Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in...
Alessandro Zanardi is an inspiration to us all. Here is a double CART champion who lost both his legs in...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be so homogenized and politically correct, as to be seemingly devoid of any kind of real character or personality. Perhaps even worse, however, so many of today’s drivers seem to combine...
Jackie Stewart Skip Hudson 1 Indy car driver Tom Sneva is born (1948). 2 F1 and endurance racer Jan Lammers...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen would not be one of the first names to pop into your head. Known as the “People’s car”—and forever linked to the bulbous but iconic “Bug” nee Beetle—by the 1960s,...
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Now firmly re-established as one of the biggest and best historic racing festivals, the Silverstone Classic provided plenty of interest...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on January 15. We were close friends and our times together go back to 1955 when he raced at Torrey Pines. A number of those among us stood head and shoulders...
Luigi Chinetti Briggs Cunningham Photo: courtesy Art Evans 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, born...
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His early childhood was unremarkable puctuated by frequent moving. He like other young boys was attracted to the exploits of Brutish sports figures including Jimmy Clark. After considerable success in kart racing,...
Nigel Mansell John Surtees Photo: Pete Austin 2 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of...
Longtime sportscar entrant and driver Bruce Leven has died at the age of 79. Leven founded Bayside Disposal, the Seattle-based...
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