Ferrari—let the word roll over your tongue. Doesn’t it taste good? Have you ever experienced—can you even imagine—a better name...
Jim Hall Enzo Ferrari 1 Daytona International Speedway opens for practice (1959). 3 Jim Hall wins the first United States...
Enzo FerrariPhoto: Ferrari Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Mercedes 1 Chuck Daigh, driving Frank Arciero’s Lotus 19-Climax, wins both heats of the Player’s 200 sports car race at Mosport, Ontario, Canada (1963). 2 Henry Seagrave drives a Sunbeam to victory in the French Grand Prix at Tours (1923). Become a Member &...
It’s not often that a Formula One driver can turn his hand to World Championship rallying. Look at 2007 F1...
Niki Lauda M. von Brauchitsch 1 Richard Petty drives a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire he harbored through the war years to return to competition on his own terms as soon as possible following the hostilities. To those who knew him, this was not unexpected...
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting...
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...
Cisitalia 202 was a ground-breaking post-war design that placed Pininfarina at the forefront of automotive design. The late 19th century...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man,...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He epitomized courage and daring and for 30 years he amazed the racing world with his exploits on both two and four wheels. He was born November 18, 1892, in Casteldrio...
Since its earliest days, Ferrari has been renowned for its passionate soul and focus on both the future and innovation....
John Von Neumann is an important name in the history of the second half of the twentieth century. A Princeton...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be remiss here not to spotlight this charismatic man and his remarkable achievements. We are talking about a motor racing galaxy, not just a star, someone so talented and versatile that...
RM Sotheby’s has announced that its biennial Monaco sale on May 12, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, will...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario,...
Hardly a month goes by without some bygone marque being resurrected. The majority, thank the Lord Harry, sink with barely a ripple. News that Fiat finally intends to do something with Abarth made my day more pleasant. Initially, the new Abarths will be variations of Fiat models, as often they...
Alfa Romeo will be 100 years old on June 24 and its motor sport pedigree almost 99—one of only a...
Few automobile marques evoke images of style, speed and sports better than the Prancing Horse of Ferrari. Fortunately for motorsports fans, Ferrari North America will give them ample reason for such appreciation by returning its popular Ferrari Challenge race series to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California this May...
John Watson Manfred von Brauchitsh 3 Manfred von Brauchitsh scores the Mercedes-Benz Type W25 debut victory by winning the Eifelrennen...
Seventy years ago this week, on March 12, 1947, Enzo Ferrari fired up the 125 S (above), the first car...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined and dined at Maranello by Enzo Ferrari, who offered him a deal for 1970. But it was not only the bravura of the Swiss in a racing car that interested...
1952 Ferrari 225 S While the history of the Ferrari you see here will forever associate it with the great...
The strange story of Enzo Ferrari and his date with a firing squad has recently surfaced in Italy. Clearing out...
Il Commendatore Research the Ferrari automobile, and it will soon become apparent that it was built from one man’s passion for speed. Enzo Ferrari’s vision to build a superior automobile and dominate motor racing was an enduring obsession that never faded throughout his lifetime. A man deeply enamored by racing,...
I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type....
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving...
His signature sky blue helmet firmly strapped to his head, Alberto Ascari poses for a Pirelli publicity picture before the 1952 Italian GP at Monza. Photo Pirelli One spring day in 1961, two boys gazed enraptured through a light post-and-rail fence at a fantastic motor race that was going on...