The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
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The Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS, in which Giuseppe Campari and Giulio Ramponi won the 1928 Mille Miglia, has done...
1976 Holden Torana L34 A month or so back, Vintage Racecar interviewed Leo Geoghegan, a true icon of Australian motorsport. While Leo may have started his racing career in an early model Holden, he later became a household name from his successes with a series of Lotus open-wheelers. While this...
American sports car racing in the 1950s is perhaps best known for the titanic battles between Italian-built Ferraris and Maseratis...
Ferrari—let the word roll over your tongue. Doesn’t it taste good? Have you ever experienced—can you even imagine—a better name...
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...
The Formula Junior Category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 25–31, 2007 Choc’s BMW 2002 Tii.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers...
The statistics alone grab your attention. Those who travel the furthest—from Oslo—have 3,500 kilometers to drive; the rest, from Barcelona,...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to scrutineering for the Mille Miglia Storica, to enjoy some of the most magnificent road racing cars in the world. All 375 of them are ready to set out on yet...
When I attend race meetings, I am often sought by those collecting autographs. I think I must be on the...
Vittorio Jano Biography Born on April 22, 1891 as Viktor János in San Giorgio Canavese to Hungarian immigrants, Vittorio Jano...
“Mephistopheles,” the Land Speed record-breaking Fiat, was one of the most fearsome of the aero-engined specials popular in the 1920s. Starting off as a 4-cylinder, 120-hp Grand Prix car with an engine of 18-liters, it was converted by Ernest Eldridge, who purchased it from John Duff after the engine blew...
Both the cars and the crews were the stars at the 4th San Marino Rallylegend held in the Republic close...
1982 Lancia Rally 037 It’s midnight in late January and there’s a clear sky overhead with thousands of twinkling stars...
Pietro Bordino Biography Bordino was born in Turin, November 22, 1887. The son of a Fiat caretaker he would spend his early years around the factory before he was given a job as a mechanic. In 1904 he would become a racing mechanic to the works drivers, Vincenzo Lancia and...
In the boisterous opera that has been Italian auto racing, one of the grandest of performers made just the briefest...
Goodwood, Chichester, U.K. September 1–3, 2006 Lister snouts in their pens! Photo: Keith Booker Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Vicenzo Lancia’s eponymous company is 100 years old this year and, after much planning, a week of celebrations took place in Turin between September 4th and 10th. With a huge amount of input from Paul Baker, the President of the U.K. Lancia Motor Club, the Lancia Club Italia laid on...
1979 Ferrari 512 BB LM Here’s a little competition for you: How many sets of rules have governed international sports...
Masten Gregory Bob WollekPhoto: Porsche 2 Jackie Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the...
Robert Benoist Mika Hakkinen 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Champonship race at Spa, Belgium. The Martini LC2 of Bob Wolleck, Mauro Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese is awarded the win after the race is stopped (1985). 2 Australian...
The Manilla Sports Car Club is the top classic car association in the Philippines. The Mercedes Benz SL Register, MG...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Interview most any racecar designer and you’ll likely hear a beautifully turned tale of insight, and enlightenment, and clever science artfully applied. Then, there were the Coopers. Neither father Charles, nor son John, were science-minded. In fact, they had no more than basic formal education. What they did bring to...
The vintage motor racing world of northern Italy mobilized itself impressively on June 11 to commemorate Enzo Ferrari’s last victory...
Antonio Ascari Pedro Rodriguez 2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the...
Castle Combe, England April 17, 2006 Hackett and Sutherland’s Jaguar XK120 en route to 2nd in the Jack Sears Trophy race.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership...
