In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
1 • Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria, Australia (1987). Henry Seagrave drives the Golden Arrow to a new one-mile land speed record at Daytona Beach. Photo: Pete Austin 3 • Nobuhiko Kawamoto, Honda F1 engine designer...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
South African racing legend Dave Charlton, who started 11 World Championship Grands Prix from 1967-1975, has died at the age...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa....
June 2008 Lancia 037 The Development and Rally History of a World Champion By Peter Collins Long-time VR author and...
September 2016 Into the first corner of the 1980 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s Renault RE20 leads...
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and the Sports Car Club of South Africa will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Kyalami 9-Hour race with a Historic Sports, GT, and Saloon Car meeting at the circuit on November 22, 2008. While the first 9-hour was run at the old Grand...
Jim Clark Frank Williams Photo: Williams F1 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Louis Stanley Rudolf Caracciola 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix,” said Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson. Nevertheless, he should also be remembered—in the words of Nick Jordan, mechanic to Gunnar’s rival Tony Brise in Formula Atlantic—as “one of the...
If ever a race meeting at Kyalami captured the essence of the circuit’s most memorable races, the Classic Car Africa...
Mike Hailwood had won no fewer than nine World Motorcycle Championships before he ever competed in his first Formula One...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it is long-distance sports car racing, particularly in Porsches, where Bell forged his legacy as a champion with five overall victories at Le Mans, three victories in the 24 Hours of...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his...
Rodger Ward Vincenzo Florio 1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952). 2 The First South...
1969 Mirage M2-BRM The Mirage profiled here is no optical illusion, although it is certainly as beautiful as some optical illusions can be. Only three Mirage M2s were ever built. They showed potential in the World Sports Car series, but their development was cut short when Porsche came knocking at...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
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...
1971 Alfa Romeo GTAm There is a slight inclination here to refer you to Tony Adriaensen’s remarkable tome Alleggerita and...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was...
Mike Jiggle speaks with the Australian legend about his long career, his tough guy approach and the red underpants that enpowered him to become the 1980 Formula One World Champion. Your father enjoyed a reasonable motor racing career. Was it, therefore, inevitable that you became involved in the sport? No...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka...
Janet Guthrie Carlos Pace 1 NASCAR racer Dave Marcis is born (1941). 2 Sports car racer Nino Vacarella is born (1933). No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
On paper, the concept of former Grand Prix drivers racing each other is quite mouth-watering. Cars would have to be...
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). No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our...
