From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 14-16, 2015 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...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
George Follmer has been named Grand Marshal of the inaugural Barber Historics at Alabama’s Barber Motorsports Park in honor of the 50th anniversary of his 1965 USRRC championship. Further, the May 15-17 event will feature Lotus as its honored marque and, of course, George won that USRRC crown with his...
Haskell Wexler is an Oscar-winning cinematographer, taking home the coveted golden trophies for his work on Who’s Afraid of Virginia...
(19) Rick Hall, 1957 Maserati 450S, (16) John Long, 1959 Devin SS, (6) Derek Bell, 1957 Maserati 300S.Photo: Brad Fox...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented history. As such, we scour the globe (and the Internet) looking not just for a great car, but one with its original logbook. With this in mind, I recently found...
Limited-Edition Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Earrings Looking for a gift for that special female “crewmember” in your life? Mazda Raceway...
Gordon McCall is founder of the Motorworks Revival at the Monterey Jet Center and co-founder of The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering...
Pete Lyons There is no great genius without a trace of madness,” declared the Roman philosopher Seneca, and can we have any doubt he was looking ahead 1.9 millennia to designers of Can-Am racecars? The wonderful old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series of 1966 through 1974 is justly famed for many...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
• Plans are proceeding for the re-paving and re-opening of the historic road course at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson,...
When Peter Gregg did his deal to race BMWs in IMSA in 1976, he asked me to take over in the Brumos Porsche. At the end of the season, Peter decided he wanted to come back to Porsche to run the Trans-Am, and my Brumos deal went South. He hooked...
The Don Dear Editor, These days I tend to read Vintage Racecar from the back forward, in as much as...
This month we bring you another You Tube link, one featuring this issue’s focus on Jaguar, Group 44 and Mazda...
January 2011 Alesi’s Tyrrell Dear Editor, Loved the article about Jean Alesi’s favorite car, the Tyrrell 018. It’s a strikingly beautiful F1 car and was better in every way than the predecessor car, the 017. I’ve attached a comparison of lap times; it’s anywhere from a second (Monaco) to nearly...
Few automobile marques evoke images of style, speed and sports better than the Prancing Horse of Ferrari. Fortunately for motorsports...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA April 24–25, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Bob Wollek and Darren Brassfield drive the rebuilt chassis 108 to 14th overall at West Pam Beachin 1987. Mauro Baldi in the B.F. Goodrich 962 during the Daytona 24 Hour race of 1988. Photo: Lee Self The Porsche 962, which first saw the track in 1984, is one of the...
