The Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC) has announced that the 30th running of its annual marquee race weekend,...
Last weekend’s “end of term” races at Silverstone for those involved in the Historic Sports Car Club championships closed out the club’s Golden Anniversary year. VR’s European team was there in full force with photographers out on the circuit and the promotional team in the paddock. Utilizing Silverstone’s 1.64-mile...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
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...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim Shaw, both of whom were truck drivers working with me at my first trucking company, Safeway Delivery. The delivery service had a six-day-a-week schedule so there were some...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented history. As such, we scour the globe (and the Internet) looking not just for a great car, but one with its original logbook. With this in mind, I recently found...
Following a chance trip to Monza with a friend, Almo Coppelli found a passion for a sport that would totally...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the theory that the best drivers would win if they were...
• Stu Hilborn, widely known as the Father of Fuel Injection, has passed away at the age of 96. While in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, Hilborn devised a new way of increasing fuel flow to internal combustion engines, and his mechanical fuel injection system revolutionized the auto racing...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Mike Lawrence Vintage Racecar recently published a letter from John Wright who is a nine of racing anecdotes. John told...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford and Atlantic, then won the Tasman Series down under before tackling British F3 during perhaps its best season ever. A single season of F1 peaked his career, before a Mexican...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
During the 1978 season, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson dominated the FIA’s Formula One World Championship. From its introduction at...
Motor Racing at Thruxton – in the 1980s By Bruce Grant-Braham The latest volume in publisher Veloce’s “Those were the days…” series, Motor Racing at Thruxton in the 1980s, takes the reader back three decades to the days when the former WWII air base regularly hosted rounds of the FIA...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had one hip replaced in late June and the other late July. Needless to say, this slowed me down quite a bit. I have always, ALWAYS enjoyed Vintage Racecar and, of...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...
Being Brazilian, my inspiration for motor racing came from Emerson Fittipaldi. Like him, England was the place to learn motor...
The name Robin Donovan may not mean much to most, but this man has quietly gone about his business and...
Peter Gregg Dear Editor, I hope this note finds you well. Though I loved your magazine’s Hurley Haywood article, I’m even more smitten with the most recent piece on Peter Gregg. I really enjoy the way Hal Crocker tells a story, with some of my favorite colorful adjectives. Become a Member & Get...
