The road was as straight as the crow flies without any trace of the slightest change of scenery. Driving down...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
April 2018 Whatever Happened to the Gold Cup? by Mike Allen Once retirement is upon us, whether forced by age or other circumstances, how to fill the time is an initial worry. Author Mike Allen’s project to fill his time was to research the Oulton Park International Gold Cup races....
This month’s featured Web site showcases the race photography of Larry Neuzel. Organized by race series and year, this site...
In the L&M F5000 Championship race at Michigan International Speedway on May 20, 1973, Peter Gethin raced for Marathon/Shierson Racing in a Chevron B24-Chevrolet, claiming 3rd place. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
1975 Eagle 755 F5000 Photo: Casey Annis In 1967, the SCCA began a fledgling “professional” category for open-wheel formula cars...
Ian Ashley Lola T330 F5000. Photo: BRDC Archive Motor racing is a very expensive hobby, but once you start with...
Autosport International, the world’s biggest pre-season motor show, will play host to the 50-year anniversary celebrations of Formula 5000. Autosport International will take place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham, from January 10-13, 2019. The series, whose name is derived from the cars’ engine capacity, will be honored by the...
Franco Cortese John Fitch Photo: Mercedes 1 Guy Frequelin becomes competition chief of Citroën (1989). 2 Seven drivers (Rob Dyson,...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association is pleased to announce the results of its race event to close the 2022 season...
My early days of racing gave very few opportunities, starting with a Sprite I slowly progressed to Formula Ford and then onto Formula Three. However, had it not been for the support of Alan McKechnie, I may not have “made it” at all. Injury, too, was something that hindered me....
Building on the success of the 40th anniversary races in 2008, the Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced an expanded...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association crowned its 2015 champions at its season finale, part of SVRA’s U.S. Vintage Racing National...
Vintage Racecar|Vintage Roadcar magazine will present the VRX Racing Simulators Challenge Trophy by BRM Watches to the winners of the Historic Formula 5000 race at this month’s The HAWK with Brian Redman at Elkhart Lake’s Road America next weekend, July 16-19. Additionally, the winning driver—and one lucky fan who correctly...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and...
Rodger Ward Gioacchino Colombo 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). Become a...
I am very pleased to be able to announce that starting with this issue, racing legend and long-time friend of...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced its racing schedule for 2022. The Association will hold three official races for...
Small independent shops are keystones of the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is Cavaglieri Restorations, recently relocated to a new 4,000-square-foot facility near Van Nuys airport in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Proprietor Joey Cavaglieri’s early automotive experience came as a racing mechanic, beginning with Pete...
It’s been 21 years since the last race was run at Riverside International Raceway in California, the historic venue succumbing...
Forty-two years after winning the 1969 SCCA Formula Continental crown in Marvin Davidson’s Milestone Eagle, Tony Adamowicz is once again...
Frank Gardner was the classic sportsman, excelling in swimming, rowing, surfing, and boxing before he began to race speedway bikes in the 1940s. Jaguars were his entry into 4-wheel competition, winning 23 times from 24 starts. His motor racing exploits were as diverse as they were successful. He was a...
1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with...
Like many motor racing fans, my original dream of becoming a World Champion racing driver started when I was a small boy, aged about five or six years old. How this was to become a reality was beyond dreams, I was the son of a Lutterworth farmer and far removed...
Trevor Taylor’s life as a racing driver began on a windswept airfield at Gamston, Nottinghamshire, England. His father held a...
Editor Casey Annis moderates a panel discussion on the heyday of Formula 5000 with legends like series champions Brian Redman...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement of a new American constructor preparing to contest the Formula One World Championship in 2010 and subsequently landing a spot on the official FIA entry list, came a resurgence of...