Of the major Western automobile manufacturing nations, England may have been the most staid when it came to streamlining and...
A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black...
In the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 19, 1975, American sports car ace Mark Donohue drove an excellent race with Penske Racing’s March 751-Cosworth to finish 5th. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 •...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 11, 1964. Jim Clark in his Lotus 25. He started from pole and...
Spiking interest in F3 Dear Editor, Your story on Spike Rhiando and the Trimax gave me the impetus needed to...
Mike Lawrence Recently, yet another attempt to revive the Allard name was announced. There have been three Allard revivals to my knowledge, but this one comes with the involvement of Sydney Allard’s son and grandson, and a new car is promised. Sydney Allard was a London garage owner (his business...
Patrick Watts in the Peugeot 406 at Donington in 1997.Photo: Pete Austin From my point of view, a great racecar...
One stop shop for road, rally or track performance In the UK, Northampton is one of those towns that is...
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...
Photo: Mike Jiggle It is almost safe to say that a Maserati saved the Grand Prix career of a promising...
Ronnie Peterson drove the Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler in the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but was an early retirement...
Tim ParnellPhoto: Pete Austin It was my father, Reg Parnell, who first went to Donington Park in 1934. Living near Derby it wasn’t too far for him to travel. While at this first meeting, purely as a spectator, I think he became intoxicated with the sights, smells and aura of...
August 26, 2012 Sydney, Australia Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Instead of a single featured marque for the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts’ 2012 Pacific Northwest Historics at Pacific Raceways...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject is a very tall order. As a writer and researcher you stand alone with your head above a parapet just waiting to be shot down once your findings are published....
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17,...
Hermann Paul Müller’s Auto Union heads into Schwantz Curve in 1938.Photo: Simon Lewis Donington devotee John Bailie is researching, designing...
One of the most inspiring stories in the history of motorsport recently took place, and though few in the motorsport world have realized its significance, chances are good that they will, sometime in the next few years. At Brands Hatch a series of dramatic, world-class races resulted in a familiar...
After several years away from Silverstone, the FIA Historic Formula One Championship (HFO) is returning to the Northamptonshire circuit in...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of...
When the world got back to normal life, after World War II, there was so much pent up demand for fun, that postwar sales of sports cars skyrocketed. And perhaps nowhere was that demand more acutely felt than in the United States where affordable sports cars and convertibles where in...
Formula 3 was a superb training ground for many British drivers in the early 1950s. For this sunny International Daily...
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Bronte, Canada September 3, 2017 1934 Austin Racecar 750-cc side-valve.Photo: Bob Harrington 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...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around...
Rick Hall Photo: Kary Jiggle If you look around many of the historic racing paddocks today, especially those series that...
It’s amazing how some of the names forged into the history of motorsport were first introduced to it. Some have a family background associated with it, while others have their personal “road to Damascus” moment. This was the case with Mike Pilbeam, the designer and engineer who first worked with...
Without doubt, I have to say my greatest racecar is the Jaguar XJR-9 LM that took me, Jan Lammers and...
In honor of its 75th anniversary this year, we’ve partnered with Jaguar to bring you this special issue commemorating the...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful businessman and landowner. The family lived in Santana, a well-to-do neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Growing up Ayrton was an awkward child and was later diagnosed as having a motor...