Out of all the competitors who raced at that very first 1948 road race at Watkins Glen, there are perhaps...
After church one Sunday in 1957, a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy named Tom Pomeroy was playing with some of his friends,...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian industries of aerospace and racecar design were at the forefront of a new wave of industrial design. Avro Aviation engineer James C. Floyd had come up with the CF 105 Avro Arrow, a 1500-mph delta-winged fighter aircraft, and Bill Sadler had...
Don Nichols Don Nichols is one of only three Americans ever to field a winning car in a World Championship...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Southern California is arguably one of the finest museums of its type anywhere in the...
During 2016 the UK’s Historic Sports Car Club celebrates 50 years since it’s founding. Looked upon by many as “Mr. HSCC,” the man at the top of the organization, CEO Grahame White, has held the post for some 20 years. Recently, VR’s European Editor, Mike Jiggle, sat down with him...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
It was seeing Raymond Mays’ ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school...
Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin are the founders of Cosworth, one of the longest surviving and most famous names in motorsport. Our Ed McDonough was able to sit down with both of them as they made plans for the 45th anniversary of Cosworth Engineering. VRJ: How did it all start?...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
Our European editor, Ed McDonough, had the great fortune to spend the better part of a week with the great...
Following the demise of motor racing during the Second World War years, there were those enthusiastic individuals, at a very much grassroots level, who championed the cause for a revival of motorsport immediately following the cessation of hostilities. Alec Francis Rivers-Fletcher, known simply as “Rivers,” who once worked under the...
Prior to the early ’70s, safety issues were given little attention in Formula One and, by association motorsport in general....
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of...
Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. is one of racing’s all-time great all-rounders. During a career as a driver that spanned five decades, and one as a car owner that continues to this day, Super Tex has been victorious in everything he’s tried. Before becoming the first driver to win the Indianapolis...
Among the guests of honor at the recent opening of a new Motor Sports Gallery at the National Motor Museum...
Hershel McGriff was an up-and-coming West Coast stock car racer when a friend suggested that he run his 1950 Oldsmobile...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one for many years. After starting out during the 1950s in a Holden (no relation) sedan Bob tackled a variety of events in both racing and rallying with a number of...
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take...
New Zealander Howden Ganley competed in 35 Grand Prix events between 1971 and 1974, raced in a number of major...
Kirk F. White took a circuitous route to his successful classic car business in Philadelphia, entering the workforce earlier than most young men after his father passed away when he was a pre-teen. Because he had to help keep the family afloat financially, he went to work as a gofer...
In August 2000, we first ran Ed McDonough’s interview with Maurice Trintignant, as tribute to this wonderful man’s life story,...
During the late 1960s and 1970s, the names of Leo and Ian (aka Pete) Geoghegan became known thoughout almost every...
Rick HallPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first part of this interview, Rick Hall told of his initial foray into the world of automotive engineering, firstly as a boy with the family business and eventually working for British Racing Motors. His BRM career was in two parts; his initial stint with...
Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie...
In the last installment of our interview with Indy 500 Champion Rodger Ward, Casey Annis talks with Ward about his...
To say that Roy Gane has strong opinions would be to say that Cadbury’s makes chocolates. It’s evident as soon as you open a conversation with Roy that he has strong opinions on people in racing, races, racecar preparation and on racing politics. Perhaps it’s because he has done nearly...
Like many other drivers in the West, Chuck Daigh arose out of the California hot rod culture and became one...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle Neville Hay is a great communicator and over many years has provided the commentary at race meetings, both at home in the UK and abroad. His work hasn’t been confined to trackside broadcasting, but includes radio and television, commentating on events such as the British Grand...