His nickname has always been “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name is Adamowicz, but in larger part because...
It was June 1970, and I was en route from Los Angeles to Paris, France… this was a dream come...
Harry Miller Tony Adamowicz 1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a record never to be broken (1955). 1 Graham Hill passes his rookie test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indianapolis 500 (1963). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
The North American Racing Team: An evocative name that is steeped in history and encompasses one man’s ambitions, his passion,...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago. Heading up the...
The 1965 Le Mans-winning NART Ferrari 250LM driven by Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory and currently owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, took home the Best of Show award from the recent Saratoga Wine & Food Festival in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. This car remains the last Ferrari to win...
When I first talked with Vintage Racecar editor Casey Annis in 2005, the conversation revolved around the subject of me...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
The original Trans-Am was part and parcel of one of the things that made the Golden Age golden. Many of the best U.S. drivers and teams participated, as well as most of the carmakers. One aspect of its huge success was that fans and aficionados drove and identified with the...
Its svelte silhouette has been a fixture of our sport for—take a breath—practically half a century. Incredibly, the lines and...
Forty-two years after winning the 1969 SCCA Formula Continental crown in Marvin Davidson’s Milestone Eagle, Tony Adamowicz is once again...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at Suzuka in a Porsche 962. It is the 31st (of 35 races) and final win for the 956/962 in Japanese competition (1989). 4 Stirling Moss, driving an Aston Martin DBR2,...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into...
Bobby Unser was inducted as a Legend of Riverside at the 4th annual celebration of the same name at California’s...
• Tim Wardrop, who was Arie Luyendyk’s race engineer when the Dutchman set the all-time one- and four-lap speed records at Indianapolis of 237.492mph and 236.986mph, respectively, in 1996, has died at the age of 62 following a long illness. British-born Wardrop worked as a mechanic with the Williams, McLaren...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
Some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will gather for a panel discussion in the paddock at Mazda...
A panel discussion featuring some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will take place in the paddock at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this Sunday during the weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorpsorts Reunion. The select panel currently includes Brian Redman, Tony Adamowicz, John Morton and Shadow team owner Don Nichols,...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human...
An evening of reunion and tribute to the United States Road Racing Championship, which ran from 1963 to 1968 and...
• The Cooper Car Club USA has announced the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Cooper Cars with back-to-back events in the Pacific Northwest this July. The festivities commence at the Pacific Northwest Historics, scheduled for July 1-3 at Pacific International Raceways in Kent, Washington, organized by SOVREN. The second...
Editor Casey Annis moderates a panel discussion on the heyday of Formula 5000 with legends like series champions Brian Redman...
Champion racing driver Tony Adamowicz, known to many as A2Z, has passed away at the age of 75 following a...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his racing career covered everything from Volvo sedans to Indycars and Ferrari sports racers. In remembrance of Tony’s recent passing and this issue’s Ferrari theme, we pay tribute by sharing some...
By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost,...