British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the...
1959 OSCA | 1960 Lotus 18 | 1963 Brabham BT6 Regular readers of VR will know that we have a fondness for...
It was indeed a sad day for Australian historic racing enthusiasts when word came of the untimely passing of John Dawson-Damer at the 2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed. In his lifetime John had gathered together what was without doubt the most impressive private collection of Lotus competition cars in the...
At the tender age of 15, John Fenning started his racing career competing in small, 500-cc racecars, like many postwar...
Keith Duckworth Biography Since the partnership was formed in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth along with Bill Brown and Benny Rood, Cosworth has become the most successful independent engine manufacturer in history with a string of driver and manufacturer titles to its credit in a wide range of...
The indomitable Sir Stirling Moss made a popular comeback after his frightening accident at his home in March to join...
I had seen this well-used Lotus 18 sitting in a grumpy little foreign car repair shop hard along Ventura Blvd....
Photo: BRDC Archive My greatest racecar is not a car I actually drove, but it represents a missed opportunity I...
Tony Griffiths.Photo: Kary Jiggle For me, motors and motoring were in my blood and my genes. After the first World...
This year’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power (CPOP), June 12–14th, will celebrate 65 years of Lotus, with a concours, parade and class on track all dedicated to the British marque. On Friday the 12th, visitors will be treated to the first-ever parade of all production Lotus models ever manufactured, organized by...
“Mr. Motor Racing,” Sir Stirling Moss, has confirmed his attendance at the second annual Flywheel Festival, scheduled for Bicester Heritage...
September 2016 Lotus 18 Colin Chapman’s U-turn By Mark Whitelock Deciding on a theme, title or subject for a book...
November 2017 Great Cars no: 10 – Lotus 18, The Autobiography of Stirling Moss’s ‘912’ by Ian Wagstaff In a little more than two years, the Porter Press Great Cars series of books has already got my bookshelves groaning under the strain, from the first published in May 2015, which documents...
On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus 18 for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through...