Sportsman, dilettante, racer, comedian are all words that have been used at some point in time to describe the irascible...
Vintage Racecar Features
Long before he became famous for designing and building Indianapolis racers that won the 500-mile race five times, Los Angeles...
In its 20th anniversary year, the McLaren F1 is considered by most people to be one of the greatest cars of all time. Its exclusivity, technical innovation, racing provenance, revolutionary packaging and extraordinary driving experience have made it an icon. In 1988, McLaren took the decision to expand from Formula...
Story by Will Silk True enthusiasts will be the first to admit that, had it not been for the events...
Ferrari SpA recently issued an Attestation for vehicles of historic interest by the Ferrari Classiche department to the 250 GT...
Interview and photos by Greg Wing Brian Donovan, owner, operator, team manager and lead engineer of Donovan Motorcar Service, regularly gives “Tech Sessions” in the handsome showroom of his full service shop in Lenox, Massachusetts. I caught up with him before a recent talk he gave to members of the...
Story by Will Silk BMW is a marque that may appear relatively young in terms of motorsports accomplishments to many...
The original winning car from the 3rd Carrera Panamericana Mexico in November 1952 is to return to the scene of...
1934 Riley Nine MPH Le Mans Special If not the dream of everyone with any interest in motor racing, it must be at least a part-time fantasy of every male who has ever seen an automobile. (I leave females out here as I believe they are less prone to this...
The Car that Made McLaren McLaren In these modern days of disposable everything (or so it seems), one can quickly...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one...
Zagato Atelier introduced the Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa at the XII Villa D’Este Concours d’Elegance, held April 24-25, 2010 at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, Italy. The TZ3 Corsa is not a design exercise. It does not take inspiration only from the 90 year collaboration between the two brands, neither only...
This 1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia ‘Bügelfalte’ will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Sporting Classics of Monaco sale,...
The Ferrari 599XX is the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier on the classic 20.832 km...
The Allure of the Automobile exhibit is currently displayed at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia through June 20th, 2010. Guest curator Ken Gross assembled 18 feature automobiles from the finest collectors, including Chip Connor, Sam Mann, Bruce Meyer, Peter Mullin, Jon Shirley, Peterson Museum, Collier Collection, among...
The story of XKD-528 begins on November 9, 1955, when this sports racer was dispatched from the Coventry factory and...
This 1953 Moretti 750 Gran Sport Berlinetta will be offered for sale at RM Auctions’ Sporting Classics of Monaco sale,...
For the first time since the 288 GTO, Ferrari is bringing back the famed GTO moniker with its new 599 GTO model. Ferrari revealed the first photos and information on the 599 GTO, an extreme V12 berlinetta developed to a specific performance-oriented brief. The 599 GTO is the company’s fastest...
Story and photo by Hal Crocker The voice on the phone was by Maker’s Mark, the sound of fine Kentucky...
Sixty years ago, an American sportsman built his own cars to tackle the world’s greatest endurance race Many in America today see road racing as more a sub-genre of motor sport, with the nation thoroughly consumed by oval racing on tracks that seem to dot the continental 48-state landscape with...
Motor sport anniversaries and centenaries seem to have filled the calendar in the last few years, and as our sport...
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand...
Story and photos by Hal Crocker As it lay there all twisted and rusting its steel skeleton reminded me of the remains of a giant dinosaur. Since the last Sebring Race the old MG Bridge had fallen during a bad storm; could this be an omen of things to come?...
Story and photos by Rich Martin Any race weekend at Watkins Glen is a great event but for me, the...
Racing great Sir Stirling Moss OBE is recovering in a hospital after a freak accident in his London home. While...
1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2 “What goes around comes around.” That, I believe, is a largely English way of referring to “life repeating itself,” or coincidences, or both. This is a bit of a story of automotive déjà vu. 1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2. Photo: Peter Collins In 1968, I made my first...
Porsche’s Spyders stole the limelight, but in the 1950s they had serious rivals in both BMW and EMW, who produced...
Back in the June 2008 issue of Vintage Racecar we announced that two special 4-cylinder Austin-Healeys were being prepared in...
Although he will probably be remembered mainly for a contrasting pair of Indycar accomplishments, Jerry Grant was yet another of the American all-rounders who could, and would, drive virtually any kind of car. After a tour of duty as chauffeur for the head of NORAD Command in Colorado, the Washington...
