1982 Lancia Rally 037 It’s midnight in late January and there’s a clear sky overhead with thousands of twinkling stars...
Vintage Racecar Features
1966 Eagle-Weslake, Chassis 1G-102 We have had the discussion many times before…What is the greatest racecar of all time?…so we...
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In the world of Australian motor sport, there is perhaps no more recognizable household name than that of legend Peter...
1979 Ferrari 512 BB LM Here’s a little competition for you: How many sets of rules have governed international sports...
For some, motor racing is an inevitability. It is a passion that they are born with and it is just a matter of time before they slip behind the wheel of a racing car. For these chosen few, this inborn factor elevates them to a level above the rest of...
The World of Collecting By Oliver Strebel-Ritter What many people forget is that there is far more to the vintage,...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
1968 BRM P126 Chasis 126.01 BRM has had one of the most interesting histories of all the Grand Prix constructors. Having emerged in the postwar period much like Ferrari, the team rose from the disasters of the early V-16, a car with enormous potential but little in the way of...
The Tasman Cup is long remembered as a time when Australians and New Zealanders flocked to racing circuits to watch...
The name of Kevin Bartlett is synonymous with Australian motor sport. South Pacific Editor Patrick Quinn recently caught up with...
1962 Sunbeam Alpine Le Mans British motor manufacturers and wealthy private entrants have always been entranced with the Le Mans 24-Hour Race. Bentley started it all with their wins in 1924 and the four consecutive victories between 1927 and 1930. Lagonda inherited the crown in 1935, and then, of course,...
The OSCA of Al Garthwaite on the starting grid gets last minute advice from the crew.Photo: Ozzie Lyons www.petelyons.com What?...
Dave Friedman in his book on American sports car racing in the golden era of racing called Dr. Dick Thompson...
1959 Cooper T-51 and 1960 Cooper T-53 The two Formula 1 Coopers you see here represent one of the key moments in the evolution of Grand Prix racing. From the beginning of the Drivers’ Championship in 1950, front-engine cars were the norm. Through the years of the 2.5-liter engine formula,...
The Resurrection of an Indy Icon John Cooper sits at the wheel of the Kimberly Cooper prior to Tech inspection...
There are a number of names synonymous with Cooper. Charles and John Cooper, of course, but there is one other....
1955 Crowfoot Holden Special The author opens up the wailing Crowfoot Special onto Wakefield Park’s front straight. Photo: Casey Annis Now I understand why Australia was put where it is. When world geography was organized, it was recognized that motor racing would get everywhere, but in places where it would...
Mario Andretti at speed in his Ferrari 312B with flat-12 engine. Andretti was the race favorite having won the opening...
Is there anything Phil Remington hasn’t done over the course of his 60 years in motor sport? In children’s literature...
1971 Alfa Romeo GTAm There is a slight inclination here to refer you to Tony Adriaensen’s remarkable tome Alleggerita and let myself off a complex historical hook. Explaining the evolution of Alfa Romeo’s competition models is challenging at best and maddening most of the time. After about 25 years working...
Harry Arminius Miller (1875–1943) was the greatest individual designer and builder of racing cars and engines of the 20th century,...
To date, few women have made it to the top rungs of professional motorsport, while the ones to have enjoyed...
1954 Alvis Grey Lady At the 2004 Goodwood Revival, a most unlikely machine quickly became the large crowd’s favorite as Ivan Dutton and the late Gerry Marshall pedaled Dutton’s rather majestic 1954 Alvis Grey Lady to a 2nd and 4th in the two heats of the St. Mary’s Trophy race....
Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up...
Dan Gerber started racing in midwest SCCA events in an Austin-Healey in 1961, while in 1962 he also started racing...
1960 Jolus Formula Junior “Fair Dinkum?” Was my response to the question. Fortunate would be a good way of describing it. “Bloody lucky” would be another way. Writing about older racing cars is enjoyable enough but being asked to have a run in someone’s pride and joy is even better...
In 1905, Europe’s racers must have thought it was going to be a flash in the pan, if that. After...
The Tour Auto in France, the Tour d’Espagne in Spain, the Tour of Morocco and several other events which combine...
The history of American sports car racing is rife with talented individuals that raced at the highest levels of national and international competition, yet have been largely unrecognized by history. Californian Dave Jordan is one such driver whose decade-long career includes successes in production cars, international endurance racing, and Formula...
