One of the highlights of this year’s Arizona Concours d’Elegance, set for January 23 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in...
Jerry Titus Frank Biela Photo: Stefan Warter 1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M...
Casey Annis / Editor I was very interested to read James Beckett’s profile last month on the Martini F3 car, if for no other reason than the Martini marque is one that I have long heard of, yet knew nearly nothing about. One of my many naïve assumptions (that James...
This site bills itself as “a celebration of motorsport,” and that just about says it all. Now in its fifth...
That’s some ride from West Lothian, Scotland to winning the great Indianapolis 500 three times, not to mention four IndyCar...
A six-person list of racing pioneers, legends and modern-day champions joined “The First Lady of Motorsports” in a colorful and accomplished 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) inductee class announced today at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). The Class of 2019 was unveiled in a press conference at DIS...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be...
The newest inductees into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum are legendary driver and...
Safe Is Fast is a site presented by the Road Racing Drivers Club and supported by the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety and Sustainability that provides advice and answers to common (and probably uncommon) questions faced by aspiring racers. In this case, the word “safe” is really an acronym...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first...
Innes Ireland Willy MairessePhoto: Daniel Paris 1 Belgian F1 and sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born (1928). 2 Ted...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1912). 3 George Follmer wins the SCCA Trans-Am race at Riverside, California in an AMC Javelin (1971). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
May 2017 • Sir Jack Brabham, Australia’s three-time F1 World Champion, is to be honored by his homeland with a special commemorative 50¢ coin struck by the Royal Australian Mint. The coin features a likeness of Sir Jack and the Brabham BT19-Repco with which, in 1966, he became the only...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
We all know their names, and they all would tell you that we do because they won this one race....
The Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show was buzzing all weekend. With three iconic cars, Porsche 917, BMW GTP and the Eagle HF89-Toyota, together with three legends of the track, Le Mans winner Richard Attwood (Friday), five-time Grand Prix winner John Watson (Saturday) and World Championship-winning...
The Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar stand at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show was buzzing all weekend. With three iconic cars,...
