Recently, I was invited to a birthday party. Now, in my current life, this always translates into jumping up and...
Magazines are a funny thing. You hold in your hand the August issue, but you’re likely reading it in July...
We are very proud, this month, to be the first magazine to bring you a test drive of the rare Lancia D50 – in this case, one of the four cars exactingly recreated from original factory drivetrains. Complementing this rare insight into one of history’s most identifiable Grand Prix cars...
As a fan of motorsport, you’ve likely noticed that in recent years the fastest car does not always win the...
As you’ll read in this month’s news, there is exciting news brewing on Long Island, as a strong movement is...
I swear to you, I don’t know how it could have happened. I had been so diligent, for so long – I took all the necessary precautions. I stopped hanging around with the wrong crowd. I stopped frequenting the usual haunts. And yet in the end, I was undone by...
This past Christmas, my wife and grandfather went in together to buy me an air compressor – ah, the joy...
I recently had the good fortune to spend a couple of weeks in England on business this past February. Now,...
Two month’s ago, I wrote in this space about my misuse, misappropriation and general mis-handling of my grand-father’s tools in my formative years (When do those end? my wife asks.) Well, much to my pleasant surprise, I must have struck a chord because I have received more feedback and response...
At 30,000 feet, questions begin to crystallize like ice on the wing… Will the circulation ever return to my hopelessly...
Sadly, there aren’t many “perks” associated with my line of work—terrible hours, constant deadlines—I know, “Boo, hoo. Welcome to the real world!” However, every now and again—if you’re a good boy and are in the right place at the right time—nice people will let you drive their cars. OK, who...
In the world of racing, automotive brands, more often than not, become flag bearers of national pride and heritage. In...
In September, I had the good fortune to be able to attend this year’s Goodwood Revival. I had never been before but, like many people, have followed the hype for several years. Now that I’ve been, I can categorically say that it is one of those “automotive wonders of the...
I sat on my living room floor and asked myself, “Is this how it all started for Mario, Keke and...
As I laid the magazine back down on my desk, I looked across the room and had to laugh. I...
Just before the holidays, I had the good fortune of attending a special tribute dinner at Southern California’s Petersen Automotive Museum. The museum holds several of these dinners each year to honor a different facet of automotive or racing history. In the last year or two there have been racing...
As historic racing participants we often go to great lengths—and spend a great deal of time—attempting to recreate racing history....
The call came late on a Saturday, “I’ve signed us up for a 4-Hour enduro—you in?” Yikes, four hours. As...
I’m currently in the process of filing a lawsuit against Honda and Toyota, but it also looks like I might have to add a few other manufacturers onto my list. I don’t necessarily want to exert my legal rights, but I feel that these corporations have gone too far and...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re...
Can you hear that creaking sound? That’s the sound of me opening Pandora’s Box once again. At the risk of alienating oh, maybe 95% of our readership—I’m going to go out on a limb here and state that, in my opinion, Formula Ford drivers are among the best drivers in...
As you’ll see elsewhere in this month’s issue, 37 sophisticated Group C and GTP machines took part in a historic...
I have to confess that it almost slipped by me! After the Monterey Historics and a slug of summer events,...
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran in the September ’04 issue of VRJ. One never knows how a story like that will be received, as its focus was more on the war and its effects on...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one...
I read with some interest the other day an account of this year’s gathering of the faithful at Hershey. For...
One of the few awful things that we have to contend with in the historic racing world is the relentless loss of our heroes. Sadly, every year brings news of more legends whose stories and experiences will be lost to us forever. Here at VRJ, more often than not, the...