Ferdinand Piëch died on 25 August 2019 at the age of 82. Born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, Piëch...
Vintage Racecar Features
I open the tiny door, diffidently point my toe toward the foot well, and fall into the driver’s seat by...
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an idea rolling around in Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin’s head. Bruce was even more daredevil than most of the Boys. One of her minor accomplishments was in 1929, when she single-handedly drove...
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the brand’s first-ever production mid-engine Corvette, is the culmination of 60 years of mid-engine experimentation....
On 12 July 1959, the Maserati Tipo 60 ‘Birdcage’, with the 30-year-old Stirling Moss at the wheel, made its race...
Monoposto! The racing record of the Alfa Romeo Type B is the stuff of legends. The name evokes the images of astounding victories over the mighty German teams of Mercedes and Auto Union and is forever intertwined with the names of Tazio Nuvolari, arguably the greatest Grand Prix driver of...
The Bugatti Type 35 is one of the most successful racing cars of all time. And deservedly so: the French...
It was 45 years ago when the first “made-for-TV” race series pitted the world’s most famous and successful race car...
The search for rare or interesting automobiles to profile for Vintage Road & Racecar has a few obvious starting points. Concours, especially ones like Amelia Island and Hilton Head, can yield a great variety of cars that are appropriate for this magazine, especially knowing that most, if not all of the...
Thirty years ago, Mercedes-Benz achieved a double victory in 1989 with the new Sauber-Mercedes C 9 Silver Arrows. A third...
Sixty years on from Aston Martin’s greatest victory, when Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby took Aston Martin’s only outright win...
In an era when Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel brook no challenge from team mates and examples of ‘win at all costs’ dirty driving by, for example, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher suggest the concept of sporting behavior has arguably disappeared from top line racing. But it wasn’t always like...
Maserati recently celebrated the 80th anniversary of Luigi “Gigi” Villoresi’s impressive win at the 1939 Targa Florio at the wheel...
Casey Annis speaks with historic racer and founder of The Masters Series, Ron Maydon, about why he chose to start...
Since the first race in 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has always been considered America’s greatest race, attracting huge crowds and media attention around the world. 200 laps around a 2.5-mile oval was a grueling test of driver and his car, a real test of endurance. From the beginning, the winning...
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. I think someone already used that as an...
One of the strongest number sequences ever produced by Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year: the Porsche 917....
As Bentley marks its centenary year in 2019, the British company’s ground-breaking supercharged model of the pre-war years won the marque a legion of motor sport fans around the world. The legendary ‘Blower’ Bentley, with a supercharged engine, was sensationally quick in 1929. Especially with Bentley Boy, Sir Henry ‘Tim’...
The 1957 Ferrari 355 Sport (chassis 0674) owned by Cavallino Investments of Cortland, Ohio was awarded the Spirit of the...
The white 1915 Stutz Indy racer comes alive with a thumping bark and a faint cloud of blue smoke, shattering...
In the three-liter class, one of sports racing’s most competitive, Britain’s Aston Martin fancied its chances in international racing from 1951 through 1959. It was a saga of rising fortunes that culminated in the beautiful DBR1/300 of 1956-’59. On the 26th of May 1957, English cars and a gent from Huddersfield...
The Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupe is not just one of the legends from the French automaker but perhaps...
By Louis Galanos Over the past 60-plus years the legendary Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance has been surrounded...
Brian RedmanPhoto: Hal Crocker I usually start off an interview by asking, “Who are you?” And how did you become interested in automobiles? Brian Redman: Well, I was born in Lancashire. As a boy, I became interested in automobiles, my grandfather owned a BMW 328 and went on to own...
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles opened its newest exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2019 featuring ten race cars...
The story of the Cooper Car Company is well known where father and son team Charles and John Cooper in 1946 set up shop in the south-west London suburb of Surbiton. John was keen on motor racing and the first cars built were comprised of joining the front ends of...
Vern Schuppan The motor racing career of Australian Vern Schuppan has been written up extensively over the years. Born in...
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
McLaren Special Operations (MSO) has completed a unique new McLaren P1 GTR project to mark the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s maiden Formula 1 World Championship. The McLaren P1 GTR is liveried in the iconic colours of then-sponsor Marlboro — synonymous with McLaren for more than 20 years — as...
