Following the enthusiastic response from racers to the launch of the JD Classics Challenge, the new Historic race series for...
The Shelsley Walsh Speed Hillclimb course in Worcester hosted its annual Classic Nostalgia celebration last weekend, July 22-23, honoring the...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early years with Lola and McLaren, how he developed his design philosophy and then looked at his experiences in Indycar racing and, back in Formula One, with McLaren and Ferrari. In...
Uli Ehret’s latest watercolor artwork shows the Group C Toyota T87C—a racecar designed and built by Dome—roaring past the pits...
Watch this onboard footage of a Toyota GT-One racing in Le Mans reaching speeds of over 334 kph (208mph) thanks...
In 1975, at Mallory Park, I made my race debut in British Touring car Championship—it was the first round of a new season. I was driving the Toyota Celica Samuri 1600-cc for the Super Samuri Team. I diced the whole race against this Ford Escort RS2000 entered by London Sports...
Some of the most respected former Formula One (F1) drivers are ready to go wheel-to-wheel in this year’s Toyota Race...
On Feb. 15-16, a special reunion of engineers, designers, racers and enthusiasts of the Toyota 2000 GT was held in...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second seat at Ferrari and kept it for four years—no mean feat in itself—where he developed just the right blend of acquiescence and competitiveness to create a positive working relationship with...
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting...
Toyota will bring together four of its works Le Mans race cars at a single event for the first time at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed, to be held June 26-29 at the 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb in West Sussex, England. The gathering will chart the progress from the...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA Sprint Car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race, at Phoenix, Arizona (1993). 4 Mario Andretti wins the sprint car race at Salem, Oregon, for his first United States Automobile Club victory (1964). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Toyota Motor Corporation is known mostly for building rock-solid SUVs and family sedans for customers around the world. Early in...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the...
Let me get my bias out of the way, right up front—I’m not a NASCAR fan. Though I’ve tried at various times to convince myself that I like NASCAR—in the same way that I occasionally try to convince myself that I like Brussell Sprouts—I just can’t do it. So this...
Even though the Japanese motoring industry explored sports cars decades later than European and American manufacturers, its rapid growth soon...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with Trevor Harris where they performed what he called “the ultimate male-bonding experience.” In this second part of VR Associate Editor John Zimmermann’s interview, Burness discusses the achievement he considers the...
When the first Supra came on the scene in 1979—designation A40—it was not a stand-alone machine; it was a riff...
Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One,...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start with the annual orgy of collecting that is the Scottsdale auctions. While I want to come back around to what the overall market seems to be doing and where it...
1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the...
Where I live I often see an Alvis TA 14 “woodie,” the owner’s sole car. It has no catalytic converter...
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...
Then. I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best...
Just looking at the cover of VR this month, you’ll realize something is different. For only the second time, in...
Looking back, I have to say I enjoyed every moment of my racing career. From the first time I ever sat in a racing car I couldn’t believe something like this was happening to me. It was my hobby, my passion, and became my life. In Belgium I started as...