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My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula...
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...
Gilles Villeneuve Al Unser Jr. 1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in...
My early days of racing gave very few opportunities, starting with a Sprite I slowly progressed to Formula Ford and...
Charles Randolph “Chuck” McCain, whose Alfa Romeo “Keenan Wynn Special” was featured on the cover of VR’s October 2009 issue, was shot and killed by an employee of his Tucson, Arizona, business on April 2. Mr. McCain was 61. Curtis Bunton, the 67-year-old live-in caretaker of the property on which...
Formula Ford was a racing series created around the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing...
1976 March 76B I have a confession to make. When I was but a pubescent young man, I used to...
Tom Walkinshaw began his racing career as just another youngster trying to find ways to indulge his passions, and by the time he stepped away he had amassed a number of championship titles for himself and his corporate partners, including Jaguar’s last two victories at Le Mans and their pair...
This month’s test drive of the new Lotus Evora (see Product Review, pg 78) got me thinking about my own...
My motor racing career started with the most basic form of car, a 1952 Ford Anglia E93A, which I towed...
Recently, I was judging at a racecar concours in Southern California, when I ran into an old friend named Dave Wolin. Dave was showing an interesting creation that he had put together—it was a fiberglass Mercedes Gullwing body, nicely adapted to enclose a NASCAR Sportsman tubeframe chassis and running gear....
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Peter Gregg Dear Editor, I hope this note finds you well. Though I loved your magazine’s Hurley Haywood article, I’m even...
The name Robin Donovan may not mean much to most, but this man has quietly gone about his business and played a significant part in Le Mans history. He raced there for 14 consecutive years. From his point of view it is a “dream come true” story of a little...
Being Brazilian, my inspiration for motor racing came from Emerson Fittipaldi. Like him, England was the place to learn motor...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as a shock, and one of those was the news that David Loring had died in mid-September at the age of 62. Although he had endured and survived previous internal ailments,...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title. His father, Graham, won the 1962 and 1968 championships and Damon the 1996. The 1994 Grand Prix season outlook seemed bright for Williams with Senna coming aboard to partner Hill...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
Motor Racing at Thruxton – in the 1980s By Bruce Grant-Braham The latest volume in publisher Veloce’s “Those were the...
During the 1978 season, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson dominated the FIA’s Formula One World Championship. From its introduction at the Belgian Grand Prix that year, the Lotus 79 became the car to beat. Between them, Andretti and Peterson would notch an impressive six wins with their Lotus 79s—with our...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
Mike Lawrence Vintage Racecar recently published a letter from John Wright who is a nine of racing anecdotes. John told how one of Jim Hall’s Chaparrals was suffering an aerodynamic problem that was resolved by drilling holes in the bodywork. Naturally Jim was not going to give away any secrets,...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea 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...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the theory 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...