In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
Denny Hulme Gianpiero Moretti 1 Gober Sosebee, driving a Chrysler, wins the NASCAR Grand National race at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia (1952). 2 Henri Pescarolo and Gerard Larrousse drive a Matra M670B/C to victory in the 1000-kilometer sports car race at Imola, Italy (1974). Become a Member & Get...
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A four-race 2016 calendar has been announced by Formula 5000 Drivers Association President Seb Coppola. Also revealed was a 2018...
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The old, established events in historic racing never cease to amaze the participants and spectators who flock here to Road...
The Hawk with Brian Redman, one of North America’s most popular and well-supported vintage racecar weekends, is set to take...
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• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds...
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...
Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim...
More on the Missing Cunningham Dear Editor, On page 20 of the November, 2012 issue there is a letter with...
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The Paddock at Watkins Glen in 1954 is filled with a representative sampling of the caars being raced, including Jaguar...
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Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with...
Riverside has at last completely disappeared, wholly obliterated under new development. No longer can you find your way to the last remaining section of the old International Raceway and pluck out a souvenir chunk of asphalt, as I wrote about doing in the VR of September 1999. Pete Lyons By...
Former F1, sports car and F5000 driver Peter Gethin died on December 5 after a lengthy illness. Gethin is remembered...
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In the days when racing’s regulations were somewhat less restrictive than perhaps they are now, designers occasionally looked beyond current...
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To celebrate the 100th year of Chevrolet, Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., will host a special tribute to the...
Wandering through that great Goodwood paddock of my mind, I delight in thousands of historic racing machines at every hand....
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