This year, for the first time ever, the owners of historic Formula 5000 cars have been invited to participate in...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has published a five-race 2011 schedule that takes the high-powered series to some of North...
The sights and sounds of the world’s finest historic race cars will return to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca August 16-19 as entry applications are now open for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Celebrating its 49th anniversary of honoring motorsports history in Monterey, the historic race event has flourished from its...
Author, photographer, racer and co-founder of the Fabulous Fifties organization, Art Evans has passed away at the age of 87....
Tom Malloy’s Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park took another step through the bureaucratic approval process following a public hearing in Los...
Post your best caption on the “Fall Caption Contest” forum thread (click here) by Sunday Octobber 11, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. PST. The editorial staff at Vintage Racecar|Vintage Roadcar will review all captions and choose the winner. We will announce the winner on the forum Tuesday, October 13, 2015. Winner...
Mecum Auctions has announced that the famed Corvette Z06 known as “Gulf One”, will be offered for sale at its...
In what is shaping up to be its most historic lineup to date, RM Sotheby’s has announced the addition of...
The racing world lost one of its most colorful characters on November 22 when Bill Devin passed away following a stroke. An accomplished racer in his own right, Devin teamed up with Ernie McAfee in the ’50s to import Siata V-8s before deciding he could build a better car on...
Kevin Wheatcroft, son of noted collector and Donington Park owner Tom Wheatcroft, has announced that his father’s famous racecar collection...
Iconic Drag Racer Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen, passed away on June 10. He was 81. While McEwen enjoyed a 35-year...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that renowned engine builder Louis “Sonny” Meyer Jr. died Saturday, Nov. 7, in Crawfordsville, he was 89 years old. Meyer will be remembered as one of the most accomplished engine builders in Indianapolis 500 history, as well as the son of Louis Meyer, the...
Jaguar’s famed test driver, race driver and engineer Norman Dewis has passed away at the age of 98. Dewis enjoyed...
On May 20, legendary West Coast Morgan and Cobra racer J. Lewis “Lew” Spencer II passed away from complications associated...
At some point in his time collecting, it occurred to Todd Werner that there was a reason the cars he was amassing had become so popular to begin with, and that reason was their racecar counterparts, specifically those that actually took to the racetracks with the precise goal of propelling...
The 40th anniversary of the world-beating Ford DFV F1 engine—the most successful F1 engine of all time—will be celebrated at...
The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C, owned by Jon and Mary Shirley of Medina, Washington, was named “Best of Show” at...
On May 23rd, during this year’s Monaco Grand Prix weekend, the legacy of Juan Manuel Fangio was honored when a life-size bronze statue of him standing next to his Mercedes Benz W196 was unveiled at the entrance to the pitlane near Rascasse corner. Taking part in the unveiling were Jochen...
On Sept 22–23, the countryside outside of Reims, France, will once again reverberate to the howls of a Mercedes W196,...
Short, sharp, summer showers, didn’t dampen the spirit or enthusiasm of the many thousands attending the Flywheel Festival weekend event,...
Warm and windy weather welcomed a weekend of wings and wheels at the Flywheel Festival, Bicester Heritage, held at the former Second World War bomber station situated in Oxfordshire. Like a fine wine this event has matured with each and every edition, leaving the crowds of visitors eager to return...
Scott Wilson, the builder, chief test pilot and leader of the Bugatti 100P Project, was killed when the prototype of...
Hans Mezger, famed engineer and father to the legendary Porsche 917 and boxer 6-cylinder engine, passed away on June 10,...
American Amy Lerner and her co-driver Sara Bossaert, of Barcelona, Spain crossed the finish line of the 2022 Dakar Rally in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after motoring 8,375 kilometers in the team’s 1982 Porsche 911 SC. The duo completed the prologue and 12 competitive stages of the motorsports event that is...
The designer of the iconic 911 and the scion of the family that left an indelible mark on the history...
In 1951 Froilan Gonzalez raced to victory at Silverstone to win the British Grand Prix. It was the first Grand...
Brands Hatch played host to the international Shell Ferrrari-Maserati Challenge on July 21-22, with a series of hotly contested races. In the categories for open-wheel cars and drum brake-equipped sports cars, the pair of Irvine Laidlaw (Maserati 6CM & 250S) and Burkhard von Schenk (Maserati 250F & 300S) split a...
The Peninsula Hotels recently announced the 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione as the winner of the, Peninsula Classics 2021...
RM Sotheby’s made auction history when a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis no. 3413 GT, long considered to be the...
A 1935 Voisin C25 Aerodyne and a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM were crowned Best in Show at The Amelia Concours d’Elegance – its 28th annual event. Known to many as “the racers’ concours,” the 2023 event honored that tradition by hosting some of the most accomplished competition cars and drivers...
