One of a baker’s dozen of American citizens to have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall, Carroll Shelby...
The Targa Florio; Sicily, April 30, 1961. Olivier Gendebien goes airbone over a rise in the Ferrari Dino 246SP with...
The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 7, 1959. Jean Behra (right) has just leaped out of his Ferrari 250TR/59 as co-driver Tony Brooks fills the tank. They would finish 3rd behind the sister car of Phill Hill and Olivier Gendebien while the Aston Martin DBR1 of Stirling Moss and Jack...
The Targa Florio: Sicily, May 6, 1962. A Ferrari mechanic at the service stop near Polizzi gives a salute to...
During the Sebring 12 Hours on March 25, 1961, heavy traffic in the Webster Turns finds the factory-entered Austin-Healey Sebring...
The 12 Hours of Sebring, March 25, 1961, featured heavy traffic in the Webster Turns. Shown leading this group is the factory-entered Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite of Ed Leavens and John Colgate, followed by the N.A.R.T. Ferrari 250GT California driven by Gus Andrey, Allen Newman and Bob Publicker. Behind them are...
Rodger Ward Vincenzo Florio 1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952). 2 The First South...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier...
Jimmy Bryan Ayrton SennaPhoto: Bury Mason 4 Colin McCrae and Derek Ringer win the Acroplis Rally in a Subaru Impreza (1996). 5 The 917 racecar project begins at Porsche (1968). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is...
Patrick Head James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite drive an Alfa Romeo T33TT12 to victory...
The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill,...
August 2010 The First Ralt? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, Have just been reading the magazine, which I had never seen before. Great read. Thought I would make a small point of correction regarding the Ralt reference on page 53 [Feb 2010]. Ron Tauranac actually built the first RALT in, I think,...
Rubens Barrichello Nigel Mansell 1 Al Holbert drives a Chevrolet-powered March to victory in the IMSA Camel GT race at...
It’s all change for the Mille Miglia Commemoration and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. The Mille Miglia has been brought in-house and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti has come under new management, after being resurrected on a number of occasions by different organizers. For the last five years, a consortium...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
Wealthy Belgian aristocrat Olivier Gendebien has the unique distinction of being Ferrari’s most successful GT and sports car racer. He...
In 2001, our Ed McDonough spoke with Phil Hill about his championship year in Formula One and the oftentimes challenging politics of racing for Ferrari in the ’60s. In remembrance of Hill and his achievement, we reproduce that interview here, which first appeared in VR in our September 2001 issue....
2017 Holiday Gift Guide Leather Tool Bag The GARNY leather tool bag was influenced by the traditional 1930s design. Handmade...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner...
My racing Astons started in 1953, and although the first year brought some results, there wasn’t a win until 1955, and 1954 had been pretty awful. The year 1955 was much better, and I did Le Mans that year with Peter Walker, though we retired. In fact, I retired or...
How will history remember Count Wolf-gang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximillian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips? “Von Krash,” as the dim-witted sniggeringly...