Keke Rosberg was a kind of motor racing Cinderella Man. He went from the drudgery of retiring or not even...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Jules Goux John FitchPhoto: Mercedes 4 Jules Goux, driving a Ballot, wins the first Italian Grand Prix at Montichiari, near Brescia (1921). 5 Gilles Villeneuve wins the non-championship Formula Atlantic race through the streets of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, driving a March 76B (1976). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix,” said Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson. Nevertheless, he should also be remembered—in the words of Nick Jordan, mechanic to Gunnar’s rival Tony Brise in Formula Atlantic—as “one of the...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand in most of motor racing’s varied formulae, and with a number of famous names of the track. He has probably forgotten more about the sport than many care to remember....
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
1976 March 76B I have a confession to make. When I was but a pubescent young man, I used to...
The second annual Spring Classic will take place at Laguna Seca on the weekend of May 18-20, featuring not only the usual vintage race cars (above, T.M. Hill photo courtesy of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca) but also expanding this year to include on-track exhibitions for the Historic Motorcycles that were...
From a European perspective, during the 1990s Reynard had expanded as far as it could go with the various F3...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
Two of the longest established and most successful vintage racing organizations in the United States have announced a new series for historic single-seat racing cars. Murray Smith, chairman of the Lime Rock Historic Festival, and Peter McLaughlin, manager of SVRA, have announced a new category called Formula Historic for owners...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
Masters Historic Racing has announced its 2021 Masters USA Calendar with a roll-call of the classic North American road circuits....
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent Bain Vintage Racing Services (203) 377-1658 Jack Boxstrom RM Auctions (613) 476-9132 Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Bruce Trennery Fantasy Junction (510) 653-7555 These prices are suggested...
• The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) presented John Mecom Jr. with its Bob Russo Heritage Award at...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has announced “The SVRA Open Wheel World Challenge,” set for the weekend of June 8-11, 2017, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — one week prior to its fourth annual Brickyard Invitational event. A field approaching 500 cars is expected to take part in SVRA’s celebration...
In the late 1960s—1969 I think—I started racing motorbikes in local races in Belgium. Not too powerful machines, just 50-cc,...
I cannot allow the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve to pass unnoticed but it is, at the...
October 2008 Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I saw Art’s letter in your August issue about the Sunbeam Tiger. In 1964, I did a shoot for the California Sports Car magazine, the continuation magazine that Art and Dick Sherwin started in the ’50s. We were at the Roots Group showroom on Pico...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as stepping stones to Formula One and the...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Jack...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
Northern California’s Classic Sports Racing Group enjoyed a larger than usual entry for its May outing at Thunderhill Park as...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as steppingstones to Formula One and...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only British Formula 3. Despite this admirable longevity, however, the series entered its landmark season facing an uncertain future after the reunification of IndyCar racing, following a dozen years of civil...