When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that...
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in...
As evidenced in VR’s recent two-part feature, the diminutive under-1-liter Italian sports car affectionately known as “Etceterini” encompasses a broad, beautiful array of handcrafted racecars. This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the memory and passion for these little jewel-like cars. This simple site contains sections devoted to Abarth,...
In the history of racing there have been formulae that quickly become popular and continue to grow, while others are...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior regulations...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category that began the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
The Formula Junior Category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent Bain Vintage Racing Services (203) 377-1658 Lance Coren Certified Appraiser (310) 370-4114 Mark Leonard Grand Prix Classics (858) 459-3500 Duncan Rabagliati F. Jr. Association (44) 181 946 2367...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Kent...
Formula Junior was very much as it sounds, a junior category dreamed up by the Italian driver and race administrator...
Photo: David Gooley, courtesy of the Don Murray Collection It is easy to examine an early Ferrari or a Maserati of the immediate post-war era and see only their curvaceous coachwork or their gorgeous engines; but there is much more to those and other well-known Italian sports and racing cars...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined...
July 2007 Surtees Choice Dear Editor: Like John Surtees [Greatest Racecars, VR May ’07], I also feel privileged to have raced the Mercedes Benz W-125. Indeed, I have now driven most of the 750 KG formula cars, yet the W-125 stands head and shoulders above the rest. Become a Member...
Lotus Bashing? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, OK, we get it, Mike Lawrence doesn’t like Colin Chapman. Like all critics, Lawrence...
Eddie Rickenbacker Rick Mears 1 Roberto Lippi drives a Stanguellini to victory in the Formula Junior race at Vallelunga, Italy...
September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as Mark Donohue’s is that there are so many tales to tell it becomes difficult to know, as Bob Seger says, “what to leave in, what to leave out.” Become a...
Heinz Melkus was born in 1928, in Dresden, and from an early age developed a passion for cars. Heinz was...
Mike Lawrence We are seeing some quite extraordinary prices paid for certain cars, and some people have recalled the late 1980s when prices shot through the roof. Then the bubble burst and, in its wake, so did bankruptcies, court cases and at least one suicide. This time, however, I think...
The H-Modified class in American road racing was derived from the FIA small-displacement sports racing machines popularized in Italy and...
Italians do some great things with cars. Well, to be fair, they pretty much do everything with a great deal...