Even though the Japanese motoring industry explored sports cars decades later than European and American manufacturers, its rapid growth soon...
Mitsubishi Motors has announced that its seminal 1917 Model A has been selected by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame...
The first Japanese Grand Prix held in 1963, at Honda’s then very new facility at Suzuka, is generally recognized as the coming of age of Japanese motor sport. But six years prior to that, a Japanese car competed in an overseas event for the first time – the 1957 Mobilgas...
La Festa Mille Miglia 2018, held in Japan, is now in its 21st year. As you can probably guess from the...
Lamborghini Polo Storico has completed restoration of one of the most famous Miuras ever built: the Miura SVR. On the...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced its upcoming exhibits set to debut on May 26, 2018. The first part of the exhibit, titled “The Roots of Monozukuri: Creative Spirit in Japanese Automaking” will illuminate key elements of Japanese design philosophy in the years preceding its climb to market dominance in...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting...
Following a successful championship year in Formula Three in 2001—winning the British F3, Masters of F3 and the celebrated Macau...
As I write these notes, the 2015 season is coming to an end with just a few more Formula One races. There may still be a surprise winner of the Championship…at least one competitor hopes! From the start of 2015 many people seemed to write off the chances of everyone...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California...
1990 Leyton House CG901/3Photo: Mike Jiggle Examining the Leyton House CG901 it is as much about the man who designed...
Mike Lawrence We are seeing some quite extraordinary prices paid for certain cars, and some people have recalled the late 1980s when prices shot through the roof. Then the bubble burst and, in its wake, so did bankruptcies, court cases and at least one suicide. This time, however, I think...
Mike Lawrence Vintage Racecar recently published a letter from John Wright who is a nine of racing anecdotes. John told...
My first racing was in motorcycles on a Triumph 350. That would be in 1958 while I was in Japan...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may have made more of a mark on motor racing safety over the past 30 years than anyone else. Indeed, his dogged determination and stubbornness to get things right nearly cancelled...
Tony SouthgatePhoto: Pete Austin Toward the end of my first period with Shadow, things weren’t working out too well, money...
As you might expect for a site so named, Trackpedia offers a compendium of nearly 1000 racetracks around the world...
My story of winning the 1981 Macau Grand Prix actually began two weeks before, when I first raced the Hayashi 220P-Toyota at Suzuka, Japan. I had never seen the car before and really never heard of Hayashi, a wholesale wheel manufacturer. My involvement came through Vern Fotheringham who was their...
The French Grand Prix; Rouen-les Essarts, July 7, 1968. At this race Honda introduced an all-new car built in Japan...
October 2008 The Japanese Grand Prix; Fuji, October 17, 1976. Jody Scheckter dances with the 6-wheel Tyrrell P34 in streaming...
Fuji Speedway, Japan November 10–11, 2007 Close action with Takashi Morita’s Porsche 356 A leading from the Alfa Romeo TZ of Toshiyasu Shinka, Hayao Ashikawa’s Porsche 356 Speedster and Masami Fujita’s Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA.Photo: Masatoshi Shimazaki Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Fuji International Circuit, Japan April 4, 2006 Yasuo Shibazaki’s modern Ginetta G12 in the “Ginetta Cup.”Photo: Courtesy of the Japanese...
Tsukuba Motorsport Complex, Japan Ferocious “F” class battle—the Mazda 1200GX of Masami Kageyama tries a late, outside pass of Masami...
