Cars of the Donald Healey Motor Company have developed an enthusiastic following the world over. The first Healey cars were...
Charlie Kolb passed away June 15 at the age of age 85. The lanky Kolb, who played minor league baseball...
Rallying’s original Flying Finn, Timo Mäkinen, passed away last Thursday at the age of 79. Mäkinen is perhaps best known for his pair of “hat tricks” of consecutive wins in the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland — in 1965, ’66 and ’67 — with a works Mini Cooper S, and...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
I didn’t think it was a very good thing for a woman to drive those open and powerful cars of...
With the 12th annual Goodwood Revival set for September 18–20, the organizers are planning to celebrate a pair of prominent Golden Anniversaries. It’s now been a full 50 years since Aston Martin clinched its World Sportscar Championship with victory in the 6-hour Tourist Trophy race at the track, and 1959...
He was known as “the Silver Fox,” “the Racing Grandfather,” and “Merle the Magician.” These nicknames might indicate a gentlemanly...
With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori and Ted Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar...
Stephen Laing is curator of the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon. Stephen Laing is the current Curator of the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England; he has worked for the museum, which houses more than 300 cars owned by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, for over 20 years....
My recollection of getting to know Archie was that my father went to Cambridge University and was a member of...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of...
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand in most of motor racing’s varied formulae, and with a number of famous names of the track. He has probably forgotten more about the sport than many care to remember....
The Formula Junior Category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
The Burlwood Motorsport Club has announced that it will organize the first annual Brack Classic Hillclimb at Inglis Falls in Owen Sound, Ontario, on September 17, 2016. The event, to be run in cooperation with the Grey-Sauble Conservation Authority, the Municipality of Georgian Bluffs and the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance,...
At the tender age of 15, John Fenning started his racing career competing in small, 500-cc racecars, like many postwar...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys (#7 Consul Special) around Weavers’ Hotel corner on the dangerous Esplanade Circuit. South Africa has a rich motor racing history, and during the 1930s a number of International Grands Prix...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
1974 Matra M670B The name Matra became familiar to thousands of motor racing fans from the mid-1960s through the 1970s....
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year it is, there is always a celebration of something or other. Each month through Vintage Racecar’s Time Capsule page, we are reminded of significant events that have occurred throughout the...
1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car Author found the Maxi rally machine to be very responsive to driver inputs. Photo: Kary Jiggle...
Today the name Rahal is synonymous with motor racing. Bobby Rahal has entered the history books as a top Indianapolis...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. 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...
1965 Ford Cortina GT500 First used as a motor racing circuit back in 1938, for the Australian Grand Prix of...
Perhaps best known from his time as Competitions Manager of the British Motor Corporation, Marcus Chambers died in early August...
It is astonishing what you can learn about different countries if you follow motor racing. I have no real knowledge about tax except for those tear-stained begging letters I receive from the Inland Revenue, but I have picked up a few things. Cunningham, Scarab, and Chaparral were all major American...
