Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Just as we were going to press last month, we learned of the …..tragic death of historic racer Dino Crescentini,...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, will celebrate both famed coachbuilder Bohman & Schwartz and a pair of 50th anniversaries for significant races at Sebring and Daytona. Additionally, this year’s event will pay tribute to...
December 2008 La Carrera Panamericana By Johnny Tipler Among the many over-the-road races that spread or rekindled enthusiasm for auto...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
The Historic Sports Car Club’s Derek Bell Trophy will have a new look for 2009, following confirmation that MSA championship status has been granted to the series for the first time. Now to be known as the HSCC Historic F5000/F2 Championship for the Derek Bell Trophy, the category will be...
Building on the success of the 40th anniversary races in 2008, the Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced an expanded...
Frank Gardner was the classic sportsman, excelling in swimming, rowing, surfing, and boxing before he began to race speedway bikes...
Lloyd Ruby was best known as an excellent Indy car driver who nearly won two Indianapolis 500s, but in truth, he was a classic all-rounder from the same mold as contemporaries Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney, and A.J. Foyt. He started out driving midgets and sprint cars in his...
It’s been 21 years since the last race was run at Riverside International Raceway in California, the historic venue succumbing...
A hardy group owning 32 cars made the sojourn to Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, for the running of the...
In looking for some Formula 5000 video, we recently stumbled across this fantastic piece of a documentary on YouTube that was mistakenly labeled. This 3-minute video segment features racing legend Frank Gardner taking the viewer on a lap of Oulton Park, in 1973. The quality of the video is excellent...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules and powered...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement...
A new organization, Historic Motorsports Productions, is seeking to raise the game of vintage and historic racing in North America to match its demographic. The group’s three principals—three-time National Champion and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, Just Marketing founder Zak Brown, and longtime vintage racer and entrepreneur Peter Stoneberg—made...
Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs, and Les Richter (l to r above) headline the 2009 class of inductees to the...
Australian racing legend Frank Gardner died on August 29 after a long illness. He was 78. Gardner was not only a success in many areas of motor racing, but he was also a genuine larger-than-life character, and virtually all who knew him have hilarious tales to tell about him. He...
A pair of Bruce McLaren Festival weekends will highlight the seventh season of the MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup...
Following my initial foray into motor racing, I soon found I needed money, money, and more money. There were many...
In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple stopwatch. This meant that the men in the cockpits could still make a difference in the performance of their cars, and George Follmer was one of those men. The Phoenix-born...
The new Historic Motorsports Productions organization has scheduled three events for its inaugural 2010 season. Watkins Glen International was the...
Most readers should be familiar with the work of Bernard Cahier and his son Paul-Henri as chroniclers of the Formula...
When I first talked with Vintage Racecar editor Casey Annis in 2005, the conversation revolved around the subject of me writing about the fifties, the fabulous fifties as it were. After all, this was what I was known for. I had written seven books about the decade. One of my...
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
March 2010 The Toleman Story By Christopher Hilton After Ayrton Senna dominated British Formula Three, he tested for four F1...
Despite a still-recessionary economic climate, the annual International Racing Car Show in Birmingham, UK, celebrated it’s 20th Anniversary in a positive mood. The heady days of lavish opulence have hit hard times everywhere, and while it has to be said that the show is but a shadow of its former...
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand...
May 2010 The Strasbourg Sunbeams By Neville S. Webb It is amazing that the four Grand Prix Sunbeams built by...
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....