Is there anything Phil Remington hasn’t done over the course of his 60 years in motor sport? In children’s literature...
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The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Tire smoke fills the air as the field moves off with Jackie...
I am unsettled. I know it. But I don’t know why. Is it this grass, groomed to unnatural golf course perfection? The blazing Florida sun making metalwork look overpolished? The unreal quiet? What is giving me this creepy Star Wars feeling of “a disturbance in the Force?” Become a Member...
July 2006 Speed, Frozen in Time : Vintage Racecar Images By Jamie Hankin Readers of Vintage Raecar will be familiar with the fine art photography of Jamie Hankin, which has been featured in numerous “Art History” columns over the years. Now, after much demand for his haunting images of current...
1971 Alfa Romeo GTAm There is a slight inclination here to refer you to Tony Adriaensen’s remarkable tome Alleggerita and...
Harry Arminius Miller (1875–1943) was the greatest individual designer and builder of racing cars and engines of the 20th century,...
To date, few women have made it to the top rungs of professional motorsport, while the ones to have enjoyed a shot in Formula One can be counted on less than five fingers. Yet despite, these desperate odds, Divina Galica has achieved this and much more. Galica got her start...
Probably the most important thing I considered in designing a racecar back in the ’50s was to try to achieve...
For some time now, a consortium of major manufacturers has been threatening its own series, the Grand Prix World Championship....
The 24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans, June 13–14, 1953. The experimental Porsche 550 coupe, which was driven by Hans Hermann and Helm Glœckler, turns through Mulsanne under lovely afternoon skies. They finished 16th overall, just behind their sister car driven by Richard von Frankenberg and Paul Frére which...
Considering the resumes of the people who have raced here, I am both humbled and honored to be writing about...
Jo Bonnier Vic Elford 3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine”...
The over two-liter Grand Touring 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 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as...
Just after 4:00 pm on the rainy Sunday of June 19, 1966, a trio of squat, massive, 427-engined American coupes...
Lord March announced detailed plans for both the Festival of Speed and the Revival Race meeting at a preview day...
Five-time Safari Rally champion and current FIA World Rally Championship commission president Shekhar Mehta died from pneumonia on April 12, he was 60 years old. Mehta first drove in the Safari Rally in 1971, when Datsun’s first choice driver Joginder Singh switched to Ford and, as a result, Mehta was...
Ford GT40 Chassis #P1047, one of four MK llb’s and the last one to be accounted for, has been unearthed...
1954 Alvis Grey Lady At the 2004 Goodwood Revival, a most unlikely machine quickly became the large crowd’s favorite as...
Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up the fabled Madonie circuit of the Targa Florio. Agility was certainly not one of the main virtues of most cars that graced the first 15 years of the trail-blazing Sicilian...
Dan Gerber started racing in midwest SCCA events in an Austin-Healey in 1961, while in 1962 he also started racing...
The immutable rule of life is that every living thing is born, lives and dies. Publications are living things, and...
Car names have always fascinated me. Brands yes, but particularly model names. There have been countless quirky ones over time, and many that have stood the test of time. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1955. The start of a dramatic race. Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling...
The historic Le Mans 24-Hour racing circuit, made up of country roads with constructed racetrack sections, has always been a...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
Phillip Island, Melbourne, Australia February 10–12, 2006 A huge field of Holdens, Toranas, Mustangs and Camaros provided plenty of exciting...
The Third International Historic Motorsport Show held February 24–26 was an outstanding success with over 20,000 paying visitors joining a...
In one of the press releases sent out by the organizers, the Automobile Club of Monaco, just before Christmas, they hoped that maybe the 2006 edition of the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique might be blessed with weather that typified the challenges of Montes of the past. Little did anyone know...
