With a dad like Stan Jones it was hardly surprising that Alan became a motor racing nut when he was...
New Zealand—the homeland of the two most famous drivers of the Can-Am series, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme—was the host...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater 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 organizers...
The international Diamond Jubilee Formula Junior celebratory Tour, now on its way to North America, got rolling with five race...
From West Coast Juniors comes word of a global celebration of the formula’s Diamond Jubilee that will begin this January...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod has semi-retired there after his championship-winning career, including toppling the Unser dynasty from Pikes Peak in the United States. Photo: Mark Dunstan What started five...
If you’re a regular reader of Vintage Racecar (and I hope you are!), then you’ve likely noticed a recent increase...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon and others on MotorSport New Zealand’s Wall of Fame. Ganley arrived in England in 1961 and was employee number three hired at the fledgling Team McLaren...
2017 Leadfoot Festival, New Zealand, February 4-5, 2017 Like from the musical ‘Porgy and Bess’…“Summertime and the living is easy…” as it...
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato, NZ January 27–29, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Louis Stanley Rudolf Caracciola 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 3 Sprint car builder and Indy 500 crew chief Wally...
1956 Lycoming Special The immediate post World War Two years were best described as austere times for many countries, even...
F5000 stalwarts Kevin Bartlett, Howden Ganley and Ken Smith used a visit to a very special workshop in Salinas, California,...
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Auckland, NZ January 21–23 & 28–30, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where they speak English and you can drink the water, then New Zealand is the place for you. These are classics from various events in the land down under, the land...
Hampton Downs Raceway, Waikato, New Zealand January 15-17 & 22-24, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Hampton Downs Raceway Park, NZ January 18–20 & 25–27, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
I am very pleased to be able to announce that starting with this issue, racing legend and long-time friend of the magazine Howden Ganley, will be sharing his many experiences and insights with us every month in our “Last Lap” column. While most of our readers will know that Howden...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By...
The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing By Howden Ganley It all began for Howden Ganley at the 1955 New Zealand Grand Prix, an experience that set him on the path toward his career as a racing driver. After first competing in cars like his mother’s Morris Minor,...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was...
The 1950s and ’60s were to many involved in Australian historic motor sport, the halcyon years. It was the time...
A pair of Bruce McLaren Festival weekends will highlight the seventh season of the MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. The full schedule of events, listed below, includes six meetings, but expectations are that the two McLaren-honoring events and the yet-to-be-confirmed Australian Grand Prix support show will draw...
I think it is easy for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere to underestimate the global racing contributions...
It’s often said that one of the best aspects of historic racing is the people you meet. Having been around...
My wife made an offer on a house in New Zealand while vacationing there with her family a few years ago. She is a realtor, and not an impulsive person, so I did not object, especially after she mentioned that it had a four-car garage. I was a bit apprehensive...
