The author enjoyed slipping snugly into 2617 and giving it a proper run during an HGPCA test day at Silverstone. Photo: Pete...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor...
The Masters has announced new dates for its rescheduled events at Donington and Brands Hatch. The Masters Historic Race Weekend at Donington Park will now take place on July 18/19, shortly followed by the Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch on August 22/23. Unfortunately, at the moment both events will...
Martin Stretton prevailed in a tense first FIA Masters Historic Formula One race at Brands Hatch, the Tyrrell 012 driver...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 11, 1964. Jim Clark in his Lotus 25. He started from pole and...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal is to maximize power, but not at the expense of too much weight or unreliability. Not enough power means you can’t keep up with other cars. Add in the engine...
All American Racers’ DGF Formula Ford has its first track test at Willow Springs Raceway (1977). 1 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille drives...
1969 Mirage M2-BRM The Mirage profiled here is no optical illusion, although it is certainly as beautiful as some optical...
Spring is in the air and the dawn of a new season of racing with the Historic Racing Drivers Club beckons, the first rounds scheduled for Silverstone next weekend. Prior to the racing, two full days of HRDC testing at Goodwood took place (above, Jeff Bloxham photo), beginning on Monday...
1966 Eagle-Weslake It is a privilege to update and run my test of the Eagle-Weslake. At Vintage Racecar we were...
Over the course of nearly seven decades of Formula One history, only three men have ever won a World Championship...
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has released its schedule of events for the third year of its Golden Jubilee...
Forty years ago, in 1977 and ’78, Mario Andretti was the man to beat in Grand Prix racing aboard Colin...
Two new venues and a return to popular historic festivals give shape to Masters Historic Racing’s European calendar for 2018,...
1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an...
There are people in motorsport who just get on with the job; they don’t look for any plaudits or praises, but simply soldier on doing what they know best. They are very talented people who, in a biblical sense, “hide themselves under a bushel,” but without them certain things in...
My racing started during the spring of 1962 at the Goodwood racing circuit, I was racing a Lotus Elite. I...
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Equipe Classic Racing is planning to launch a new competition class in 2018, especially for Pre-1963 GT and Production racing cars running on Dunlop Historic tires. Building on the success of its clubman series for pre-’66 FIA GT cars under 2700 cc, and following a season in that series that...
Nearly 50 years ago I stood on the bank at Mulsanne Corner and watched the bright French sun flash on...
Robert Newman You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...
Engineer, Champion Rider, Champion Driver and Team Manager John Surtees, four-time motorcycle World Champion, aboard one of his title-taking MV Agusta...
This year’s Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch on the weekend of May 27-28 promises to be a thriller with...
In 1992, Tim Harvey won the British Touring Car Championship. His lengthy driving career has spanned three decades and he’s still at the “sharp end” today. Motor sport fans in the UK will know him for his commentary on the ITV network coverage of the BTCC, but not too many...
Paddy Hopkirk Helio Castroneves Photo: Jim Hatfield 1 David Pearson wins the NASCAR Winston Cup race at Atlanta International Raceway...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and a German driver, Nico Rosberg. Germany has had many successes and failures during the history of motor racing and the life of the modern Formula One World Championship. While pre-war...
