Despite the weather, the IROC Camaro proved capable on both the oval track at Rockingham and Silverstone’s club circuit. Photo: Pete Austin...
Touring car racing has usually been seen as the court jester to the serious stuff of single-seaters, but in a...
Tom Kendall may be best remembered for his dominant 1997 championship season in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series when he set a record with 11 consecutive victories in Jack Roush’s All Sport Ford Mustang on the way to his fourth Trans-Am crown, but he’s much more than that. He began his...
When I was young, growing up in Spain was very difficult for lovers of motor racing. The Spanish were then...
On the one hand, they are ideal sports cars, and on the another an aberration in Porsche history: the transaxle...
By Edwin Baaske | Photos by Theodor Barth Eckhard Schimpf has brought together the most important cars from Jägermeister Racing — the team that sent greats like Graham Hill, Niki Lauda, Stefan Bellof, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Jochen Mass, and Jacky Ickx to the start from 1972 to 2000. He recently acquired...
In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie...
Tony SouthgatePhoto: Pete Austin At the end of the 1972 season, I left BRM to join Don Nichols and his Shadow race team, my brief was not only to design a Formula One challenger, but also to work on a new sports racing Can-Am car, the DN2. Shadow had competed...
Jacky Ickx reset the lap record for the Circuit de la Sarthe multiple times during his virtuoso night stints in...
Denny Hulme Gianpiero Moretti 1 Gober Sosebee, driving a Chrysler, wins the NASCAR Grand National race at Hayloft Speedway in...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962-1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
Augie Pabst: Behind the Wheel By Robert Birmingham Augie Pabst grew up an heir to the family brewing business, and one...
Russo and Steele’s 4th Annual Newport Beach Collector Car Auction, scheduled for June 10-12 at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort,...
Elkhart Lake’s Road America hosts its Spring Vintage Weekend this weekend, May 13-15, as the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association brings its travelling show to the scenic four-mile Wisconsin circuit. A wide variety of more than 200 historic racing cars is expected to contest a dozen different classes of racing, with...
In late March, around the time of the New York Auto Show, Jaguar made the surprising announcement that it would...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of...
As a result of my 1967 win in the Kyalami Nine Hours, in South Africa with Jacky Ickx in the JW Automotive Mirage M1, John Wyer signed us to continue our partnership the following year. Wyer’s 1968 entries were Ford GT40s, splendidly liveried in what became the most iconic team...
Eddie Rickenbacker Rick Mears 1 Roberto Lippi drives a Stanguellini to victory in the Formula Junior race at Vallelunga, Italy...
Brian Redman – Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks By Brian Redman with Jim Mullen It’s always good to see a new...
• On page 30 of this issue, readers will find Brian Redman’s account of his first three victories at Spa, which is an excerpt from his new memoir, Brian Redman—Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks, which is available to Vintage Racecar readers via a Special Offer of £10 off the regular retail...
On the Thursday evening of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race weekend, the Road Racing Drivers Club hosted...
March 31, 2016 may be a day that won’t make it into any official “History of Porsche” timelines but it...
Barrett-Jackson’s 14th annual Palm Beach Auction is happening this weekend, April 8-10, at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. This year’s event is, like last year, featuring a Supercar Showcase with a selection of more than a dozen of these exceptional vehicles. In the spotlight will be a...
During 2016 the UK’s Historic Sports Car Club celebrates 50 years since it’s founding. Looked upon by many as “Mr....
Vintage and historic racing—at least as we enjoy it today in the United States—has been around since the 1970s. That’s...
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...
Porsche AG’s museum is set for an eventful year in 2016 on the world’s roads and at classic car events...
It all began with a test report. Porsche employee Rolf Wütherich summarised the goal of the 911 R project in...
With its new 911 R, Porsche unveiled a sports car in classical design at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show. Its 500 hp four-litre naturally aspirated flat engine and six-speed sports transmission places the 911 R firmly in the tradition of its historic role model: a road-homologated racing car from...
