In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
By the time this column is read, the second anniversary of the passing of Tom Walkinshaw will have come and gone. In my career, I must have shared more drives with him than any other driver. You could say there were two Tom Walkinshaws. In fact, on reflection, there were...
There are so many great racecars. I have always liked the Cobra, and I would be very pleased for someone...
Vincenzo Florio David DonohuePhoto: Chuck Andersen 1 F1 racer and six-time Le Mans winner Jackie Ickx born in Brussels, Belgium...
Tony Robinson: The Biography of a Race Mechanic By Ian Wagstaff Everyone knows that the best racing stories are those told by the mechanics, and here is a book full of them, from a man who has assisted some of the great names of the sport. Become a Member &...
Two major exhibitions opened recently in “Motorland,” as the locals often call Modena, the unofficial home of Italy’s high-performance racers...
Sam Posey was presented with the Spirit of Competition award at a gala dinner at the Simeone Automotive Museum in...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and said: “George, we’ve had several speakers here; I’m surprised the term ‘anger management’ hasn’t been used yet!” Poor George Follmer could only join the laughter filling the Petersen Museum’s banquet...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness in my motor racing career. It is the qualifying car that put me on pole position at the 1997 Indy 500, which is my Treadway G Force GF-01 IRL car....
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
Alleggerita By Tony Adriaensens, Patrick Dasse & Martin Übelher First published in 1993, Adriaensens’ Alleggerita became the definitive text for the history of the much loved and highly collectible Alfa Romeo GTA/ GTAm/GTAJr. Perhaps more significantly, it set the standard for an entirely new segment of highly specialized, in-depth single...
Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that’s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Porsche’s 911 and the Ford GT40, as well as the cars of Harry Miller. Posey enjoyed a diverse career as a driver in Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000,...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
There are cars, and there are cars. Some come and stay, many come and pass on. A few appear briefly but don’t make it to the grid, and then they disappear. Thanks to historic racing and car collecting fever, however, a number have managed to rise from the ashes. VR...
The 1950s and ’60s were to many involved in Australian historic motor sport, the halcyon years. It was the time...
One of the most inspiring stories in the history of motorsport recently took place, and though few in the motorsport...
George Follmer Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Jacques Laffite Photo: Mike Jiggle 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was...
March Cars was created in 1969 by a quartet of Englishmen with a shared vision to construct racing cars for customers in a variety of categories, and within a year the new marque was celebrating its first Formula One success. March went on to become the world’s largest racing car...
The third annual Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 4-5, 2013, will celebrate the career of three-time Formula One World...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
Now firmly re-established as one of the biggest and best historic racing festivals, the Silverstone Classic provided plenty of interest over the weekend of July 20-22. The event boasted a 1000-car entry list, made possible by using both sets of pits and paddocks on the full British Grand Prix circuit....
