Mainstream media are chattering these days about “green” cars. Like it’s some new idea. Well, I’ve been a fan of...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don Simpson had spent three years of his life rebuilding a 20-year-old Australian special racing car, the Gladiator Holden. He finally got it performing and was looking forward to the historic...
In a recent letter to Vintage Racecar, David Carroll mentioned that he owns an HRG. Regardless of anything else, like...
1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into...
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that motor sport has never really been egalitarian. Contrary to popular belief, racing runs not on gasoline, but on money. From its humble beginnings at the turn of the 20 century, the combined...
Danny Margulies was but a boy when he visited his home Grand Prix of Bucharest in 1937 and first opened...
Three apparently unconnected things seemed to me to have a synergy. One is the supposed 75th anniversary of Jaguar, a...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
Half a century ago, if your perfectly good sports car were damaged in an accident, you had options. One such option, available starting in the late 1950s, was rather than repairing the body, you could replace it with a completely different body that was made out of a relatively new...
My recollection of getting to know Archie was that my father went to Cambridge University and was a member of...
The Historic Grand Prix Association has been selected to support the return of Formula One Grand Prix racing to the United States at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on November 16-18. HGP fields a collection of F1 cars from the sport’s first three-liter era between 1966 and...
To anyone interested in automotive history, the late 1940s and early ‘50s was a fascinating period of time, especially in...
As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, we sadly report that the elder statesman of American motorsport, John Fitch, has...
Cisitalia 202 was a ground-breaking post-war design that placed Pininfarina at the forefront of automotive design. The late 19th century...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
Few cars in the history of the automobile can be viewed as more revolutionary than the Mini. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, the Mini was both ground-breaking and game-changing in 1959, when it made its debut. A true “compact” car, the Mini featured a short (120-inch) all-steel monocoque construction body,...
Tim McGrane is the Executive Director of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California. VR: How did you get started...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of 1984 there really was only one car to choose—the Ralt RT3. Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Ralt RT3 was a class apart. From its first appearance in 1979 to its...
The 52nd National Rally of pre-war Austin 7 motor cars, organized by the 750 Motor Club, will take place at...
Photo: Harold Pace Just in case anyone hadn’t heard the famous Sheb Wooley song, one car carried a license plate...
Masha Pasichnyk is a young Ukrainian artist who is presently visiting the USA to promote her work. She holds a Masters Degree in Fine Arts in Stage Design, which she received from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in the Ukraine. Her technique is influenced by world classical...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association staged its 3rd annual Vintage Racing National Championships the first weekend in November at Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas, crowning national champions in 11 race groups as well as two enduro categories. More than 400 cars were on hand to contest those honors,...