It’s been a long time coming, but Crystal Palace will once again play host to a national motorsport event with...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver...
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many major races as any other driver. Actually, the presence of Arundell and his Lotus defined what were major races. After Arundell had won at the Nürburgring at the end of...
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
The Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote Trophy race at the Spa Six Hours meeting organized by Motor Racing Legends drew a...
I’ve spoken here, on several occasions, about the numerous unfulfilled rumors that have swirled through Formula One over the years, like dust devils across an abandoned racetrack. Jeff Gordon to Formula One? A Grand Prix through the streets of Manhattan? Bernie Ecclestone’s generous loan terms? In addition to these tried...
My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best...
I’ve had a dream, one of the rare ones I remember clearly and can’t stop thinking about. That must mean...
Peter Arundell showed promise right from the start of his career, finishing 2nd with his MG TC at a BARC event at Goodwood in 1957. His second year of racing was filled with success competing in many events in a Lotus 11, a marque that would play a pivotal part...
The International Tourist Trophy was first awarded by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1905 and continues to be awarded...
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, commencing the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
April 2009 The Dutch Grand Prix; Zandvoort, July 18, 1965. John Surtees during practice with the Ferrari 158/63 at Tarzan...
Vintage Racecar is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the founding fathers’ of South African motor sport...
Lyn St. James Jim Clark Photo: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 Rupert Manwaring, team manager and assistant team manager for several F1 teams, is born (1956). 3 Nobuhiko Kawamoto, Honda F1 engine designer and later Honda president and CEO, is born (1936). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
The Brabham BT24 was one of three cars that contested the 1967 Formula One racing season for the Brabham-Repco team....
The French Grand Prix; Rouen-les Essarts, July 7, 1968. At this race Honda introduced an all-new car built in Japan using an air-cooled V-8. Jo Schlesser, a 40-year old French driver of modest reputation, was called in when John Surtees decided to stay with his older V12 Honda RA 301....
It was indeed a sad day for Australian historic racing enthusiasts when word came of the untimely passing of John...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus...
November 2008 Can-Am Thunder DVD By Duke Video As highlighted in this month’s feature on the 1970 Can-Am event at Watkins Glen, the original Canadian-American Challenge Cup series was one of the most unique and awe-inspiring racing championships ever to grace the world motor sport stage. Part of the series’...
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged...
My brother, Jim Hurtubise, started out racing on dirt tracks in California against seasoned drivers like Parnelli Jones and Allen...
British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the...
August 2008 Inside IMSA’s Legendary GTP Race Cars The Prototype Experience By J. A. Martin and Michael J. Fuller Among the most inspiring racing series of all time was IMSA’s Grand Touring Prototype category that enjoyed great competitive and popular success during the late ’80s and early ’90s. Essentially unencumbered...
Though historic racers themselves tend not to become “famous,” there certainly are a handful of very talented drivers, across the...
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown...
John Zeitler Nigel Mansell Photo: Maureen Magee 2 Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Penske PC-18, wins the CART Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix at the Burke Lake Front Airport in Cleveland, Ohio (1989). 4 John Zeitler, driving a Zeitler, wins the first ever Formula Super Vee race, held at Lime Rock, Connecticut...
