Photo: Mike Jiggle The legendary Argentine enjoyed a fantastic career in racing, and in Formula One he scored 24 Grand...
If you’re reading the title and “1LE” sounds familiar, that’s because it was a special options package from way back...
Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in which the dreams of a number of individuals intersect, over a prolonged period of time. While each of these dreamers came from vastly different backgrounds and held often times very...
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama Show Car. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette, it is appropriate to reflect on...
Corvette: Sixty Years By Randy Leffingwell Corvette: Sixty Years celebrates the history of this fabled machine, from the early 6-cylinder...
Kevin Mackay officially opened Corvette Repair in 1985, renting a one-bay garage out of an auto repair shop in Valley Stream, New York. At the time, he didn’t know that there was going to be a need for high-end restorations and repairs for Corvettes. By 1987, Mackay had constructed a...
Pete Lyons Corvette didn’t show well at Le Mans this year, which is unusual, and I suppose in time we’ll...
The eighth generation Malibu is all-new for 2013, and is designed to be Chevrolet’s first global midsize sedan. Built with...
A special exhibition of street and race Corvettes will be featured at the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. This year’s historic race event on the Monterey Peninsula celebrates the 60-year history of America’s Sports Car, the Chevrolet Corvette....
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania,...
Chevy’s small cars have never really done much to impress. The one in most recent memory, the Aveo, was especially...
Roy PikePhoto: Pete Austin The special relationship between Great Britain and the USA is said to be strong in the political arena; it’s for sure stronger in motor racing terms. Many talented Americans have crossed the Atlantic to hone their talents in the UK’s racing scene over the years. Examples...
Drinking & Driving Photo: The Klemantaski Collection Dear Editor, In my dreams! The photo of the Aston at Spa in...
Gilles Villeneuve Patrick Tambay 1 Patrick Tambay drives a Ferrari 126C2 to victory in the Grand Prix of San Marino...
Pete Lyons There is no great genius without a trace of madness,” declared the Roman philosopher Seneca, and can we have any doubt he was looking ahead 1.9 millennia to designers of Can-Am racecars? The wonderful old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series of 1966 through 1974 is justly famed for many...
This is not a vehicle for the sports car buyer, obviously. The 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ might, however, be a...
My first racing was in motorcycles on a Triumph 350. That would be in 1958 while I was in Japan...
• The 2013 Desert Classic Concours will be held February 24, 2013 on the beautiful golf course of the Desert Princess Country Club and the Doral Desert Princess Resort. The theme for this year’s show is “Year of The Winners,” and as such will be displaying many rarely displayed or...
In addition to being a successful real estate developer, Ted Gildred was appointed Ambassador to Argentina during the Reagan administration....
Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim...
The 26th running of the British Columbia Historic Motor Races will be held May 25-26 at the Mission Raceway Park road course in Mission, B.C. Organized by the Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC), the meeting has been held since 1976 when first staged at the late, lamented Westwood...
The legacy of the Chevrolet Corvette was forged 60 years ago this month when it was introduced at the General...
The seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette made its debut Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit....
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...
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette “America’s Sports Car,” the Petersen Automotive Museum is hosting two days...
The 50th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray will be celebrated at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2013, to...
Another little piece of our motoring heritage is about to be banished to the rubbish bin of automotive history. Like the kerosene lamp, the 8-track cassette deck and the squeezable air horn, General Motors has recently announced that starting in the 2014 model year, there will no longer be an...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
• It’s always nice when the CEO of a major automaker shows an interest in motor sport, and an excellent...
Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack. With the rebuilding and recovery of Europe ongoing six years after the end of World War II, Mercedes competition boss Alfred Neubauer was told that the resources for a resumption...
