Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
Augie Pabst, described as “one of the fastest, most charismatic and popular drivers in his day” by the Motorsports Hall...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda crashes his Ferrari on the second lap and suffers serious burns that nearly kill him. Six weeks later, Lauda returns to racing (1976). 2 Ronnie Bucknum debuts the Honda RA271...
Bobby Rahal is one of the most well-rounded individuals to take part in motorsport. His reputation for using his brain...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner and three-time Indycar champion Bobby Rahal at its 16th...
Bobby Rahal, Indy 500 winner, driver, team owner, businessman and President of the Road Racing Drivers Club, was honored by the RRDC with the 2019 Phil Hill Award. The 2018 award recipient, David Hobbs, made the presentation at the annual RRDC members’ dinner on January 23 prior to the running of the...
Longtime sportscar entrant and driver Bruce Leven has died at the age of 79. Leven founded Bayside Disposal, the Seattle-based...
Personally, I have driven some really good machines. I had a 917 Porsche that I thought was a truly remarkable...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie raced as slowly as he talked he’d never have won anything! Charlie did win, however, and he won big. He finished 3rd in his very first race in a jalopy...
Edmund Rahal, who though mainly unknown was the first of the racing Rahals, passed away last December 16 at the...
Vic Elford is this year’s recipient of the Phil Hill Award from the Road Racing Drivers Club. RRDC President Bobby...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has published a five-race 2011 schedule that takes the high-powered series to some of North America’s classic motorsports venues. The year kicks off at Watkins Glen on June 9–12 as part of the SVRA weekend at the upstate New York track, then visits Quebec’s Le...
Dale Earnhardt Nino Farina 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in...
The latest incarnation of the Silverstone Classic took place around the full Grand Prix circuit on the weekend of July...
Ten years have passed since the Earl of March set out to revive the glory days of motor racing at Goodwood, and exactly 60 years since the circuit opened around the perimeter of the wartime airfield. The Goodwood Circuit Revival remains the only sporting event set entirely to a period...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, AL May 22–23, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY June 11–13, 2010 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...
The new Historic Motorsports Productions organization has scheduled three events for its inaugural 2010 season. Watkins Glen International was the...
Bobby Rahal A.J. Foyt 1 Sports car racer James “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy 500 winner Pat Flaherty...
Paul Newman Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams 1 Sports car racer James R. “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy racer Dick Rathman is born (1926). 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....
Cale Yarborough Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, sharing a Porsche 908 Spyder, win the 1000-kilometer sports...
Safe Is Fast is a site presented by the Road Racing Drivers Club and supported by the FIA Institute for...
September 2007 BMW Drivers Dear Editor, Read your article on the prewar BMW with great interest. Although I knew he had a prewar racing career, I never knew that Huschke von Hanstein was one of their racing drivers. But what intrigued me more was learning about one of their lesser...
Helmets Make the Man Dear Editor I read Mike Lawrence’s “Helmets” column with great interest. I did my own helmet...
Contingency Plans Dear Editor, I would not dare to take my Avanti replica of the 1958 Lister-Chevy to the track,...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 Michael Andretti drives a Swift-Ford to victory in the CART Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead, Florida. First CART win for Swift in their first...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
Mike Rahal, father of three-time Indycar National Champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal and the grandfather of current-day...
A new organization, Historic Motorsports Productions, is seeking to raise the game of vintage and historic racing in North America to match its demographic. The group’s three principals—three-time National Champion and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, Just Marketing founder Zak Brown, and longtime vintage racer and entrepreneur Peter Stoneberg—made...