Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago. Heading up the...
His nickname has always been “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name is Adamowicz, but in larger part because...
The North American Racing Team: An evocative name that is steeped in history and encompasses one man’s ambitions, his passion, the glory and the despair of motor racing over a period of nearly 40 years. Masten Gregory Dan Gurney Milt Minter John Surtees Paul Newman Graham Hill Pedro Rodriguez Phil...
The 1965 Le Mans-winning NART Ferrari 250LM driven by Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory and currently owned by the Indianapolis...
The original Trans-Am was part and parcel of one of the things that made the Golden Age golden. Many of...
Its svelte silhouette has been a fixture of our sport for—take a breath—practically half a century. Incredibly, the lines and layout of the original Porsche 911s are recognizable in the most recent ones. And next year we’ll see yet another model iteration that will look fresh and new, but still...
Champion racing driver Tony Adamowicz, known to many as A2Z, has passed away at the age of 75 following a...
By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost,...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human and suffer many of the same issues and problems that we all do. Of course, our image of the professional racecar driver tends to be more along the lines of...
An evening of reunion and tribute to the United States Road Racing Championship, which ran from 1963 to 1968 and...
A panel discussion featuring some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will take place in the paddock at...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The Mirage story is, in some ways, a rather complex one, in that the Mirage was a rare example of a well-known racing car that had not been developed consistently year...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
Harry Miller Tony Adamowicz 1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a...
Editor Casey Annis moderates a panel discussion on the heyday of Formula 5000 with legends like series champions Brian Redman and Tony Adamowicz, Howden Ganley, John Morton and Shadow team owner Don Nichols. Conducted in the paddock at Laguna Seca during the 2015 Monterey Motorsport Reunion....
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
• 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...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at...
Bobby Unser was inducted as a Legend of Riverside at the 4th annual celebration of the same name at California’s...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, but not all of those races were run for a full 24 hours. The first two runnings had a three-hour duration, while the next two...
Some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will gather for a panel discussion in the paddock at Mazda...
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...
It was June 1970, and I was en route from Los Angeles to Paris, France… this was a dream come...
• The Cooper Car Club USA has announced the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Cooper Cars with back-to-back events...
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...
Forty-two years after winning the 1969 SCCA Formula Continental crown in Marvin Davidson’s Milestone Eagle, Tony Adamowicz is once again...