Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver...
Porsche has been successful in many branches of motorsports, scoring tens of thousands of victories worldwide over the course of...
Porsche has been named official marque for the inaugural Legends of Motorsports race weekend at Watkins Glen International. The event at the historic Watkins Glen, New York road course is slated for June 11-13, 2010. For more than 50 years Porsche cars have re-written racing’s record books in the form...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting...
I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and...
A few hours before the start of this June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, everyone in attendance will be treated to a 45-minute contest for cars from the Group C era at the legendary event. Race fans will be able to witness machinery from Jaguar, Sauber-Mercedes, Porsche, Mazda, and Nissan,...
Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter Röhrl dominated December’s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be...
I actually started racing with the Nissan GTP team late in 1988, while I was still racing Indycars. I was brought in to support Geoff Braham’s championship effort, and met them in Phoenix for a test at Firebird. My first race was the street race in Columbus, Ohio, and I...
Paul Newman George Follmer Photo: Pete Luongo 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station in our suburban village and ride the half hour into New York City, where I would spend hours upon hours wandering the marvel-strewn halls of the American Museum of Natural...
January 2010 Porsche Panamera Porsche’s new Panamera went on sale in mid-October, the end result of a four-year, billion-euro investment...
The Porsche 934 was a racing version of the Porsche 911 Turbo, prepared to FIA Group 4 rules, similar to...
For the first time, visitors of the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart will experience the new Panamera, as Porsche has planned a range of exhibits offering insight into the development of the latest model series of the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart. The special “Panamera Moment“ exhibition, which runs...
Holiday Gift Guide 2009 Oyster Perpetual Datejust II $7,525 41mm, stainless steel case, 18kt white gold fluted bezel, 31 jewel...
Hand carved from mahogany, the Ford GT-40 shown above measures 13 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 3 inches tall,...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and the Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs. Although there was a basic set of rules—the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and...
December 2009 Ferrari 312P & 312PB By Ed McDonough and Peter Collins Billed as “the story of a great car...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to start what would come to be recognized as the defining race of his life. Bruce Kessler Can you describe the main race at Lime Rock in 1957, where you were...
Australian racing legend Frank Gardner died on August 29 after a long illness. He was 78. Gardner was not only...
With Porsche as the featured marque for the 36th Monterey Historic Automobile Races, attendees were treated to a broad variety...
The 7th running of the fall races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was held at the Interim Course, a 4.6-mile, 9-turn circuit on public roads, up the hill from the village, in Dix Township—the second year for that course. People would later call it “the course on the hill.” It was...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
The Museum of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is honoring the 100th birthday of Ferdinand Anton Ernst “Ferry“ Porsche (1909-1998) with a Special Exhibition. Starting today, September 19th (Ferry Porsche’s 100th birthday) through October 31st, 2009 the Museum is presenting seven of Ferry Porsche’s personal cars, among them...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
Pete Lyons How do you stop a racing runaway? Well, you might try throwing more races in its way. Ending...
Story and photos by Louis Galanos (except as noted) This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first race run by what some call the greatest race car in the history of motorsports, the Porsche 917. The Porsche 917 we know today and that was made a movie star by...
