Whether you are a fan of Formula One or not, it was hard to not read about the recent Bahrain...
German racer Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix...
Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started its overseas journey of 4,279 miles from the Czech Republic to the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, which will host an exclusive feature of streamlined Tatra automobiles for the first...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
Auto Union Type C Car: Auto Union Type C / Engine: 45 deg V16 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore X Stroke: 75 X 85 mm / Year: 1936 – 1937 / Capacity: 6,006 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 520 bhp at 5,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 114.5 inches...
Toyota’s first car, the AA, was a close copy of the DeSoto Airflow with essentially a 1933 Chevrolet engine. Photo: Toyota...
Tim ParnellPhoto: Pete Austin It was my father, Reg Parnell, who first went to Donington Park in 1934. Living near...
Mystery GT40 Dear Editor, While perusing Roadcar, on Page 49 (May 2013) I saw a picture of a white GT40 GT 108. I was wondering what, if any, relationship there is between that car and the two attached scans. They were taken at the October, 1965 Times GP with Chris...
Jules Goux John FitchPhoto: Mercedes 4 Jules Goux, driving a Ballot, wins the first Italian Grand Prix at Montichiari, near...
Auto Union Type D Car: Auto Union Type D / Engine: 60 deg V12 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore...
Now Auto Union’s number one driver after replacing the dead Bernd Rosemeyer, Tazio Nuvolari and his Auto Union Type D on full song at the Nürburgring on 23 July 1938. The great Italian came 4th after crashing his own car and taking over H.P. Muller’s Type D.Photo: Fiat Few would...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Eighty years after his father contested the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Hans-Joachim Stuck will do the same, driving a replica of his father’s Auto Union Type C Grand Prix car. On Saturday July 16 and Sunday July 17, the two-time World Sportscar Champion and 1990 DTM titlist will pay tribute...
Two fascinating characters from the early days of motor racing will be honored at this year’s Donington Historic Festival, set...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
At the first Shelsley Walsh meeting after the war, only the weather was as predictable as the belief among spectators that Raymond Mays would establish Fastest Time of Day (FTD). The weather was dreadful and, for a small boy, it was almost like the echo of voices from the past...
In 1936, Stuck returned to Shelsley Walsh. It was a very wet meeting and Raymond Mays’ Zoller supercharged, 2-liter R4B...
Jo Siffert Peter Revson 1 Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drive a NART Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the 1000K...
1966 Eagle-Weslake It is a privilege to update and run my test of the Eagle-Weslake. At Vintage Racecar we were very lucky to be close to Dan and his family. Casey Annis and I sat in his office and he told revealing stories, and occasionally from the other room Evi...
In the early going of the 1934 Coppa Acerbo, in Pescara, Italy, Hans Stuck’s Auto Union Type A led Achille...
Auto Union (Audi) history at a glance (left to right): 1938 Horch 830 B; 1953 DKW3=6F91; 1959 NSU Prinz 30; 1937 Wanderer W25K; 1936 Audi Front 225....
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