The Tourist Trophy; Oulton Park; April 29, 1966 Jack Brabham with the one-off Brabham BT17, a kind of enlarged BT8...
Motor Racing Legends has announced a one-day meeting to be held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday...
We push Pete Thelander’s 1934 MG NE Magnette out into the sunlight. Its red paintwork gleams and dazzles. The car is bright red because it was built for none other than Tazio Nuvolari— who some would say was the greatest race driver of all time— to drive in the Ulster...
Mercedes W 196 Car: Mercedes W196 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Mercedes-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 76 mm X...
Way back in 1973 the actor Orson Wells, chosen for his deep and imposing voice, appeared on commercial television as...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on that role has had to make many difficult and radical decisions to secure the future of Silverstone Racing Circuit—The Home of British Motor Racing. Some may ask who is John...
Now Auto Union’s number one driver after replacing the dead Bernd Rosemeyer, Tazio Nuvolari and his Auto Union Type D...
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Photo: Allen Kuhn American road racing star Jim Jeffords has passed away at the age of 87. Jeffords was a Wisconsinite who started racing at the age of 27, driving his own Jaguars. In 1956 he heard that Chevrolet was organizing a Corvette racing team, and contacted GM’s Ed Cole...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack...
Hermann Paul Müller’s Auto Union heads into Schwantz Curve in 1938.Photo: Simon Lewis Donington devotee John Bailie is researching, designing...
Quite simply, cars raced by Dick Seaman are few and far between. The British driver was active in our sport for only a handful of years, and for three of those he was employed as a factory driver for Mercedes-Benz. This alone makes it extremely difficult to “get your hands”...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and car stickers bore the legend: “Dan Gurney For President.” The designs mirrored the period campaign emblems of the 1960s, but this time were a signature and homage to the motor...
Now here is a man of his word—and it cost him dearly. In 1961, Innes agreed to drive for Formula...
On behalf of Australia’s Victorian Historic Racing Register (VHRR), well-known vintage racer Peter Giddings is seeking four cars and drivers to participate in an event featuring cars that would have, or could have, taken part in the 1956 Australian Grand Prix and the 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy races. This event...
1933 Tourist Trophy – Sensation at Syracuse By Richard Hough “It seems perfectly apparent,” wrote Sammy Davis after the 1932...
June 2009 Spewing flame on a downshift, Carroll Shelby presses onward with the Aston Martin DBR1 at Goodwood’s six-hour Tourist...
1929 Tourist Trophy – A Great Irish Triumph By the Hon. H.R.S. Birkin The chief threat to a Bentley victory was Caracciola’s 7-litre supercharged Mercedes. My 4 ½-litre Bentley, though supercharged too, stood little chance when we both started from scratch. The Alfas had a handicap of three laps, and...
September 2008 The Tourist Trophy: Dundrod Circuit (northern Ireland), September 11, 1954. Masten Gregory slides out of the Hairpin with...
