I remember that the Reader’s Digest used to have a series of articles titled some-thing like “The Most Unforgettable Character...
Road racing in America started just after World War II and rapidly grew into a phenomenon. While many of the cars competing on American asphalt were expensive jobs built in Europe, a great number of enthusiasts disappeared into the garage to build their own road racing specials. They bent tubes,...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man,...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It resulted in transforming Cobras into world-class automobiles, not only on tracks, but also on roads. The relationship between the two was not just a business one, it was also very...
In a recent letter to Vintage Racecar, David Carroll mentioned that he owns an HRG. Regardless of anything else, like...
Since the doors opened in 1924, the MG Car Company of Great Britain has been producing interesting and innovative automobiles....
No doubt by now you’ve heard of the passing of Paul Newman. Newman’s impact on the worlds of acting and philanthropy were nothing short of massive. This was underscored by the fact that the Los Angeles Times ran an obituary/memorial that was perhaps the longest single article I’ve ever seen...
Three weeks after he had won the 1966 Grand Prix of Monaco in an aging, works, 2-liter, V-8 BRM P261, Jackie...
There were a number of outstanding road-race weekends during the fifties. Phil Hill’s win at the first Pebble Beach comes...
There was something missing from the recent Olympics—motor sport. I can think of no good reason why, when we have synchronized swimming, the Franklin Mint of sport. The Arts were included in the Grecian Olympics, but the competitors had a shared cultural perspective. In 12 BC, King Herod sponsored the...
The Merrimack Street Garage of Manchester, New Hampshire, is steeped in tradition. The place has been an automotive landmark for...
Grand Prix racing comes with a new look in 2009. Among other significant technical changes—wider cars, grooveless slicks, and Kinetic...
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The planning for this issue was complete and work well under way, when, on August 28, we received the very...
How will history remember Count Wolf-gang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximillian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips? “Von Krash,” as the dim-witted sniggeringly...
On August 28, we lost our great and good champion, Phil Hill. The entire world of motor sports is saddened. He was a wonderful and honorable friend who will be sorely missed. After hearing of Phil’s passing, it was inevitable that many of us were on the phone with one...
For the 1955 season, Monza was refurbished and the Milan Auto Club considered an oval race. Contact was made with...
One of my favorite telephone conversations of 2007 was with 1950s Bonneville-racing-legend Denny Larsen. For those of you unfamiliar, Larsen...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here for the annual Monterey Historics pilgrimage (of which, there will be a full report in next month’s issue). This year, because we had so many of our people up for...
Georges Louis Frederic Boillot Biography Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was born in Valentigney, France on August 3rd, 1884 A mechanic...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
I was intrigued by the letter from Rob Connearney in the August issue of Vintage Racecar. Crosley Hot Shots were, indeed, fitted with Goodyear-Hawley “spot” disc brakes for a spell, but these were prone to bind and were replaced by Bendix drum brakes. Crosley was the first, but the system...
The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a...
Just as we were going to press last month, we learned of the …..tragic death of historic racer Dino Crescentini,...
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged with a likable but sometimes gruff personality. Hulme never regarded himself a star, even if that were the case, and often went unrecognized in the most public of places, among...
I don’t remember when I first met Lance Reventlow, but it must have been through my buddy, Bruce Kessler, who...
Foretelling the future is impossible, yet that is what executives in car companies have to do. When I was a...
There’s always been something magical about the H-Modified cars of the ’50s and early ’60s. These 750-cc (and later 850-cc) weapons were driven with zing and enthusiasm, not grunt and anger. And the very best drove ’em foot to the floor all the way around, not hard on brakes, hard...
