By Tim Scott It all started in the 1970s. My passion for cars as a kid was absolute and completely...
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Briton Steve Hartley wrapped up both the Post-1978 class and the overall Masters Historic F1 Championship by winning the season’s...
1970 24 Hours of Daytona – Opening Round of the World Sportscar Championship By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited The ninth running of international sports car endurance racing at the Daytona International Speedway was historic as the new group 5 Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s met for the first...
More than 200 classic cars from around Europe took over the streets of Vernasca in Piacenza, Italy, for a weekend...
The Goodwood Revival 2014 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sir Jackie Stewart’s ‘discovery’ with a trio of special parades...
The 2014 running of Le Mans Classic was staged 4-6 July at the famed 38-turn, 8.469-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The seventh edition of this biennial event took place in front of more than 110,000 faithful enthusiasts that came to admire the cars that have written...
The 2014 Le Mans Classic was held 4-6 July at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France....
The 2014 Le Mans Classic was held 4-6 July at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France....
Jack BrabhamPhoto: Roger Dixon As a tribute to triple World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, the only man ever to win the World Championship in a car carrying his name, we offer this previously unpublished interview that the Australian icon gave to VR’s European Editor Mike Jiggle in which he discusses...
Scott Pruett Louis Chiron 1 Juan Manuel Fangio drives an Alfa Romeo 159 to victory in the European Grand Prix...
Le Mans Classic is held every two years and it provides a unique opportunity to see the cars that raced...
The Monaco Historic Grand Prix 2014 was held 9-11 May on the famous 3.34-km Monaco Grand Prix Circuit. The biennial Monaco Historics is considered as one of the top historic track events, as classic grand prix and sports cars race on the same track as the modern Formula One cars...
The 72nd Goodwood Members’ Meeting was staged 29-30 March 2014 at the 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England....
Photo: Pete Austin Cars don’t come much better than this. Born in a golden era of sportscar racing, this French...
Art of the Le Mans Racecar By Stuart Codling This is a book of history about the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the 90-year story of the race told in vignettes surrounding the cars that raced there. Broken down into four groups more or less by decades, it takes...
In June of 2014, Porsche will return to Le Mans with a newly designed LMP1 racing machine. With 16 overall...
In June of 2014, Porsche will return to Le Mans with a newly designed LMP1 racing machine. With 16 overall...
Black Jack and his Brabham biplane are evidence of the aerodynamic wilderness in which the Grand Prix teams found themselves once “The Wing” worked its way into F1’s consciousness.Photo: Chris Willows Red Bull gives you wings” says the advertising strap line for the energy drink that funds not only the...
Jacky Ickx and the smoky Martini Porsche 936 just made it to the end to claim the win for himself,...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Prior to the Second World War, simply driving a motor car in Europe was almost a noteworthy event, and thus motorsport involved a small percentage of that already small number of people. This exclusivity further meant that the number of women in motorsport was small. However, with the exponential improvement...
Carol Spears In the late ’60s, a boyfriend introduced me to motor racing. Until then it had been all horseback...
1973 Daytona Race Profile – Daytona Returns to 24 Hours By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In the eyes...
Phillip Island GP Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 8–10, 2013 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 you awesome discounts...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren,...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Jackie Stewart Biography Jackie Stewart’s early involvement with cars was in the family business, Dumbuck Garage, in Dumbarton, Scotland, where he worked as an apprentice mechanic.His family were Jaguar dealers and had built up a successful practice. Jackie’s brother Jimmy was a racing driver with a growing local reputation. He drove...
By Louis Galanos On February 4th of this year I had to go to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville,...
Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in...
Report and photos by Vince Johnson The 2013 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport was held March 9-11 at the 4.445 km (2.762 mile) Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia. It wasn’t only the sun that brought the heat to Phillip Island for the 24th Classic Festival of Motorsport. The...