Motor Racing Legends has announced the return of the Le Mans Legend historic support race to next year’s Le Mans...
Three-time Indy 500 winner and King of the Hill at Pikes Peak Bobby Unser will be the guest of honor...
April 2009 OttoVú By Tony Adriaensens While I have said it before, thank God for obsessive enthusiasts—they always produce the best books! Sometime in the 1980s, Tony Adriaensens had his first exposure to the FIAT 8V and 8V-powered SIATAs, while helping his brother transport an 8V for a classic car...
Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, AL May 22–23, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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Parnelli is not his real name. Rufus Jones’ middle name is Parnell. His mother named him after a Judge Parnell whom she admired. Jones’ friend, Billy Calder, added the “i” to his middle name to make a name change when Parnelli wanted to race while underage. I remember drivers in...
It’s been 21 years since the last race was run at Riverside International Raceway in California, the historic venue succumbing...
The subject of this month’s VR Profile, Bugatti, is one of the legendary names of automotive history, and this link...
The Riverside International Automotive Museum has announced that Parnelli Jones will be the Honored Guest at the third annual Legends of Riverside, scheduled for March 25-27 in the Southern California city. Jones became a racing legend with exploits in a broad range of motorsport disciplines, headlined by his mastery of...
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One of the most interesting Maseratis ever constructed, the sole surviving Tipo 151 (chassis 006), will compete in this year’s Le Mans Legends event on Saturday June 22, 2013. This annual support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours is the jewel in the crown of the historic motorsport calendar,...
Enzo Ferrari, Aymo Maggi, Piero Taruffi, Clemente Biondetti, Tazio Nuvolari, Giovanni Canestrini, Juan Manuel Fangio, Antonio Brivio, Stirling Moss, Giuseppe...
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Every job has its drawbacks and its drudgeries. While writing for VR is a passion that all of our staff...
In March, The Legends of Motorsports group —who kicked off their sophomore year at Barber Motorsports Park this May—sent out a press release that raised some eyebrows, at least in the U.S. In it they announced that this year they would be instituting a new Ford Contingency money program at...
I became interested in motor racing during the one brief period when Aston Martin was really something special. There was...
A new partnership took its place on the vintage racing landscape in July as Cris Vandagriff’s Historic Motor Sports Association...
The new Historic Motorsports Productions organization has scheduled three events for its inaugural 2010 season. Watkins Glen International was the first track to announce its affiliation with the new organization, but it won’t be hosting the first event, as that honor will go to Barber Motorsports Park. The Alabama track...
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the history of the Corvette, with an emphasis on its racing history...
Peter Bryant, best known in motor racing circles as the creator of the Titanium-chassied Ti22 Can-Am car, died of a heart attack at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 31, 2009, four days short of his 72nd birthday. He had just spent the previous weekend participating in the Legends...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was...
Motor Racing Legends, organizers of the Le Mans Legend, the historic race which takes place a few hours before the...
Mecum Auctions shocked the auction world with the late May announcement that they would be offering two icons from racing history at their August sale in Monterey. The first announcement was the sale of the STP-sponsored Lotus Type 56/3 Turbine Indy racecar, driven by Graham Hill at the 1968 Indianapolis...
Wow Gilles!—Villeneuve, The Undying Legend By Ercole Columbo Thirty-six years after his untimely death at Zolder, the legend of Gilles...
Helmets Make the Man Dear Editor I read Mike Lawrence’s “Helmets” column with great interest. I did my own helmet...
The legendary Mario Colucci has died at the age of 78. He was the man who converted most of the standard production Fiats and Simcas into Abarths that won over 7,300 races and hillclimbs between 1956 and 1971. Active until the last, Colucci, a self-effacing genius, had recently formed a...