Pete Lyons Any idea what we’re looking at here? Don’t wait for me to tell you, I only have the...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a fascinating character, I thought a column explicitly about him would be appropriate in order to wrap up the theme. I wrote what was hopefully an amusing story about a party...
Harry Heuer, whose father was the CEO of the Peter Hand Brewing Company, decided in the late ’50s to go...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to...
If you grew up in the United States, then you were weaned on “The American Dream” —the idea that anyone can do anything, if they work hard and put their mind to it. For American road racing enthusiasts, there is a racing equivalent of the American Dream, but for the...
My column in the October 2006 edition of Vintage Racecar was titled, “Shelby, the Early Years.” For the most part,...
• Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced that American racing legend Bobby Rahal has entered the second annual Classic 24...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
“MAYA –Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable”– was the acronym industrial designer Raymond Loewy used to describe his design philosophy. To catch the eye of the consumer, he believed a design had to be the “most advanced,” but too advanced could mean failure, since the design might not be widely accepted. There...
Augie Pabst: Behind the Wheel By Robert Birmingham Augie Pabst grew up an heir to the family brewing business, and one...
Some of us – we know who we are – go all slack in the knees before certain racing machines. One example for me is the Reventlow Scarab sports car of 1958. They still rivet my eye more than 44 years after I first saw their lovely lines. Why? I...
Coker’s Lines Dear Editor, Your story about the recreated 1953 Austin-Healey 100S Record Car was interesting. The caption notes how...
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Bet you’re thinking of Fangio’s transcendent victory at the ’Ring. The launch of the Fuelie Corvette. The beautiful Scarabs. Jaguar’s...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley After he had finished the restoration of his 1936 Stout Scarab, Ron Schneider took it to...
Photo: Neil Rashba A 1937 Horch 853 and a 1958 Scarab won the Best In Show honors on Sunday, March 9, at the 19th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, which attracted approximately 29,000 spectators throughout the weekend. The Horch 853, owned by Bob and Anne Brockinton Lee of Sparks, Nevada,...
Phil Remington, universally recognized as one of racing’s finest craftsmen, has passed away at the age of 92. Remington left...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
Like many other drivers in the West, Chuck Daigh arose out of the California hot rod culture and became one of the premier drivers of his generation driving the virtually invincible Scarab sports racing cars and moving on to the unsuccessful Scarab Formula One car. An especially efficient and brilliant...
This month’s site, Prairie Street Art, features the work of Chicago-based photographer Ron Nelson, whose wide recognition includes having examples...
The 2007 Gold Cup Historic Races, scheduled for June 8-10, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Virginia...
I don’t remember when I first met Lance Reventlow, but it must have been through my buddy, Bruce Kessler, who was Lance’s best friend. Lance became a significant figure in fifties-era racing because of his creation of the Scarabs. I knew him, but not well, so recently I talked with...
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). Become a Member...