It may be hard to imagine, but some vintage events are now becoming vintage themselves, and SVRA’s vintage Collier Cup...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie...
There are few things that car guys love more than the story of a fabulous automotive find…the wilder, the better. The Cobra in the barn; the toasted remains of a crashed and burnt racecar dug up from the infield; a Le Mans winning sarcophagus discovered in a bricked-in basement. Driving...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) will honor the 50th anniversary of the MGA at its October 7–8 vintage...
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September 2017 The well turned out factory team of MGAs lined up prior to the start of the 12 Hours...
E.D. Martin’s all-conquering Ferrari 315S awaits the start of the Feature Race in April of 1958.Photo: Benita Lane The revised...
Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie beneath the surface. He raced from the mid-1950s to around 1962, but he gave it all up for his business of selling cars in London, Ontario, Canada. Here was a...
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year...
The MGA should have happened several years before it did. The story of why it didn’t and how it came...
MG tradition continued at Watkins Glen this past September with SVRA’s 26th running of the historic “Vintage Collier Cup” all-MG race. Thirty-three MGs—of all ages and models from MGTCs to MGB-GT V8s—turned out for this year’s race on The Glen’s 3.4-mile road course, thrilling thousands of spectators and MG enthusiasts....
1957 Climax-powered Jomar 1957 Climax-powered Jomar. Photo: Harold Pace You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
Canadian Big Healey Dear Editor, I enjoyed the article “Big Healey” in the March 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. In reference to the Healey referred to as CAN 171 (pg. 39) I can perhaps add something to the author’s history of this car. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Tony Griffiths.Photo: Kary Jiggle For me, motors and motoring were in my blood and my genes. After the first World...
Canada’s Mosport Park and VARAC’s Vintage Racing Festival served as the hosts for this year’s 15th annual “Focus Event” for...
Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders of the world” that I want to attend at least once, before I register for that big enduro in the sky. For some reason, I have never managed to get...
Equipe Classic Racing is planning to launch a new competition class in 2018, especially for Pre-1963 GT and Production racing...
The MGA’s looks harken back to MG designer Sid Enever’s one-off, envelope body that he created for an MG TD...
While we don’t necessarily want to become a facilitator for YouTube, even if the company does appear to be investing in the sport with its support of the new USF1 team, it’s hard to resist pointing out that a nice trilogy of clips from the 1957 running of the 12...
THE STORY OF MALAYA’S RACING SPECIALS The Malayan-built Special has always been an integral part of the racing movement in...
My first race was a small event at a BARC Goodwood Members Meeting, at the wheel of my Jowett Jupiter....
