Meet Richard (Dicky) Reigel, a lifelong automotive and motorsport enthusiast. As many of us likely were, Mr. Reigel’s obsession with...
Vintage Racecar Features
Photo: Pete Austin Where do we start with the story of the March 761? In true Sound of Music fashion—at...
Photo: James Beckett Benetton’s standing in F1 Like many of today’s Formula One teams, the Benetton outfit morphed from an existing team, Toleman, then itself became Renault and today it is operating under the banner of Lotus F1. Benetton first began competing in its own right beginning in 1986 with...
1982 Martini MK37. Photo: Mike Jiggle Automobiles Martini tasted success in the French Formula Three Championship on a regular basis. Race...
Photo: Mike Jiggle The Porsche 356 is really the car that “started it all” for the iconic Porsche marque. Manufactured...
Photo: Pete Austin Making its debut in 1963, the Rover P6 was introduced as the new jewel in the crown of the Rover fleet. The car was voted European Car of the Year in 1964 and it revelled in the glow of Britain’s last true motor manufacturing era. By the...
1969 Rennmax BN3Photo: Ian Welsh It can’t be denied that the world of motor racing, both contemporary and historic, is...
Photo: Gilco The early 1950s found Enzo Ferrari’s burgeoning company quickly climbing the steep end of the power curve. His...
Photo: Casey Annis The 1950s and 1960s were a time of rapid change in both the road and racecar world. Technology was advancing quickly and with this advancement, it became increasingly harder and harder for a lone individual—either engineer or visionary—to be solely responsible for a complete automobile. Yet, some...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit...
The author enjoyed slipping snugly into 2617 and giving it a proper run during an HGPCA test day at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin In 1966, the rain in Spain didn’t stay mainly on the plain. It blew eastward to the Ardennes Mountains of Belgium, and hurled itself down onto the Belgian Grand...
All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have...
With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the...
Like most German industrial companies, World War II left much of Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart factory in ruins. However, with time Mercedes rebuilt and returned to what it knew best, manufacturing passenger vehicles. But Mercedes-Benz also had a passion for competition on the world stage and so by 1951 factions within the...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor...
Twenty years ago, CSRG (Classic Sportscar Racing Group) decided they wanted to work with the then named “Sears Point Raceway”...
A year of celebration and change at the home of British Motorsport. Silverstone celebrated 75 years of motorsport at the Northamptonshire circuit, Ever since 1948, when the first license was granted to the Silverstone Aerodrome to hold the RAC International Grand Prix, racing has grown from strength to strength on...
At the iconic Goodwood Motor Circuit, the Goodwood Revival pays homage to the illustrious period of motor racing spanning from...
National Motor Museum mechanics have discovered time capsule finds during the start of the restoration of Land Speed Record breaker...
The Pearl Collection The Concours of Elegance 2023 at Hampton Court, is set to extend a warm welcome to Fritz Burkard, a renowned classic car enthusiast from Switzerland, who will be honored with the title ‘The Collector.’ This prestigious Concours is proudly presented by A. Lange & Söhne and is...
Another great VSCC race meeting at Donington Park; being British we have to mention the weather: scorching sun to torrential...
Il Commendatore Research the Ferrari automobile, and it will soon become apparent that it was built from one man’s passion...
A mere hundred years have passed since the first Grand Prix d’endurance de 24 heures, a somewhat humble beginning for the race now considered the ultimate test of man and machine, a grueling challenge set over 24 hours where the world’s best drivers fight for one of the ultimate prizes...
The upcoming 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed will feature the renowned Mazda 787B, the victorious car from the 1991 Le...
Over the weekend of June 15 to 18, 2023, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association held the Brickyard Invitational at the...
From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54 with a “Double-Bubble” Zagato roof. Highlights of Chassis No. 2155 One of 20 Zagato-bodied A6G/54 Berlinettas Likely the only A6G/54 with a “Double-Bubble” Zagato roof Raced in the 1956 Mille...
After one hundred years of providing some of the finest motor racing on the planet, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest(ACO)...
Retrospect from 1949 to 2023 Having just conquered the most prestigious challenge in endurance racing, Ferrari’s overall win at the...
The son of a wealthy Tennessee family, Pete Kreis had grown up during the time that European manufacturers dominated automobile racing at the Indianapolis 500. When he broke into big-time racing in 1925, Pete and his American compatriots were eager to demonstrate that cars and drivers from the U.S. could...
