In the world of exotic cars, there are few names that can compare with Ferrari. The very mention of the...
Resembling nothing so much as a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline sedan that was left in the dryer a bit too long,...
Nineteen thirty-five was an excellent Grand Prix season, the best against strong and varied opposition that Mercedes-Benz enjoyed in Year Two of the new 750-kilogram G.P. formula. In its second season the W25 was fully proven and raced as part of a team that was at last operating as a...
This Hustler is not an unsavory men’s magazine, nor is it Jackie Gleason playing a pool shark, nor a con...
Harris-Costin Protos F2 Many of the drivers who progressed through the standard single-seater stages of racing in Europe in the...
I have been road racing since the early 1980s and vintage/historic racing since the late ’80s; always in 105 series Alfa Romeos. But I remember, back in the early ’90s, racing with this little blue sports racer called a “LaBoa”. When I say “racing with” I mean I saw it...
Ferrari 512S In 1967, the 512 was born out of a series of bad decisions by racing’s ruling body, the...
This is the tale of a wonderful old racing machine, now fast approaching its 100th birthday but still enjoying an...
I open the tiny door, diffidently point my toe toward the foot well, and fall into the driver’s seat by sliding under the cowl as I compress myself into the tiny BMW 700 RS roadster, trying not to sacrifice all of my dignity as I do so. I then wedge...
In the 1950s, home-made, one-off sports cars were being created everywhere across the country, the majority of them emerging from...
Out of the shadows of World War II and its aftermath has come an unique Alfa Romeo sports car flaunting...
I don’t usually spend too much time on preamble prior to getting into the nitty-gritty of the subject car. However, in this case, I believe it is totally warranted to explore the background as this piece is a, if not the, pivotal point where not only a new marque of...
When Rod Millen hit the starter on his custom-designed and built four-wheel drive, four-rotor 1985 Mazda RX7 the explosion made...
Sometimes a slogan doesn’t mean very much. Take for example Exxon’s “Happy Motoring” or Pontiac’s “We Are Driving Excitement” –...
The book “Great Marques – Porsche” starts with this paragraph by Dr. – Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the Foreword: “Since the beginning of car manufacture, people have wanted to own and drive sports and racing cars above all. Car enthusiasts delight more in the sporting success of ‘their’...
No racing car exemplified and exploited the admirable freedom of the Can-Am series rules more than the 1966 Chaparral 2E....
Ferrari SN: 18139 started life as a 365 GT4/BB. It was delivered to Chinetti’s 1970s NART shop in Connecticut –...
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was undoubtedly gifted at what he did, admittedly some of his cars were better than others but in general, when Lotus built a racing car it was a good one. The Type 23 design was, in hindsight, one of the really good ones. Introduced at the...
On the Bubble One of the most exciting relationships in sports car history is that of Alfa Romeo and Zagato....
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
1972 Giannini Gruppo 2 Corse The story of Giannini is the tale of the Italian car tuners, the specialists who took many of the big manufacturers’ road-going products and changed them, modified them, raced them, sold them, and supplied accessories for them. Abarth was one of the great “tuners,” however...
Sixty years ago, Chevrolet had the guts to introduce a model that was drastically different than anything they had ever...
When you troll the paddock at a vintage race meet as often as I have, it takes a special car...
The engines roar, pushing the rev limiters to their limits. When the light turns green, the racecars accelerate at full chat, abandon their racing line, and seek out a gap in the fray. One of the vehicles on this day is a Bugatti EB 110 SC, one of only two...
Accused of sandbagging at Daytona, two WSC-95 spyders were in storage until called to duty by Team Joest. Porsches by...
European Editor Ed McDonough recently became the first person outside Team Lotus to drive one of the best kept secrets...
Have you ever sat in front of the television watching a beautifully filmed documentary about the archaeological wonders of Egypt, and were overwhelmed at how meticulously the experts sift through acres of ancient sand to piece together minute fragments of bone until they have reincarnated King Rah’s second cousin, beyond...
HRG was a very small British manufacturer of predominantly competition-oriented sports cars from 1936-1966 – the initials were drawn from...
At Watkins Glen they said, “It looks like the box it came in.” Even that harsh judgement of the appearance...
The search for rare or interesting automobiles to profile for Vintage Road & Racecar has a few obvious starting points. Concours, especially ones like Amelia Island and Hilton Head, can yield a great variety of cars that are appropriate for this magazine, especially knowing that most, if not all of the...