The combination of GM’s Jim Musser and Jim Hall proved to be one of the most potent combinations in autosport...
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1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
Today we think of Fiat’s role in Grand Prix racing as the owner of Ferrari, but the Turin company was once a successful pacesetter in the sport in its own right. Using radical new designs, it transformed Grand Prix technology. Both spectacular and practical, the test track atop Fiat’s five-storey...
When Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth first met at Lotus, little did they think that one day a racing engine...
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2017 was held January 28-29 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
Ferrari specialist Talacrest is offering for sale an early alloy-bodied Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition raced in period by Jo Schlesser. After much competition success with their long wheelbase Berlinettas in the Grand Touring category from 1956 to 1959, Ferrari engineers Giotto Bizzarini, Carlo Chiti and Mauro Forghieri designed...
The first Jaguar XKSS to be built in almost 60 years recently made its world debut at the Petersen Museum...
1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB “Comp/61” Inevitably, when the name Ferrari is brought up in conjunction with racing, the first thing that...
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s comment after the drive of his life…an impossible dream. He said so after he had just won the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring for Ferrari in the most incredible nail-biter...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his...
After 30 years away from the public eye, Nissan brought one of its most iconic motorsport machines back to life....
More with less. When the little guy triumphs over the giants, he’s bound to have the crowd on his side — one reason, undoubtedly, why Porsche has thrilled its fans from the outset. It all began with Sascha. Known to his friends by this affectionate form for Alexander in Russian,...
The Old Gal was on Life Support in 1971 Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In March of...
Lister Motor Company announced a new continuation run of the Lister Costin, a racing car driven in period by legends...
The 2016 edition of Ferrari Finali Mondiali was held December 1-4 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida, the first time the event has been organized in the Americas. Scuderia Ferrari drivers, Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel, ended the four-day event with a spectacular exhibition at the legendary circuit. Raikkonen and...
1965 Ford Cortina GT500 First used as a motor racing circuit back in 1938, for the Australian Grand Prix of...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing career. Perhaps best remembered for his prowess and speed at the wheel of Otto Zipper’s many Porsches in the ’60s, Patrick also enjoyed racing success in a wide variety of...
Racing driver Paul O’Shea won his second title as the U.S. sports car champion in the 1956 season driving a...
Porsche will challenge the 2017 racing season with a newly-developed GT racer that features a mid-engined layout. The new 911...
The Ferrari Finali Mondiali will take place on American soil for the first time in history. Taking place December 1-4 at fabled Daytona International Speedway, the event marks the culmination of the 2016 Ferrari Challenge season for teams from around the world and includes a compilation of all Ferrari Corse...
Ferrari specialist Talacrest is offering for sale the second Ferrari 250 GTO ever made. This car was the first 250...
1977 LEC CRP1 Month by month, Vintage Racecar tries hard to bring readers some of the world’s finest competition cars—some with...
Many were the similarities shared by young American racer Bobby Marshman and the Scottish Legend Bobby Marshman Photo: IMS Colin Chapman called Bobby Marshman the American Jim Clark, and it is difficult to imagine a higher compliment. The two men shared many common characteristics as both were relatively slight of build...
It’s amazing how some of the names forged into the history of motorsport were first introduced to it. Some have...
A Porsche 911 2.5 S/T that won its class at the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours was recently restored by...
The Petersen Automotive Museum’s “The Art of Bugatti” opened October 23rd and features one of the rarest gatherings of Bugatti automobiles in history. The exhibit also includes works of art by the Bugatti family including sculpture, furniture, paintings and more. The display is located in the Mullin Grand Salon on...
Story by Jo Clahsen | Photos by Steffen Jahn At Porsche, the “warehouse” is an unadorned industrial construction housing icons,...
2016 marks the 30th anniversary of a motoring legend, one which revolutionised the mid-size sports car segment when its production...
The work of the internationally renowned Swiss automotive artist Fabrice Lachavanne will complete Vintage Racecar‘s NEC Classic Motor Show homage to some of the men and marques that have excelled on the various circuits of world motor racing. A dedicated “Wall of Heroes” will show an amazing array of the Geneva-based...
