John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 19-21, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Ten years have passed since the Earl of March set out to revive the glory days of motor racing at Goodwood, and exactly 60 years since the circuit opened around the perimeter of the wartime airfield. The Goodwood Circuit Revival remains the only sporting event set entirely to a period...
The Masters Racing Series traditionally starts the season with two track days at Goodwood, and in 2009 they will continue...
The more in-depth summaries of the life and career of Phil Hill have focussed on three significant aspects: the racing...
It is with sadness that we report the loss of British Le Mans–winner, Peter Jopp. Jopp began racing in the 500-cc class with a Cooper in 1952 before moving to an Emeryson in ’53, winning the consolation final at Brands Hatch in June and finishing 2nd to the sister Emeryson...
The Jaguar XK series made its first public debut at the 1948 London Motor Show in the shape of the...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 11–13, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant outside that of the marque-founding Chapman family’s, will be offered for sale at auction by Bonhams & Goodman on November 16, in Sydney, Australia. Dawson-Damer was a successful rally navigator,...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands...
The 2008 Goodwood Revival came to a close over the weekend, as 124,000 visitors enjoyed the unique atmosphere over three...
An epic Whitsun Trophy provided a suitably dramatic dénouement to the 2008 Goodwood Revival race card. At the start, former BTTC champion Frank Sytner led from the outside of the front row in his Lola T70 Spider while last year’s winner – and pole sitter – Ray Bellm spun his...
The 25-minute Sussex Trophy race for sports cars raced between 1955 and 1960 witnessed a bewildering number of lead changes....
Ludovic Lindsay led from start-to-finish to record his third victory in the Goodwood Trophy. Pole sitter Mark Gillies stalled his...
The 2008 Earl of March Trophy race fell to Cooper driver Simon Frost. This 20-minute encounter for 500cc Formula 3 cars built between 1948 and 1959 provided typically frenetic battles throughout the field, the tussle for second place between Kieft pilot Nigel Ashman and former motorcycle ace David Lecoq in...
The Glover Trophy race for 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars provided typically close racing. James King got to Magwick first from...
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged...
1959 OSCA | 1960 Lotus 18 | 1963 Brabham BT6 Regular readers of VR will know that we have a fondness for Formula Junior. We have covered some important ground with this significant racing formula, and gotten to grips with Elva, Lotus, Stanguellini, Volpini, Autosud and more. As 2008 marks 50 years...
British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the...
Selecting the overall victor at the annual Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ automotive design competition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed...
Audi Tradition is marking this year’s Festival of Speed at Goodwood, England, held July 11th – 13th, with a world debut. At the largest classic car racing event in the world, the Ingolstadt company will be taking the wraps off an absolutely authentic reconstruction of the original Auto Union “Silverarrow”...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the...
While the postwar American sports car scene was inspired by European road racing, it was different in many respects. In...
I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer of the sports car races at Le Mans. This would be in July 1956. I was invited to go to the Le Mans 24 Hour race because I could speak...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
The International Jaguar XK Club has announced that this summer’s XK 60 celebrations will feature one of the finest displays...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at Goodwood, England (1956). 5 Jim Clark wins the unlimited sports car race and the Formula Libre race at Full Sutton, England (1958). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Jimmy Stewart, elder brother of three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart, has passed away. He was 77 years old....
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has unveiled a special, international series of 10 events to commemorate this year’s golden...
The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is “Hawthorn to Hamilton—Britain’s Love Affair with World Motor Sport.” Britain has always played a key role in the global motor racing industry, forging successful relationships with the rest of the motor sport...
