This large painting study was inspired by my first visit to Lime Rock Park 17 years ago. I couldn’t believe...
Founded by David Murray in the ’50s, the famed Ecurie Ecosse race team scored two famous wins at Le Mans...
Jimmy Stewart, elder brother of three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, has passed away. He was 77 years old. Stewart started his motor racing career at the age of 19, competing in local Scottish hillclimb events. Early success saw him progress to circuit racing driving a Healey Silverstone, and...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I...
The International Jaguar XK Club has announced that this summer’s XK 60 celebrations will feature one of the finest displays...
Vintage Racecar was asked to play a part in continuing celebrations of 50 Years of the Lister “Knobbly” at the Silverstone Classic. John Pearson organized an impressive parade of 18 Listers between the races at Silverstone. VR’s European Editor, Ed McDonough, was invited to drive Lister founder Brian Lister for...
Scottish racer, Bill Dobson, who passed away on October 13, 2008, was one of the first drivers to join David...
Le Mans 1957 represented the high water mark for Jaguar’s iconic D-Type. Handicapped by the reduction of engine size to 3-liters...
Jaguar’s regal record in the world’s most prestigious sports car race was assembled over many years We may not automatically think “Jaguar” upon hearing the words “Le Mans,” but the reverse linkage is more likely to be true. Although it had enjoyed prior racing success, Jaguar truly rose to international...
Frank Williams started out like so many racers, with little more than his desire to go racing. Over nearly half...
A million clichés come to mind. Giant killer is probably the worst, pummelled to death by a thousand newspaper hacks,...
Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that’s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans overall with Jaguar D-Types, while also giving early support to a pair of local youngsters named Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart. Those are not the legendary squad’s sole accomplishments, however,...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim...
• Betty Brabham, the first wife of triple F1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, has died following a brief illness at the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane. She was 87. Betty married Jack in 1951, and they divorced in 1994. Together they produced three sons, Geoff, Gary and David, all of...
1959 Costin-Lister BHL133 While the Costin-Lister has proved to be a potent weapon, attention must be paid to both avoiding...
Last weekend’s 20th annual Goodwood Revival once again celebrated motor racing history with its usual full slate of races despite...
As a young boy James Mitchell shared his father’s hobby and passion for classic and historic cars. Always fascinated by history, his education took him on a very different journey as he studied and gained a degree in Theology at Edinburgh University. However, on a train journey home, reading a...
What if…? It’s a question that has dominated the history of the XJ13, a prototype built by Jaguar in 1966 in...
The Nine Hours Race, Goodwood, August 22, 1953. Jimmy Stewart at St. Mary’s with his Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type, which...
In 1952, a young Ian Stewart, pioneer driver for Ecurie Ecosse, would visit Jaguar Cars in Coventry to collect his brand-new C-type. He would drive the car to its first race on Jersey to confront stiff competition from Aston Martin and Frazer Nash. The race was won at a gallop...