Canadian MGA racer Jim Holody from London, Ontario, was awarded the prestigious “MG Collier Cup” at this year’s Collier Cup...
Michael Argetsinger has lost his battle with cancer, passing away July 7 at his home in Chicago at the age...
While crafting a long history of innovation, the Italian automotive manufacturer Lancia has created some of the most technically advanced cars ever built, and its story will be told next week at the International Motor Racing Research Center. Geoff Goldberg, author of Lancia and De Virgilio, At the Center, will...
In response to the repaving project scheduled to commence at Watkins Glen in August, the Glenora Wine Cellars U.S. Vintage...
Bob Tullius “I have often categorized Mosport as the most exciting and challenging track of all,”says Bob Tullius. “In fact...
Eighty-Four Hours of Endurance Daytona/Sebring/Watkins Glen 1970-1971 By Michael Keyser This book captures the battle fought between Ferrari, Porsche and Alfa Romeo for the World Endurance Championship during the 1970 and 1971 seasons. The weapons those factories created for this fight—Ferrari’s 512S, Porsche’s 917 and Alfa Romeo’s T33/3—remain among the...
Masha Pasichnyk is a young Ukrainian artist who is presently visiting the USA to promote her work. She holds a...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography Woody Woodard was employed as a mechanic by Roger Penske, and in so doing worked closely with Mark Donohue on the Trans-Am effort, the Porsche Turbo Can-Am car and the most famous non-winning Ferrari ever, in the team’s Quixotic effort to best Porsche at the...
Photo: Sean Smith Watkins Glen, New York, September 19, 1953. On lap 19, of a scheduled 22-lap race, Walter Hansgen...
Photo: Bob Jackson In 1962, I was Jim Hall’s mechanic. There are many stories I could tell about the five years...
1955 was the last year of racing on public roads for Watkins Glen—September 17. It was the 4.6-mile course up on the hill in Dix Township—the one with the mile and a third steep downhill straight ending in a hairpin turn. If you ran out of brakes or just weren’t...
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Photo: Art Evans Gildred & Friend Dear Casey, I very much enjoyed the article about Ted Gildred. I learned some...
My story of Formula One came into being after I’d driven my GT40 and got all that out of the way. I thought I could become a decent single-seater driver in the various club events that existed at the time. I was studying Autosport one day in late 1968 and...
Devin in the Details Photo: Jeff Mach Dear Casey, I would like to add a few things to my friend...
During the 1978 season, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson dominated the FIA’s Formula One World Championship. From its introduction at the Belgian Grand Prix that year, the Lotus 79 became the car to beat. Between them, Andretti and Peterson would notch an impressive six wins with their Lotus 79s—with our...
Pete Lyons Stirling Moss deliberately steering his Lotus into rain puddles around the Nürburgring—reading about that may have been the...
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...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
There are so many great racecars. I have always liked the Cobra, and I would be very pleased for someone...
More on the Missing Cunningham Dear Editor, On page 20 of the November, 2012 issue there is a letter with the title “Missing Cunningham?” I would like to respond to the writer, Michael Jacobsen to clarify the record. First, the photo that appears is of a Cunningham C-3 Vignale Coupe,...
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John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as...
• 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...
From 1950 until his premature retirement from road racing and hillclimbing just three years later, Tommy Hoan set his competitors...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may have made more of a mark on motor racing safety over the past 30 years than anyone else. Indeed, his dogged determination and stubbornness to get things right nearly cancelled...
