After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the Federation Internationale...
Sandown Racecourse, Springvale, Victoria, AUS November 7–8, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK October 17, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner...
A brand-new series of historic races, for the Sir Stirling Moss Trophy, has been launched by Motor Racing Legends (MRL)....
Duncan Rabagliati, chairman of the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association, has announced the inclusion of Formula Junior in the three...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
George Follmer, the subject of this month’s VR Interview (page 30), was inducted into the Watkins Glen Drivers Walk of...
Following their highly successful “GT & Sports Car Cup” race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais...
In early July, HMSA the sanctioning body for the annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races sent an email to all its members informing them that Steve Earle and his company General Racing, Ltd., would no longer be organizing the famed Monterey peninsula event that Earle founded in 1976. HMSA president Cris...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 29–February 4, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Some of the world’s finest classic and antique automobiles will take center stage at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the...
A primer on in-car video systems for the historic racer. Humans are such visual animals that even when our eyes are closed, some form of imagery usually plays across the big screen of our consciousness as we remember, imagine, or dream of things both real and not. This reality has...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
If I said to you the words “historic racing” and “green,” what comes immediately to mind? A British racing green Jaguar? The infield grass at your favorite track? All the money you spent on your last racing engine? Any of these would seem valid to me. But would you have...
February 2008 Dan Gurney’s Eagle Racing Cars By John Zimmerman Dan Gurney had already established himself as one of America’s...
In early April, I made my way to Las Vegas for the inaugural Champ car Vegas Grand Prix. This new...
One of the premier historic motorsport championships has a new title. Effective immediately, the Thoroughbred Grand Prix series, which features the classic F1 cars of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, will carry the title, the FIA Historic Formula One Championship. The new title more correctly illustrates the makeup of the...
On September 1–2, in conjunction with the Champ Car race in Assen, Netherlands, the Dutch Grand Prix will hold a...
The Formula Junior Category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
The Monaco Kart Cup celebrated its 10th anniversary on the street circuit in the tiny principality, Oct. 13–15, and added two new events to the now-traditional Six Hours of Endurance and the Monaco 4-Stroke Contest. These were races for the Junior FIA-CIK class and a separate series for Historic Karts....
Historic Formula Junior racing in Britain and Europe has steadily grown over the past decade in both the total number...
July 2005 The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley Two years ago, I received this e-mail from Robert Daley: “I am...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
The 4th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, held May 15–16, was again over-subscribed and Jean Sage, former team manager for...
Long Beach celebrated 30 years of racing on its famous street circuit with a full weekend of fierce competition that...
Long time readers of Vintage Racecar Journal will be aware of the husband-and-wife photographic team of Walt & Louiseanne Pietrowicz who have been a cornerstone of VRJ’s event coverage on the East Coast since the very early days of the magazine. While you are likely familiar with their beautiful photography,...
Rush hour, Monterey-style – the start of Sunday’s Trans-Am finale. When an actor or a musician becomes a mega-star –...
Takuma Sato On the very rare occasion of two current Grand Prix drivers having their first taste of historic motor...
If you dig through the internet long enough, occasionally you will discover an unexpected surprise. Such is the case with this month’s featured Web site devoted to photos taken at the Indy 500 during the early ’70s. This interesting gallery of color photos was created by a current motorsport photographer...
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