Following a chance trip to Monza with a friend, Almo Coppelli found a passion for a sport that would totally...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation in motorsport. John had much in common with the contemporaries and friends who founded Lola, Mallock, Chevron and other icons of what many consider a golden age. Eric Broadley, Arthur...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida (1974). 2 Alpine Renault A110s finish 1-2-3 in the Tour de Course rally in France, with Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Michel Vial on board...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association has announced “The SVRA Open Wheel World Challenge,” set for the weekend of June 8-11,...
October 2016 • Dan Gurney is this year’s recipient of the Peter Bryant Challenger Award for engineering excellence for his role in founding All American Racers and subsequently building Eagle racing cars for more than 30 years. Gurney was honored at a Can-Am Tribute dinner during the Rolex Monterey Motorsport...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
Last weekend’s “end of term” races at Silverstone for those involved in the Historic Sports Car Club championships closed...
The Vintage Racing Club of British Columbia (VRCBC) has announced that the 30th running of its annual marquee race weekend, the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) presented by Key West Ford, will take place on August 19 and 20, 2017, at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course in Mission,...
A full press corps of international motor racing journalists attended the Media Day for the 2017 edition of the Silverstone...
Northern California’s Classic Sports and Racing Group will be hosting a Formula Vee Gathering during its 2017 Thunderhill Spring race on the three-mile East track, April 28-30. With the event open to all years of FV, Modern Vees will be included and there will be separate scoring for each era...
In 1992, Tim Harvey won the British Touring Car Championship. His lengthy driving career has spanned three decades and he’s...
If you read my column this month on the other side of the magazine, you’ll see I take a little,...
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...
Northern California’s Classic and Sports Racing Group’s 14th annual Charity Challenge, scheduled for the weekend of September 29 through October...
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build...
Portland International Raceway played host to the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Racing Festival the last weekend of July with more than 110 competitors taking part in six race groups, an Enduro, Mazda Heritage Series and professional Trans-Am Series. The first of two Formula Ford feature races had its order...
The 27th edition of the Silverstone Classic, now firmly established as the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival, once again...
The 30h running of the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) took place August 19-20, 2017, on the Mission Raceway...
Frank Falkner got me into racing way back when, he was my mentor who lived in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and was the father of my school friend. So, I think I knew Frank from when I was around 10 years old. To give him his proper title, it’s...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning...
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...
The Classic Sports Racing Group’s annual David Love Memorial Races will be taking place this weekend, April 6-8, at Sonoma...
Nine race groups have been announced by WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for its upcoming Spring Classic Showcasing Nitro Revival, set...
All American Racers’ DGF Formula Ford has its first track test at Willow Springs Raceway (1977). 1 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille drives a Matra MS5 to victory in the F3 race at Magny-Cours, France (1968). 2 – The All American Racers DGF Formula Ford has its first track test at Willow Springs...