Almost Famous is Cameron Crowe’s semi-auto-biographical film about a teenage journalist who lands a writing gig with Rolling Stone magazine...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s...
• The 14th Automédon Show in Hall 4 of the Parc des Expositions Paris Le Bourget will take place this October 18-19 with the theme of Competition and Performance. The 20,000 square meter Parisian hall will hold some 350 exhibitors from clubs, bookshops, automobilia and spare parts vendors, and sales...
VR columnist Mark Brinker was at it again in his 750-cc Deutsch Bonnet HBR-5 during Bonneville Speed Week 2009. This...
He was known as “the Silver Fox,” “the Racing Grandfather,” and “Merle the Magician.” These nicknames might indicate a gentlemanly...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first Formula One World Championship, in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land Speed Record in the Spirit of America Sonic 1 at Bonneville by running 555.48 mph/888.76...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
Racing swiftly in the swirling dust from the clay pans of the Dry Lakes of Southern California in the SCTA...
Maverick, land-speed record-holder Art Arfons passed away on December 3, 2007. He was 81 years old. An accomplished drag racer with his “Green Monster” dragsters, Arfons turned his attention to land-speed records in the early ’60s when he created a jet-powered version of the Green Monster. After building his jet...
Hot Rods are more than just auto-mobiles. They define a culture; a way of life. And at their best, they...
1949 Kurtis Sports Car [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Kurtis built racecars. He built many of the cars entered in the Indy 500 from...
One year ago, our Hidden Treasures column by Mark Brinker featured a well-preserved Bonneville Streamliner, the Beast III, that had originally been built by a wheelchair-bound Chet Herbert in 1952 when it became the fastest single-engine car in America at 238.095mph. The slick red beauty with the body by Rod...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human...
“Once upon a time”— is the way most children’s fairytales start, but this is no French fairytale. Although it is...
Homebuilt or custom-made racecars were not new to America’s racetracks as they had been appearing for decades on dirt ovals, at the Bonneville Salt Flats and at the Indianapolis 500. In the years prior to WWII, drag racing’s predecessor—speed runs on the dry lakes of the Mojave Desert in California—had...
Built and raced by Hot Rodding pioneer Bill Burke of San Gabriel, California, the Harley-Davidson-powered Bonneville Streamliner Super Shaker made...
This is the debut showing of Reed Railton’s land speed record car, its tire fairings here removed, in front of...
Please excuse this shameless self-promotional moment, but I’ve recently joined the ranks of Bonneville racing legends Al Teague, Art Arfons, Craig Breedlove and Mickey Thompson. We have each set multiple records flying across the salt, we have each tempted the gods of speed with death defying passes (well, maybe not...
Not sure if you are like me, but I’m not ashamed to admit that the Railton name is one that...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. Become a...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary of his racing career. John FitchPhoto: Mercedes-Benz Before, after and during that career, however, John Fitch was much more than a racing driver. He served as pilot of both Light...
Bonneville, UT Aug. 12-18 George Carlson’s Nash (called “Salt n’ Peppers”) holds the Fuel Comp. Coupe Record of 161.699 mph.Photo:...
How many of you would journey 500 miles across country to race a freshly built car whose engine had never...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving a Ferrari 333SP (1997). 4 Giuseppe Campari wins the fifth Coppa Acerbo road race in an Alfa Romeo P2 (1928). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on...
I went to the Salt Flats at Bonneville in Utah for the first time in 1957. John Thornley from MG...
VR contributor Mark Brinker went to Bonneville’s August Speed Week, with his sights on breaking the Grand Touring Sports Car under-750–cc Land Speed Record, which has stood at 80.143 mph since 1991. With his 1959 Deutsch Bonnet HBR-5 (#1025) “BoneEvil,” Brinker kept his foot planted deep in the firewall to...
Betty Skelton, a pioneer in both aviation and auto racing who was once known as the fastest woman on Earth,...
The holy grail of land speed records resides in the vast solitude of a formerly thriving prehistoric lake. 14,000 years ago, this epic lake flooded out, evacuating the equivalent of Lake Michigan into Idaho’s Red Rock Pass. This devastating flood would last for over a year, continuously moving trillions of...