Hans-Joachim Stuck leads a pack of FVs and FSVs at the Daytona Golden Anniversary celebration.Photo: Bruce Lancaster Formula Vee celebrated...
In the late 1960s—1969 I think—I started racing motorbikes in local races in Belgium. Not too powerful machines, just 50-cc,...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown, as it is difficult to pinpoint when a special builder became a constructor. In the interest of historical accuracy, I have discussed the matter with Eric Broadley, John Crosslé, and...
As the years pile up, I find myself learning more about people I used to know than I ever appreciated...
The 30h running of the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR) took place August 19-20, 2017, on the Mission Raceway...
Forty years after it was last sold new, the original Volkswagen Beetle can still be found on American roads, a testament to its popularity and engineering. The same holds true for American race tracks, where an important part of the Beetle legacy has only grown more popular over the years....
A 30-year reunion of the participants and fans of what is believed to be the only “Dead Heat” in Road...
I first watched Niki Lauda as he “learned his trade” in his days with March and BRM, before he won...
Photo: Dennis Gray If you’ve ever attended the Monterey Historics, the Wine Country Classic, a Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG), or any other West Coast vintage sports car racing events, then you no doubt have seen a familiar sight: a bright-red Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (TR), number 9, circulating quickly...
Keke Rosberg was a kind of motor racing Cinderella Man. He went from the drudgery of retiring or not even...
The eighth Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion will again wake up the residents of sleepy South Bass Island (off Ohio’s North...
After church one Sunday in 1957, a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy named Tom Pomeroy was playing with some of his friends, when they discovered an out-of-service subway car parked on a rail siding. Exhibiting his characteristic curiosity, young Pomeroy climbed on top of it to investigate the purpose of the car’s...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that...
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Formula Vee in 1963. In order to honor this venerable driver’s series, Road America and DRE/WREP have organized the Formula Vee 40th Birthday Party Celebration to be held at Elkhart Lake,Wisconsin’s Road America on June 19-22. Founded in 1963,...
In our January 2007 issue, Pete Lyons shared some remarks about the grand old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series made by...
Recently, I was judging at a racecar concours in Southern California, when I ran into an old friend named Dave...
Turn Up the Gane Dear Editor, Thanks for an enjoyable and diverse November issue. I would like to make a couple of comments on some of its contents. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
The Don Dear Editor, These days I tend to read Vintage Racecar from the back forward, in as much as...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
July 2017 Porsche 914 – The Racing History By Roy Smith Writing about a subject is relatively easy when there isare plenty of period pieces from which to glean information, but with little research material available and certainly no books on the subject, celebrated author Roy Smith has had the...
Northern California’s Classic Sports and Racing Group will be hosting a Formula Vee Gathering during its 2017 Thunderhill Spring race...
The 46th birthday of Formula Vee will be celebrated at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this April 4–5, in a vintage...
For the majority of VR’s readers, 2019 has been the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford, although it actually started in England in 1967. The nativity stories vary, but most come down to racing schools putting a perky standard engine into a racecar to create something that students could use and...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian...
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build...
In 2008, the Formula Vee will celebrate its 45th anniversary and, as such, a special race weekend is being planned. The Vintage Driver’s Club of America (VDCA) and the SCCA’s Buccaneer Region are organizing a special 3-day race weekend exclusively for Formula Vees and selected Volkswagen-powered racecars. The event, to...
Bill Noble, a quintuple SCCA National Champion in Formula Vee and one of the category’s most prolific and successful engine...
Another of racing’s good guys left us on December 7, when Bill Scott lost his battle with cancer. The man...