More than 60 classic cars battled their way between the UK’s Land’s End and John O’Groats on this year’s LeJog...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August, more than 500 historic racing cars crowded into the paddock at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on a warm and sunny weekend to take part in the show. Included among them...
The World Championship for Makes was one of the several names the FIA adopted for its global sportscar championship through...
The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill,...
Although my home was near to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland, my family had nothing to do with the motor industry or motor racing. However, as a young boy I became involved with the ground staff at the track. My job was to help out at the Skid Control Center,...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end of the column, but as I tap out this opening sentence, I...
After several years away from Silverstone, the FIA Historic Formula One Championship (HFO) is returning to the Northamptonshire circuit in the most spectacular way possible, supporting the British Grand Prix, July 6-8. HFO Chairman Dan Collins said, “We received an invitation and, of course, jumped at the chance. We have...
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After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, but not all of those races were run for a full 24 hours. The first two runnings had a three-hour duration, while the next two...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Californian John Delane has become the first American to win the overall Historic Formula One championship, claiming the 2011 crown...
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The 50th anniversary of Ferrari’s landmark 250 GTO will be celebrated with a special GTO class at the 17th annual...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
In the days when racing’s regulations were somewhat less restrictive than perhaps they are now, designers occasionally looked beyond current conventions to try something new and different Racers are renowned for their knack for circumventing daunting situations, finding solutions to problems considered insoluble and generally thinking outside the proverbial box....
The Silverstone Classic, firmly established as “the world’s biggest classic racing festival,” celebrates 21 years since its inception this July...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output...
June 2011 Honoring Gardner Photo: Maureen Magee Dear Editor, As usual Vintage Racecar had the most comprehensive obituary of a British motorsport figure in the form of the late Derek Gardner. There are a couple of little points I would like to add to Mike Jiggle’s very good tribute. Tyrrell...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
The noise and spectacle of the Can-Am Challenge Cup sees a rebirth in 2011. The revival of this iconic series...
F1-67 “NONDA” Think back, if you can, to the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and possibly even the ’80s. Did you ever think that the sports cars and single-seaters roaring around the circuits of the world would someday be about the most expensive and desirable items even the most acquisitive of us...
Is it possible to have too many racecars? We didn’t think so either. With a growing number of interesting “Track...
Tim Mayer Photo: autopics.com.au A.J. Foyt Photo: Jim Hatfield 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes-Benz to victory in the Grand...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
In a move to extend its acceptance of newer vehicles, SVRA has modified its current Group 10 and added two...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
With Sir Frank Williams as our interview subject this month, we thought it might be a good idea to send you even deeper into the Williams Grand Prix world by delving into the history of the F1 operation on the team’s web site. While the menu bar for the rest...
