Richard Attwood started his racing career in 1960 driving a Triumph TR3, but by 1963 had won the Monaco Formula...
I guess the best period in motor racing for me was when I managed to have my first drives in...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had met him only once during the fabulous fifties when he drove a customer’s Devin SS when I was the Devin distributor. We became close friends when I asked him to...
The Woodcote Cup; Goodwood, September 27, 1952. Tires smoking, the two works B.R.M.’s shoot off at the start. Nearest the...
There was never any doubt that Chris Amon was an exceptional talent. Mauro Forghieri, Ferrari’s chief designer for almost 20...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived a life dominated by motorsport. Whether going to pre-war races with his father, racing himself in F2 or leading the BRM race organization, Tim Parnell has played an integral role...
1972 Lola T290-Tecno Here is your first question for 10 points: How many racing car manufacturers have been going nonstop...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man, in 1950, Emilio Giuseppe (Nino) Farina became the first driver to win the modern Formula One World Championship. The Italian was also famous for his laid-back (literally), straight-arm driving style,...
Peter Bryant, best known in motor racing circles as the creator of the Titanium-chassied Ti22 Can-Am car, died of a...
My racing Astons started in 1953, and although the first year brought some results, there wasn’t a win until 1955,...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner of an almost accidental Championship Away at the drop of the flag, Moss has already exited stage right to lead the early going, while the eventual winner (#5) can be seen...
1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth The De Tomaso drew much admiration from the crowds at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Photo:...
Lord March opened the gates of his estate to members of the media for the annual taster for Goodwood’s Festival...
1956 Lycoming Special The immediate post World War Two years were best described as austere times for many countries, even those that were on the allied side. The post-WW2 period for New Zealand was particularly difficult, especially when it came to imports, as successive New Zealand governments sought to take...
The author puts his back into steering the Trimax through a left hander at Mallory Park.Photo: Andy Thorpe Was Alvin...
The author found the Amon AF101 quite enjoyable to drive at Donington, now that it has been extensively developed—note particularly...
A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black and white,” the editor/publisher, Casey Annis, whom you now all know well, came to England to have a look at what the new “European team” was doing. I took him...
With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori and Ted Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar...
Tim ParnellPhoto: Pete Austin It was my father, Reg Parnell, who first went to Donington Park in 1934. Living near...
Hermann Paul Müller’s Auto Union heads into Schwantz Curve in 1938.Photo: Simon Lewis Donington devotee John Bailie is researching, designing and editing a book, planned for launch later this year, which focusses on the venue’s pre-war history and the dramatic progress it made in just a few full seasons of...
1966 Lola T70 SL71/48 Proper warming up of components and attention paid to maintaining balance with the handling were the...
RM Sotheby’s has announced that it will be offering a once-in-a-lifetime group of Aston Martins at its flagship Monterey auction...
February 2018 The Crystal Palace Trophy, Crystal Palace, June 11, 1962. At the start, it’s Roy Salvadori on pole in the Reg Parnell Racing’s Lola 4, with Bruce McLaren’s Cooper 55 alongside and Trevor Taylor, in the works Lotus 24-BRM, on the inside. The eventual winner would be Innes Ireland,...
From an early age Robert Blakemore had a passion for pre-war racing cars, particularly Aston Martins. His father owned a...
Mike Hailwood had won no fewer than nine World Motorcycle Championships before he ever competed in his first Formula One...
While 2020 marks Formula One’s milestone 70th anniversary, April has also featured an historic 70 years since Maserati not only competed in the first Formula One World Championship season, but also recorded a famous Formula One “double” win – achieved by two different Maserati racing cars driven by two audacious...