Jerry Titus Frank Biela Photo: Stefan Warter 1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born (1980). 2 The first road races are held through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York. They are also the first post-WWII races held in the United States and the...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
This site bills itself as “a celebration of motorsport,” and that just about says it all. Now in its fifth year, motorsportretro.com features articles about, interviews with and profiles of major competitors in both cars and bikes through both videos and the written word. Also featured prominently are extensive photo...
Safe Is Fast is a site presented by the Road Racing Drivers Club and supported by the FIA Institute for...
Innes Ireland Willy MairessePhoto: Daniel Paris 1 Belgian F1 and sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born (1928). 2 Ted...
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...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
The Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show was buzzing all weekend. With three iconic cars, Porsche...
The Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar stand at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show was buzzing all weekend. With three iconic cars, Porsche 917, BMW GTP car 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...
One of the highlights of this year’s Arizona Concours d’Elegance, set for January 23 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in...
We all know their names, and they all would tell you that we do because they won this one race....
That’s some ride from West Lothian, Scotland to winning the great Indianapolis 500 three times, not to mention four IndyCar Series Championships. It’s a ride Dario Franchitti took from 1996 until 2013. On the way Dario, born in Bathgate, West Lothian on May 19, 1973, and whose family has profound...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first...
The newest inductees into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum are legendary driver and...
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...
A six-person list of racing pioneers, legends and modern-day champions joined “The First Lady of Motorsports” in a colorful and...
