Over the course of nearly seven decades of Formula One history, only three men have ever won a World Championship...
The son of a wealthy Tennessee family, Pete Kreis had grown up during the time that European manufacturers dominated automobile...
F. Perry hurls his Frazer-Nash around the Chateau Impney course.Photo: Hugh Miller Set in 140 acres of rolling, English, Worcestershire countryside—with its own lakes, waterfalls and ornamental garden—Chateau Impney, or Impney Hall as it was originally known, was constructed 140 years ago by industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Member of Parliament,...
Is 263.4 kph, or 163.7 mph, the maximum speed of a new twin-turbo V12 people-carrier? The speed of a motorcyclist...
Lots of car buffs have fantasized about designing and/or building their own four-wheeler at one time or another. Fewer have...
Engineer, Champion Rider, Champion Driver and Team Manager John Surtees, four-time motorcycle World Champion, aboard one of his title-taking MV Agusta bikes in 2010.Photo: Roger Dixon Mark Donohue talked of “the unfair advantage,” the way in which a driver with an engineering background was always one step ahead of his competitors....
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
Hermann Paul Müller’s Auto Union heads into Schwantz Curve in 1938.Photo: Simon Lewis Donington devotee John Bailie is researching, designing...
The inaugural 1966 Trans-Am season turned out to be a great success for the S.C.C.A, and for American road racing in general. The season featured lots of close racing, recognizable cars and a host of great drivers including A.J. Foyt, Richard Petty, Jerry Titus and even a young up-and-comer named...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
American Customer Sports Racing Cars of the 1950s Everyone has heard of the scandalously beautiful Scarabs, the ground-pounding Cunninghams and...
Entering the 1974 season, a pair of fresh, new faces began exerting significant influence upon Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (left) and Niki Lauda.Photo: Giorgio Nada By the end of 1969, Mauro Forghieri had become the head of Ferrari’s Advanced Studies Office with the task of designing a new car...
The 12-Hours of Sebring remains the oldest established sports car endurance race to be held in the United States, although...
In honor of this [December 2006] being our 100th issue, we reproduce here on the following pages some selections from our Inaugural Issue, September 1998. 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....
Back in the June 2008 issue of Vintage Racecar we announced that two special 4-cylinder Austin-Healeys were being prepared in...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
The 5th annual Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix held in 1956 achieved international prominence when, for the first time, four major European constructors entered cars and drivers in that event. Teams from Italian auto manufacturers Ferrari and Maserati, along with English auto manufacturers Jaguar and Aston Martin made their way...
The Expert’s Guide to Collecting FUNDAMENTALS OF MOTORSPORT BOOK COLLECTING by Chris Knapman Book collecting is a very personal pastime,...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing...
One of the great things about the growth of historic racing over the past decade is the wide variety of events in which an owner can now participate. In addition to the enormous (and growing!) selection of historic race events, there are now more and more fantastic non-racing events open...
In the first of a two-part series, Robert Newman explores the amazing life and career of “The Flying Mantuan” –...
The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
Automobile manufacturers have long used racing as a tool for both exploring new technologies and advancing marketing agendas, and one of the richest of these competition records belongs to Jaguar. In North America, much of that history has been written by Bob Tullius’ Group 44 Inc. Commencing with an SCCA...
Safe Vintage Racing Needn’t Be Vintage No, your 1950 Allard K2 did not come with a roll bar or head...
An image of Reid Railton with his parents depicted the engineer at the time of his decision, supported by Henry...
The assembled gladiators, left to right: Alain Mahé, Jean-Francois Piot, Jacques Jauber, Jean Ragnotti, Jean-Louis Marnat, Michele “Biche” Petit, Jean Rédélé, Michel Vial, Marcel Callewaert, Jean-Claude Andruet, Bernard Darniche, Jean-Luc Thérier, Jean-Pierre Nicolas, Ove Andersson and Jean Todt.Photo: Renault communications Two significant anniversaries come along during 2013 for Alpine Renault....
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
If the name Jean Pierre Kunstle came up in a conversation about sports car racing, it wouldn’t be surprising if...
A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds as it streaks across the heavens, then disappears from view as suddenly as it appeared. This also is an apt description of the 1950’s racing career of a Northern California...