the years, some with more historical significance. But none can match the 1970 Sebring for...
The United States Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, October 3, 1971. François Cévert guided his Tyrrell 002 to a comfortable first...
Mecum’s recent auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, held July 31-Aug. 3 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, saw overall sales totals...
In hindsight, I’m sure Alfa Romeo is very happy that Expo ’67 was based in Montreal. If the exposition was somewhere else, they could have wound up with a car called the Moosejaw, or the Mississauga, or the Flin Flon. When Alfa presented their new concept car at the Expo,...
lfredo Ferrari (Dino) was Enzo Ferrari’s first son, born January 19, 1932. At the time, Enzo was still racing for...
1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an...
Winning the 1970 Monaco Formula Three race was seen as my ticket to a Grand Prix future. I’d made my F3 debut the previous year, in 1969, so winning such a high-profile race early in my career was a great boost for me. It wasn’t an easy win either, as...
October 2017 François Cévert guides his Tyrrell 002-Ford through Casino Square during wet practice for the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix....
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build...
Some time ago, Nicolas Cancelier decided he should work on a series of paintings about the great fighting duels in Formula One. The first in the series was that between Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi—Ferrari teammates, but fierce rivals. Their darkest moment was obviously at Imola, in 1982, during the San Marino...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
1977 LEC CRP1 Month by month, Vintage Racecar tries hard to bring readers some of the world’s finest competition cars—some with...
Jeremy Houghton trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and the University of Provence. His formative years as an artist were spent in South Africa as Head of Fine Art at The International School of Cape Town. He returned to England and back to his roots to...
1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the...
1970 Phil Henny IMSA GT Chevrolet Camaro (Chassis#124870L515127) Phil Henny is one of those guys you’ve probably never heard of....
Coupe Sport Leicht (CSL) is a name synonymous with BMW racecars. Of all the BMW CSLs, none was as outrageous as the 1975 IMSA contender featured here. With an aerodynamic package developed at Stuttgart University, its large rear wing, front spoiler and wide, flared wheel arches earned it the nickname...
Despite the weather, the IROC Camaro proved capable on both the oval track at Rockingham and Silverstone’s club circuit. Photo: Pete Austin...
In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had...
Jacky Ickx reset the lap record for the Circuit de la Sarthe multiple times during his virtuoso night stints in the Martini-sponsored factory Porsche 936 at Le Mans in 1977. Ickx was joined by Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood in securing victory for Porsche in that year’s 24-hour classic. The...
For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with...
Jackie Stewart leads the way during the 1973 Monaco GP in the iconic Tyrrell 006, followed by his close friend...
During the Monaco Grand Prix, in Monte Carlo, on May 10, 1970, Pedro Rodriquez looks for the apex before turning his BRM P153 into the Station Hairpin. He would ultimately finish 6th. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
To recognize the respect with which drivers would approach racing through the Masta Kink on the old Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix...
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars should move to a closed-cockpit configuration. While it may seem a minor—or perhaps even obvious—decision, it is not without controversy. Looking over just the last 30 or so years of...
As a team manager my experience of driving racing cars is limited, although at the start of my motor racing...
The Gunnar Nilsson Trophy was a non-championship BMW Procar Series event held at Donington Park on June 4, 1979, where Toine...
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis Gulf Mirage GR8 to overall victory, Bell’s first of five and the second of six for Ickx. In creating this work of art, Chenard employed pen and ink and markers...
