In the 1950s, home-made, one-off sports cars were being created everywhere across the country, the majority of them emerging from...
Vintage Racecar Features
Lister Motor Company announced a new continuation run of the Lister Costin, a racing car driven in period by legends...
Ferrari Classiche was established to provide restoration and maintenance services, technical assistance and Certificates of Authenticity to owners of classic Ferraris. Housed in the former Ferrari Foundry building within Ferrari’s Maranello, Italy factory, the 10,225 square foot Classiche offices and workshop were officially opened by Ferrari President, Luca di Montezemolo,...
FORMULA ONE & TWO AT REIMS, 1958 | It could never happen now. Ian Burgess was a works Cooper driver...
Over the last decade, McLaren Automotive has built their reputation with their exclusive, luxury, high-performance supercars, and recently, they revealed...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews with shovels of asphalt and rakes to smooth it out. A 1956 Ford served as transport for the repair crew. The Porsches of Howard Fowler (#63) and Buel Kinne (#112)...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France,...
Porsche’s Spyders stole the limelight, but in the 1950s they had serious rivals in both BMW and EMW, who produced...
The sport of vintage racing is enjoyed by thousands of spectators and participants around the world. It attracts people of all ages and from all walks of life, whether they have previous experience with the sport or have recently discovered the enjoyment of watching or racing vintage or historic cars....
This is not a vehicle for the sports car buyer, obviously. The 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ might, however, be a...
You cannot pigeonhole Hugh Dibley as a pilot or a racecar driver, as he has been a racecar constructor as...
Photo: Kary Jiggle Initially, motor racing in Great Britain was, in the main, a rich man’s sport, entertainment for the aristocracy and directly related to the “Sport of Kings,” horse racing. The Brooklands slogan, “The Right Crowd and No Crowding,” substantiates this idea that motor racing was the preserve of the wealthy amateur. However, the...
Bob Tullius “I have often categorized Mosport as the most exciting and challenging track of all,”says Bob Tullius. “In fact...
In the earlier days of his racing career, Craig Fisher (who recently passed away) raced just about everything he could...
The new Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 were recently announced at the factory in Maranello. These limited-edition special-series cars are the first in a new segment called ‘Icone’ that draw inspiration from the Ferraris of the 1950s. Aimed at ‘dedicated’ clients and collectors, the Monza SP1 and SP2 reference the...
1951 Ferrari 212 Export “Burano” As a VRJ reader, the chances are pretty good that the car you see here...
Fast cars have forever been a fascination. And the enchantment to speed just appears to be increasing. So today, we...
As if plucked straight from an edition of “Boy’s Own Annual” Tony Gaze competed at Brooklands in the ’30s, flew a Spitfire during World War II, raced in Formula One and sports cars during the 1950s and eventually went on to represent Australia in gliding. Our Australian correspondent, Patrick Quinn,...
On 12 July 1959, the Maserati Tipo 60 ‘Birdcage’, with the 30-year-old Stirling Moss at the wheel, made its race...
If you are even just slightly interested in Australian motor racing there are two Sundays of the year that are...
Porsche returned to Le Mans in 2014 with a newly designed LMP1 racing machine, the 919 Hybrid. While victory wasn’t in the cards for their heralded return to prototype racing, with 16 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, rest assured that Porsche will do everything within their...
Every now and then, carmakers experience a lucid moment and embark on a trip to step out of their comfort...
Today the name Rahal is synonymous with motor racing. Bobby Rahal has entered the history books as a top Indianapolis and sports car driver, and his son Graham seems destined to continue in his footsteps. A few older “motorheads” remember that Bobby’s father Mike was also involved in competition, starting...
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO There will be no cliches, euphemisms, over-emotional exaggerations, or use of the word “icon” in this...
1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started...
In this concluding installment of our interview with Trans-Am record-breaker Tom Kendall, we pick up the narrative just after he’s won his first Trans-Am crown and been invited to compete in the International Race of Champions. Then came the downside, and his big leg-smashing GTP crash at Watkins Glen, where...
Mike Costin (left) and Keith Duckworth. A single-seater Brabham arrives in Singapore for the 1969 Singapore Grand Prix. On the...
To the rest of the world he’s Paul Newman the renowned actor. In the world of racing, he’s Paul Newman,...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 featuring ten race cars from the collection of Petersen Founding Chairman Bruce Meyer. Titled “Winning Numbers: The First, The Fastest, The Famous,” the exhibit contains cars from Meyer’s personal garage that broke land speed...
