Photo Gallery from the VSCC’s April 13-14, Formula Vintage Festival at Silverstone, with the HGPCA, HRDC and Benjafield’s Bentleys. [button...
Long time readers of Vintage Racecar Journal will be aware of the husband-and-wife photographic team of Walt & Louiseanne Pietrowicz who have been a cornerstone of VRJ’s event coverage on the East Coast since the very early days of the magazine. While you are likely familiar with their beautiful photography,...
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by...
After leaving Lotus, I was “sucked in” by Don Nichols and rejoined Shadow. He said James Hunt would be our...
September 2005 The Amazing Summer of ’55 By Eoin Young There is no logic why 1955 was destined to ring throughout the history of post-war motor racing. Of course if you’re turning the big 50 this year, 1955 was indeed significant but when it comes to motor racing it was...
The basic site here is very broad-based, but in its “Racing” section is this subsection devoted to Dan Gurney’s career...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing...
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more than a decade ago chronicles one of America’s all-time great racing teams. The story begins in 1957 when two guys with a shared dream became partners and shortly found themselves...
Once, I set out to write the “Great Motor Racing Novel.” There was no firm plot in my mind, but...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and...
There is obsession…and then there is obsession! How about a Web site that is attempting to provide photos of every single car to compete in every single sports car race since 1948?!?! God, we love fanaticism! Hard to believe, but true. This month’s featured site is building a positively massive...
July 2017 Porsche 914 – The Racing History By Roy Smith Writing about a subject is relatively easy when there...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK April 9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts...
March 2007 Racing in the Rain By John Horsman The name John Horsman may not be a household name in...
Vintage Greeting Cards Dinstinctive collection of vintage-themed holiday greeting cards. 10 packs of cards starting at $35. www.viacelli.com/vintage Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited...
Edited and Reviewed by Rex McAfee Mercedes Benz to Victory Circle The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing/Proton Competition Mercedes-AMG GT3 team...
July 2005 The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley Two years ago, I received this e-mail from Robert Daley: “I am...
2017 Holiday Gift Guide Leather Tool Bag The GARNY leather tool bag was influenced by the traditional 1930s design. Handmade from U.S.-sourced vegetable-dyed leather. The dark brown is harness leather, will turn to a slightly lighter, reddish brown color. Leather thickness is 8-10 oz., 3.2mm-4mm. The side panels are saddle...
The first thing to say about www.autoracinghistory.com is that this is a text-heavy site where the word works more powerfully...
Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX October 24–27, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Seventeen years ago, I started this magazine, in no small part, because I was finding it increasingly difficult to be surrounded by so much sadness and death at the National Cancer Research hospital where I was working as a research scientist. Little did I know, at the...
1971 Datsun 510.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco The Sports Car Vintage Racing Association’s inaugural Vintage Racing National Championships, held at the Circuit...
Photo: Sean Smith It can be interesting to trace the genesis of a machine, taking note of the influences that...
This newly released watch by Bremont features design inspired by the Jaguar E-Type sports car, which at its 1961 launch was not only the fastest production car in the world but—according to Enzo Ferrari—the most beautiful. In working to capture the E-Type’s essence in a wrist watch, Jaguar’s Director of...
Photo: Hal Crocker John Bishop, the man most responsible for the establishment of professional sports car racing in America, has...
Motor racing surely can’t complain about the amount of coverage it now receives on television, but transmission of motor sport...
Although my passion and love of motor racing was born in Italy—at Monza during the 1969 Italian GP—my first real introduction to the sport was at Goodwood Racing Circuit, in England, a few years later. In Italy, at that time, we lost many things, including our identity, with motor racing....