Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations,...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active drag racer, Simpson went on to race in various road racing categories before moving on to USAC racing and eventually the Indianapolis 500. While Simpson often demonstrated great speed and...
The Eagle Formula Ford that I won the SCCA Runoffs with in 1978 was a car I was involved with...
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...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the theory that the best drivers would win if they were...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula 3—a championship I stayed in for about four or five years. Formula Three was a good experience for me and my team, Euroracing. In 1977 we won the European F3...
I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4...
The 30h running of the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) took place August 19-20, 2017, on the Mission Raceway...
This month’s test drive of the new Lotus Evora (see Product Review, pg 78) got me thinking about my own experience as a Lotus owner. Or rather, the strange path I took to become a Lotus owner. It was the early days of the Internet as a tool to find...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Motor Racing at Thruxton – in the 1980s By Bruce Grant-Braham The latest volume in publisher Veloce’s “Those were the...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning the 2009 Formula One World Championship. But, like so many other kart stars of the last 30 years or so, Jenson Button did it, with a lot of team changes...
Peter O. Argetsinger, a member of the International Motor Racing Research Center’s Governing Council and an international racing champion and...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
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...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
Northern California’s Classic Sports and Racing Group will be hosting a Formula Vee Gathering during its 2017 Thunderhill Spring race...
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...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Jack...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created around the idea that the best drivers would win if all were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a drivers school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown,...
All American Racers’ DGF Formula Ford has its first track test at Willow Springs Raceway (1977). 1 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille drives...
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...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor racing than anything I experienced before or since. After a 35-year lay-off from that particular single-seater category, it was both an eye opener—and somewhat familiar and reassuring—to go back and...