I actually started racing with the Nissan GTP team late in 1988, while I was still racing Indycars. I was...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human...
Ben Collins takes a thrilling ride in the iconic 1990 Nissan R90CK that was driven by Mark Blundell in the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans and secured a spectacular pole position six seconds faster than its rivals during the qualifying session. It achieved a remarkable speed of 238 miles...
Over the years, Vintage Racecar has been fortunate to have been able to include the work of talented cutaway artist...
No doubt by now you’ve heard of the passing of Paul Newman. Newman’s impact on the worlds of acting and...
John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of 75. Knepp made his first splash on the American motorsports scene working with Pete Brock’s Brock Racing Enterprises as it built 2.5-Liter Trans-Am-winning Datsun 510s for John Morton and others,...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
1 • Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria, Australia (1987). Henry Seagrave drives the Golden Arrow to a new one-mile land speed record at Daytona Beach. Photo: Pete Austin 3 • Nobuhiko Kawamoto, Honda F1 engine designer...
In 1964, Nissan Motor Company introduced a two-door sports coupe named the Silivia 1600 Sports Coupe. One year later, at...
Like most racing drivers, I’ve driven many cars in my career, choosing just one as a greatest racecar is an...
The Peter Auto season of historic car races kicks off April 6-8 on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit in Montmélo, with more than 200 racing cars — including some exceptional machines — expected at the Spanish track. The event has been called Espíritu de Montjuïc as an homage to the park of...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the...
The automotive prophets predicted the coming end times…wish I bought the destroyer of the classic car world when I had...
Being a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, I must say, is the most amazing job any driver can have. The opportunity to pull on the famous red overalls of Ferrari and climb into one of the team’s beautiful red cars is something I will never get bored of. It is an...
Nissan recently revealed the new Nissan Ariya Single Seater Concept. The all-electric Nissan Ariya is a high-performance exploration, development, and...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of...
Hermann Lang Vittorio Jano 1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper (1964). 3 Peter Bryant, designer of the Ti22, Shadow MkII and Shadow MkIII Can-Am cars, born in London, England (1937). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
The second Historic Festival took place at Donington Park in the English Midlands over the weekend of May 5–6. The...
Rick Mears Alain Prost 1 John Surtees drives a Ferrari 312 to victory in the nonchampionship Syracuse Grand Prix in...
The latest incarnation of the Silverstone Classic took place around the full Grand Prix circuit on the weekend of July 24–26, 2009. This event was once the leading historic motor sport gathering in Europe, and in recent years a succession of promoters have made brave attempts to revive former glories....
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
With 1128 horsepower, the Nissan R90CK is the most powerful car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In this...
A collection of 10 cars raced by Paul Newman will highlight the more than 350 classic and collector cars to be displayed at the 8thannual San Marino Motor Classic, Southern California’s premier Concours d’Elegance. The event will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2018,atbeautiful Lacy Park in San Marino, California....
Watch this Nissan R91CP car driven by Katsu Kubota in the Group C Racing series at Mugello Circuit in Italy....
The 41st edition of Historic Sportscar Racing’s Classic Motorsports Mitty will return to Road Atlanta next spring, April 26-29, 2018, with...
Let me get my bias out of the way, right up front—I’m not a NASCAR fan. Though I’ve tried at various times to convince myself that I like NASCAR—in the same way that I occasionally try to convince myself that I like Brussell Sprouts—I just can’t do it. So this...
The original Datsun 240Z made its debut in the fall of 1969 and immediately set the sports car world on...
Launched in February 1969, this was the first Skyline to wear the GT-R badge. This special model was heavily modified...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria, Australia (1987). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
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