The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
May 2005 Louis Rosier—Une Vie Extraordinaire By Pascal Legrand The story of French racing star Louis Rosier reads like an adventure novel. Not only was he a gifted driver racing in Grand Prix and endurance events, but also a war hero, businessman and auto manufacturer. Become a Member & Get...
Jimmy Murphy Biography Jimmy Murphy was born in 1894 but tragedy soon struck the Murphy family when his mother died...
January 2011 Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs By Michael Argetsinger In our review of Argetsinger’s previous book, Mark Donohue:...
Artist Bark has chosen to feature the 1965 Ford Mustang here because it is an iconic American classic, especially the Shelby 350 GT variant, which he feels defines the genre of the American Muscle car. This piece has been developed from his preparation work for a 50th anniversary sculpture to...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and...
Once, I set out to write the “Great Motor Racing Novel.” There was no firm plot in my mind, but...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I couldn’t imagine what it was until I opened it and discovered it was Joel Finn’s latest book, American Road Racing: 1948 – 1950. The book is composed of a very...
Pete Lyons Forgive me, please, but I can’t tell you much about any of these oddities. I present them here...
Photo: Darin Schnabel | Courtesy of RM Auctions American classics were the star of RM’s October 11-12, 2012, Hershey auction,...
I have to say, that when it comes to motorsport, my wife has been amazingly tolerant of my little affliction. She’s stood on the pregrid, in sweltering 115-degree desert heat. She’s held a flashlight for me in the below-freezing, December predawn light as I try to drain my racecar’s radiator...
December 2016 Tony Bettenhausen & Sons: An American Racing Family Album By Gordon Kirby with Merle and Susan Bettenhausen Family...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
Sixty years ago, an American sportsman built his own cars to tackle the world’s greatest endurance race Many in America today see road racing as more a sub-genre of motor sport, with the nation thoroughly consumed by oval racing on tracks that seem to dot the continental 48-state landscape with...
• The Great South American Challenge, organized by H&H Classic Rallies, crossed the finishing line in Ushuaia—the world’s most southerly...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
When it comes to American racing cars, most followers of the sport reserve a special place in their hearts for Jim Hall’s Texas born and bred Chaparrals. These were cars that represented the best of what racing is all about—uniqueness, mechanical exploration and technological advancement, as well as success. The...
During the first half of the Twentieth Century Fageol Motors and the later Fageol Twin Coach Company were innovators in...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful businessman and landowner. The family lived in Santana, a well-to-do neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Growing up Ayrton was an awkward child and was later diagnosed as having a motor...
The 1929 Lincoln Aero Phaeton, by LeBaron, was one of the earliest American vehicles to employ a tailfin. Priced at...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
(Chassis #Z1058301) Vintage Racecar’s Siamese Twin, Vintage Roadcar, features a monthly column, “By Design,” inked by automotive and industrial designer Raffi Minasian. Minasian inherited his obsession from his father and by early childhood was thoroughly consumed by all objects with engines and wheels. The duo owned a long string of...
Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in...
If you grew up in the United States, then you were weaned on “The American Dream” —the idea that anyone can do anything, if they work hard and put their mind to it. For American road racing enthusiasts, there is a racing equivalent of the American Dream, but for the...
Although there were a number of pre-WWII cars that can be described as sports cars, the craze in the U.S....
My column in the October 2006 edition of Vintage Racecar was titled, “Shelby, the Early Years.” For the most part,...
Headrest Mount In this age where we not only want to have more and more life experiences, but want to share these experiences with a global audience, the ability to film is essential. Becoming a racing driver for a day, or driving your car around iconic racing circuits such as...
