In 1975, at Mallory Park, I made my race debut in British Touring car Championship—it was the first round of...
Then. I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best of them were either higher performance versions of vehicles sold to the USA, or low-production cars only available in the Far East. The Toyota Sports 800 is a very special...
I actually started racing with the Nissan GTP team late in 1988, while I was still racing Indycars. I was...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
It may not be the most successful Japanese racing cars, but the Toyota GT-One is definitely one of the best looking racing cars made from Japan, watch it in action as its 3.6-litre V8 engine makes some noise while it attacks Goodwood’s hillclimb course....
Just looking at the cover of VR this month, you’ll realize something is different. For only the second time, in...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA Sprint Car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2...
If you had to pick the ten most beautifully designed sports cars, chances are most of the list would contain cars from Europe. Primarily Italy. This comes as no surprise to many of us who are car enthusiasts. Italy does everything with passion, artistry, and a perfect blend of balance...
What a weekend! Winter Jam finally made its return to Sonoma Raceway in 2021 after a yearlong pandemic absence. With...
To Salute Dan Gurney’s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer...
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...
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula...
Toyota has been around a long time. They know what they are doing, and they make more cars than any...
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...
The Shelsley Walsh Speed Hillclimb course in Worcester hosted its annual Classic Nostalgia celebration last weekend, July 22-23, honoring the...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the...
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