Using his pioneering style of “photo realism,” Dutch-born artist Arthur Benjamins created this commemorative print of Tony Adamowicz and the...
Paul Newman George Follmer Photo: Pete Luongo 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. It’s the first F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 3 Sprint car builder and...
After three celebrations on the East Coast at Daytona and Lime Rock, Porsche’s triennial Rennsport Reunion came to California in...
We had run the Datsun roadsters for a season and a half before we ran the 510 and won the...
A panel of Trans-Am racing experts will discuss the series’ 50-year history at the International Motor Racing Research Center on Saturday October 22. Free of charge and open to all, the discussion will commence at 1 p.m. at the Racing Research Center at 610 S. Decatur St., Watkins Glen, New...
Few racing personalities have been involved in as many capacities as Lew Spencer. From herding Cobras around Sebring to managing...
Antonio Ascari Pedro Rodriguez 2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario drives an Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12 to victory in the World Sports Car Championship race at Imola, Italy (1977). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The Historic Motor Sports Association has announced that its annual Sommet des Légendes event, scheduled for July 13-15 at scenic...
It’s been 21 years since the last race was run at Riverside International Raceway in California, the historic venue succumbing...
Some 550 vintage racecars competing in 15 race groups filled the paddocks at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for last weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, as the event marked the 100th anniversary of BMW, this year’s featured marque. What raceway officials called a record four-day crowd of 70,525 spectators partook of...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time...
HMSA has chosen Porsche as the featured marque for this year’s Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races. Joining Porsche in the...
• On page 30 of this issue, readers will find Brian Redman’s account of his first three victories at Spa, which is an excerpt from his new memoir, Brian Redman—Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks, which is available to Vintage Racecar readers via a Special Offer of £10 off the regular retail...
Gordon McCall is founder of the Motorworks Revival at the Monterey Jet Center and co-founder of The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering...
The combination of GM’s Jim Musser and Jim Hall proved to be one of the most potent combinations in autosport...
In addition to the event’s tribute to Dan Gurney, attendees at August’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be able to enjoy a double dose of Trans-Am glory as well, since the weekend will feature both the muscular 5-liter sedans and the nimble machines from the Under-2-Liter class that enlivened the...
Sam Posey was presented with the Spirit of Competition award at a gala dinner at the Simeone Automotive Museum in...
The Petersen Automotive Museum and Checkered Flag 200, the museum’s premier membership group, will present another gala tribute this November...
Bob Tullius “I have often categorized Mosport as the most exciting and challenging track of all,”says Bob Tullius. “In fact it is my personal favorite. Having won six out of the seven times that I raced there may have something to do with the affection for the place however!” In...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs...
September 2001 Trans-Am, The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972 By Dave Friedman In 1965, the SCCA’s executive director, John Bishop, had...
Under warm and sunny skies at the 3rd annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California, more than 340 historic cars took the checkered flag in 15 groups of racing. Cars ranging from a 1911 National to a collection of Can-Am cars from the 1960s and...
Fourteen of the most popular run groups have been selected to participate in the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, August...
Harsh Truth Photo: Allen Kuhn Dear Editor, It is a given that retired race drivers have a propensity for telling...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1912). 3 George Follmer wins the SCCA Trans-Am race at Riverside, California in an AMC Javelin (1971). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Last year the SCCA marked the 50th anniversary of its inaugural Trans-American Sedan Championship event at Sebring, Florida, on March...
Lyn St. James Jim Clark Photo: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 Rupert Manwaring, team manager and assistant team manager for several...
In this concluding installment of our interview with Trans-Am record-breaker Tom Kendall, we pick up the narrative just after he’s won his first Trans-Am crown and been invited to compete in the International Race of Champions. Then came the downside, and his big leg-smashing GTP crash at Watkins Glen, where...
