Janet Guthrie Carlos Pace 1 NASCAR racer Dave Marcis is born (1941). 2 Sports car racer Nino Vacarella is born...
On paper, the concept of former Grand Prix drivers racing each other is quite mouth-watering. Cars would have to be...
1971 Alfa Romeo GTAm There is a slight inclination here to refer you to Tony Adriaensen’s remarkable tome Alleggerita and let myself off a complex historical hook. Explaining the evolution of Alfa Romeo’s competition models is challenging at best and maddening most of the time. After about 25 years working...
I didn’t see the accident happen, and it was many laps later when my photo trek around South Africa’s Kyalami...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about his career and motor racing in general. He was very helpful when VR’s European Editor asked him to contribute to his Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 book, and he was just...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
Gaston Chevrolet Ricardo Rodriguez 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice...
Rodger Ward Vincenzo Florio 1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952). 2 The First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian...
The Formula Junior Historic Racing Association has unveiled a special, international series of 10 events to commemorate this year’s golden anniversary of the Formula Junior. Special Formula Junior races will be held in New Zealand (January, Pukekoe); Australia (February, Philip Island); Italy (June 6–8, Monza); Britain (June 28–29, Brands Hatch...
If ever a race meeting at Kyalami captured the essence of the circuit’s most memorable races, the Classic Car Africa...
Jim Clark Frank Williams Photo: Williams F1 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
June 2008 Lancia 037 The Development and Rally History of a World Champion By Peter Collins Long-time VR author and photographer Peter Collins should be no stranger to readers of this magazine. In addition to his beautiful photographic work, Collins has often shared his positively scary amount of knowledge of...
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and the Sports Car Club of South Africa will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
Mike Jiggle speaks with the Australian legend about his long career, his tough guy approach and the red underpants that...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver Arrows” (1934). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his...
Louis Stanley Rudolf Caracciola 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 4 Sportscar racer Bob Wollek born (1943). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
George Follmer Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Jacques Laffite Photo: Mike Jiggle 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The Mirage story is, in some ways, a rather complex one, in that the Mirage was a rare example of a well-known racing car that had not been developed consistently year...
South African racing legend Dave Charlton, who started 11 World Championship Grands Prix from 1967-1975, has died at the age...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
Imagine driving your homebuilt special, powered by a modified production car engine, in two World Championship Grands Prix and finishing 10th in the second one. These days that would earn you a World Championship point. Here de Klerk fends off a challenge with his Alfa Romeo Special during the 1962...
As a result of my 1967 win in the Kyalami Nine Hours, in South Africa with Jacky Ickx in the...
September 2016 Into the first corner of the 1980 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s Renault RE20 leads...
1977 LEC CRP1 Month by month, Vintage Racecar tries hard to bring readers some of the world’s finest competition cars—some with impeccable racing pedigrees, or others that have an interesting history. This month, our profile of the 1977 LEC CRP1 F1 car is more about the determination of racing driver David...