The son of a wealthy textile manufacturer from Vercelli, near Milan, Italy, Marquis Antonio Brivio was one of the great...
To the rest of the world he’s Paul Newman the renowned actor. In the world of racing, he’s Paul Newman,...
Brian Redman is well-known as one of the most successful and versatile sports car drivers of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Late in 1971, Redman joined a veritable “Dream Team” of drivers racing the soon-to-be dominant Ferrari 312P sports car. Redman spoke with Casey Annis about what made the...
While best known in current racing circles as the Director of CART’s Indy Lights Series, Roger Bailey has had a...
Frank Costin had a reputation for innovation and creativity unsurpassed in British motorsport. He brought skills and knowledge from the...
Nino Vaccarella won the Targa Florio three times, and for this alone he remains a Sicilian national hero. His name became virtually synonymous with that great road race throughout the 1960s and 1970s, as evidenced by the large painted messages appearing on the roads and walls on the eve of...
Considered brash and outspoken by some, few can refute his impressive list of racing accomplishments. These include victories and championships...
In the last installment of our interview with Indy 500 Champion Rodger Ward, Casey Annis talks with Ward about his many experiences and accomplishments as a road racer. VRJ: I’d like to switch gears a bit and talk about your road racing career. I don’t think a lot of people...
John Zeitler – driver, engine builder, racecar designer and manufacturer – had a racing career spanning over 20 years, most...
One would expect that winning the Indy 500 and the USAC driving Championship two times, as well as notching up...
If you raced small displacement production cars or modifieds in the US during the ’60s and early ’70s, then you’ve probably been beaten by Dan Parkinson. From Fiat-Abarths and Datsuns to a Dolphin sportsracer, Parkinson racked up an amazing streak of victories, which included being the first person in SCCA...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Southern California is arguably one of the finest museums of its type anywhere in the...
Bruno Giacomelli was born in Brescia, Italy, in 1952. He was always enthusiastic about racing and especially about single-seaters, working his way quickly into Formula Two, where he won the European F2 Championship in 1978 driving a works March-BMW. He managed to break into F1 in a 3rd McLaren in...
His nickname has always been “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name is Adamowicz, but in larger part because...
Hershel McGriff was an up-and-coming West Coast stock car racer when a friend suggested that he run his 1950 Oldsmobile...
New Zealander Howden Ganley competed in 35 Grand Prix events between 1971 and 1974, raced in a number of major sports car events, and has not been off the motor racing scene since his first encounter with it in 1955. VRJ’s European Editor Ed McDonough competed against him in the...
Few, professional drivers can lay claim to having active racing careers that span 40 years. One of the only drivers...
When our European Editor Ed McDonough heard that Maurice Trintignant was to appear at the Monaco Historics in late May,...
Bobby Rahal is one of the most well-rounded individuals to take part in motorsport. His reputation for using his brain in the cockpit was well deserved, and that intellect helped Rahal build a solid foundation for his post-driving career. Rahal retired from active CART competition in 1998 after a 17-year...
Tom Wheatcroft is a man with a lot of energy and drive. Though in his seventies, he still goes to...
Enzo Ferrari, Aymo Maggi, Piero Taruffi, Clemente Biondetti, Tazio Nuvolari, Giovanni Canestrini, Juan Manuel Fangio, Antonio Brivio, Stirling Moss, Giuseppe...
In this final installment of Casey Annis’ interview with Dan Gurney, Dan discusses his “second” career as a constructor and team owner. Click here to read the first installment where Dan Gurney discusses his days as a driver. VRJ: What has been more satisfying for you – your career as...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to...
41 year-old German Christian Danner is one of a very small number of active drivers with connections to the heady…and...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years – Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California to the open roads of LeMans, Guldstrand’s list of racing accomplishments is long and legendary. Casey Annis recently caught up with him in his Culver City, California, shop....
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