Sports car road racing started after WWII on the East Coast during the late forties. The first wheel-to-wheel event was...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and...
The Road Racing Drivers Club has chosen Monterey Historics founder Steve Earle as the recipient of its Bob Akin Award, and named former SCCA President and current FIA Senate President Nick Craw to receive the Phil Hill Award. These awards are presented at the club’s annual dinner prior to the...
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Although there were a number of pre-WWII cars that can be described as sports cars, the craze in the U.S....
The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is more. Now add SCCA sports car competition, the Daytona 24 Hour and Sebring 12 Hour sports car races, IMSA-Firehawk Series, and North Atlantic Road Racing Champion. No, we’re not finished...
He was known as “the Silver Fox,” “the Racing Grandfather,” and “Merle the Magician.” These nicknames might indicate a gentlemanly...
Jo Siffert Peter Revson 1 Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drive a NART Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the 1000K...
November 2010 Remember Your Mother Photo: Ozzie Lyons / www.petelyons.com Dear Editor 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...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to...
In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
Which sub-one-liter competition engine has the most international road racing victories of all time? OSCA? Bandini? Crosley? Abarth? Nardi? Moretti? The answer is not so obvious. It’s none of the above! Now here are a few hints. It’s not Italian. And it’s not English or German or American…honest. And it’s...
• It’s always nice when the CEO of a major automaker shows an interest in motor sport, and an excellent...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
When I first talked with Vintage Racecar editor Casey Annis in 2005, the conversation revolved around the subject of me writing about the fifties, the fabulous fifties as it were. After all, this was what I was known for. I had written seven books about the decade. One of my...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
This month’s featured Web site comprises a large collection of photography from East Coast road racing events in the 1960s....
Gilles Villeneuve Patrick Tambay 1 Patrick Tambay drives a Ferrari 126C2 to victory in the Grand Prix of San Marino in Imola, Italy (1983). 6 Albert Divo, driving a Bugatti 35B/2.3, wins the Targa Florio (1928). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Jack Brabham Francois Cevert 2 Frank Griswold drives an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 to victory in the Junior Prix, the...
With stopwatch in hand, as he gazed upon the action on the track, former Standard-Triumph competition boss R.W. (Kas) Kastner...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human...
The SCCA has announced the addition of a new class to the 2020 Summit Racing Equipment Road Racing program that will include vintage GTP and Camel Lights cars, as well as Le Mans Prototypes. The new SCCA car class added by the CRB for 2020 is named Prototype X (PX)...
Patrick Head James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite drive an Alfa Romeo T33TT12 to victory...
March 2010 The Toleman Story By Christopher Hilton After Ayrton Senna dominated British Formula Three, he tested for four F1...
1990 Penske PC19-Ilmor Chevrolet I first saw Roger Penske racing a Maserati Birdcage at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. He won a superb battle with Peter Ryan’s Lotus 19. Penske was smooth…in every way. He was young, good-looking and very determined. My interest was also sparked by the fact that...