Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well...
Photo: Dennis Gray If you’ve ever attended the Monterey Historics, the Wine Country Classic, a Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG),...
May 2007 Double V-8 Dear Editor, I really enjoyed the Zephyr Special story in the February issue of Vintage Racecar and was thrilled to see mention of Eldred Norman’s Double V-8. Unfortunately, I didn’t see the Double V-8 racing in its heyday, but I can give some details from when...
Although better known for its style than its achievements on the track, the Moretti 750 Gran Sport Berlinetta is commanding...
I’m writing this column during the waning days of 2006. Fifty years is traditionally a significant anniversary. What I remember...
The H-Modified class in American road racing was derived from the FIA small-displacement sports racing machines popularized in Italy and France. In the fifties, it was dominated by cars derived from the Italian National Racing classes, which were in force from 1937 to 1965. Development of the 750-cc class in...
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle...
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take...