Let me just go ahead shout “Fire” in a crowded theatre… aerodynamics have killed road racing. Perhaps I should refine...
Surtees qualified his Ferrari 158 5th for the 1964 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and drove up to finish...
Mike Lawrence The size and shape of drivers is becoming an issue under the new regulations for Formula One. In recent years constructors have been able to build their cars under the weight limit, which has been 642 kg (dry car plus driver in race gear), and so have been...
Then. Lyn Smith majored in education at Akron University but says he would have wound up in jail had he...
Looking back across the pantheon of Formula One greats one can find a rare subset of champions who not only...
Jacky Ickx and the smoky Martini Porsche 936 just made it to the end to claim the win for himself, Hurley Haywood and Jürgen Barth at Le Mans in 1977. Photo: Ed McDonough Jacky Ickx’s motor racing CV is enough to make your head spin. Believe it or not, it all...
Mike Lawrence By now, everyone who wants to see Rush has done so and formed their own opinion. There is...
Then. Southern California is home to a seemingly endless supply of astounding cars hiding in garages, warehouses and barns. For...
For the better part of the past 10 years, I’ve wanted to devote an issue of VR to the history of women in motorsport. Not because there was some commercial angle to be taken, but because while it is almost never acknowledged, women have had a place in racing history,...
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion, Maserati is honoring the achievements of Maria Teresa de Filippis,...
Then. Nardi of Torino, Italy, did not manufacture only steering wheels. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you...
I was given the opportunity recently to see an advanced screening of Ron Howard’s much-anticipated movie Rush. I was allowed...
Quiet, thoughtful, modest, Tony Brooks was all of those things, which is probably why his name isn’t exactly on the...
Photo: Courtesy of the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen In 1983 Matt Jones of Livingston, Texas, received...
I can’t help but laugh when I hear race commentators today, talking about drivers with “long careers.” “Veteran” drivers these...
A rule change intended to draw more European entries to the third annual Indy 500 in 1913 opened the door for Peugeot to bring two cars powered by its 160 hp four-cylinder engine with dual overhead cams, four valves per cylinder and domed combustion chambers, one of which Goux drove...
Then. By his own admission, Geoff Hacker specializes in finding cars that no one is looking for. It’s actually an...
A lot of great names are associated with the racing of Corvettes. Many of those great names—racers like Bondurant, Fitch and Guldstrand—either were, or went on to become, successful professional racing drivers. But in the late ’50s and early ’60s the Corvette also attracted an extraordinary collection of “Gentleman Drivers”...
Duntov at the wheel of the Chevrolet Experimental Research Vehicle, CERV 1, a single-seater that he designed and constructed as...
Then. What do Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Max Balchowsky and a ’63 Corvette Split Window Coupe have in common? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited...
I’m always amazed at how these issues can sometimes take on a life of their own. Those of you who...
The two 3165-cc Alfa Romeo V8 engines in the one car had to be a handful, but that did not...
Mike Lawrence There is plenty to celebrate about Aston Martin, not least its survival skills as the automotive Houdini. A question remains: Why it was so unsuccessful in racing during most of the 1950s? Had it been better managed, it should have vied with Ferrari. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
It takes all kinds of digging to unearth a Hidden Treasure. Sometimes you even have to bring a shovel. Chip...
I’ll confess, upfront, that I’m really not a NASCAR fan. But that fact didn’t deaden the shock, when I learned...
Contracted to race as a senior driver for Mercedes-Benz in 1937, Lang validated his selection with victories in the Tripoli Grand Prix and at Berlin’s dauntingly high-banked Avus Ring, where he recorded a top speed of more than 237 mph with this streamlined W125.Photo: Mercedes-Benz Hermann Lang so nearly didn’t...
