Beating Peter Gethin for the European Formula 5000 champion-ship was something really special. I had a great car and tremendous...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a previous racing program when David Hobbs drove for them. The BMW GTP project relied on input from McLaren North America, as it wasn’t something BMW’s headquarters in Munich got too...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and...
I first watched Niki Lauda as he “learned his trade” in his days with March and BRM, before he won...
Jochen Rindt Henri Pescarolo 2 Guy Moll wins the Monaco Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo (1934). 3 Ronnie Peterson drives a March 722 to victory in the European F2 Championship race at Thruxton, England (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
October 17–18 brought a trip back in time for some of Britain’s F3 stars of the late 1960s and early...
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In the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 19, 1975, American sports car ace Mark Donohue drove an excellent race with Penske Racing’s March 751-Cosworth to finish 5th. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 •...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
My first exposure to Formula Ford came as a lot of us began hearing about how neat it was in...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit “Come Together” somewhere in the back of my head. I have often used the metaphor of how some of the most interesting motor racing tales are based on an almost...
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After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
We sprang over the crest of Paddock Hill Bend at 80 or more, the little Lotus Europa cocked way sideways, scrawny tires screaming. I was trying to burrow into the passenger side of the cockpit, jamming my knees against the insides of the legwell, both hands gripping…whatever they could grip....
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior, but with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
David Purley was a hero you have probably never even heard of, but a hero he most certainly was. If...
Mike Lawrence One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer diversity of historic racing. You have the big names, of course, but there are the lesser-known makes like Bolwell, Elden and Huffaker—to pick three from a recent issue. None of...
When Tom Sneva took the checkered flag on a sun-drenched May afternoon, in 1983, to win the 67th Indianapolis 500...
Pete Lyons News that Formula One is so financially distressed… Wait! Let us savor this! Become a Member & Get...
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...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
More than 14,200 motoring enthusiasts at the Footman James Sywell Classic Pistons and Props enjoyed a rare treat when the Leyton House Formula One car, designed by Adrian Newey, and Emerson Fittipaldi’s 1994 Penske PC23 Indycar (above, Kary Jiggle photo) stormed up the runway of Sywell Aerodrome. Event Director Tom Siddall...