Vittorio Jano Biography Born on April 22, 1891 as Viktor János in San Giorgio Canavese to Hungarian immigrants, Vittorio Jano...
Mike Lawrence Patrick Quinn’s feature on the front-wheel-drive Alvis in Vintage Roadcar struck a special chord with me, because his...
Young Brazilian Nelson Piquet drove his Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT49-Cosworth to his first Formula One victory in Long Beach on March 30, 1980. Note the sliding skirts along the edges of the undercar tunnels. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
• Historic Sportscar racing (HSR) will sanction a vintage/ historic sportscar race as part of the 62nd Annual 12 Hours...
• Stu Hilborn, widely known as the Father of Fuel Injection, has passed away at the age of 96. While...
Black Jack and his Brabham biplane are evidence of the aerodynamic wilderness in which the Grand Prix teams found themselves once “The Wing” worked its way into F1’s consciousness.Photo: Chris Willows Red Bull gives you wings” says the advertising strap line for the energy drink that funds not only the...
On Sunday July 28, at the Inn at St. John’s, in Plymouth, Michigan, two stunning vehicles were crowned Best of...
Innes Ireland Willy MairessePhoto: Daniel Paris 1 Belgian F1 and sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born (1928). 2 Ted...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack in Stockholm, Sweden (1968). 3 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2000). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
The name Guy Griffiths may not be familiar to many motorsports enthusiasts in the United States but in the United...
A new mark has been established for automobiles sold at auction, as an ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car has...
Entering the 1974 season, a pair of fresh, new faces began exerting significant influence upon Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987)....
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more than a decade ago chronicles one of America’s all-time great racing teams. The story begins in 1957 when two guys with a shared dream became partners and shortly found themselves...
Photo: Alejandro Ibanez The man who scored Ferrari’s very first Formula One World Championship victory, Argentinian Jose Froilan Gonzalez, has...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren,...
Historics or Hysterics? Dear Editor, Bravo Harlan Halsey! A letter—actually a mini-article—over a page in length and I agree with all of it! Am I just mellowing, or does the dear man speak the truth? Look, I’m glad to see just about anything out on a road course. And I don’t want to...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania,...
Pete Lyons Our reigning World Champion has forced us to think, once again, about sportsmanship in motorsport. Whether or not...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of 1984 there really was only one car to choose—the Ralt RT3. Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Ralt RT3 was a class apart. From its first appearance in 1979 to its...
Tim McGrane is the Executive Director of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California. VR: How did you get started...
When considering my greatest racecar, the question seems far too big for me to give a simple answer. I drove...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is celebrating 20 years since the first event in 1993. Unbelievably, the target audience for the inaugural Festival was a mere 5,000, but to the utter amazement of Lord March and others involved, more than 25,000 people turned up. However, many of those who attended...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful...
One stop shop for road, rally or track performance In the UK, Northampton is one of those towns that is both situated in and fully part of British motor racing’s Silicon Valley. Many of the industrial areas of the town have businesses linked to motoring and motor sport. Most think...
