1958 Devin D Porsche Across the southern hills of the Dolomite Mountains of Italy, north of a line drawn between...
Vintage Racecar Features
Huffaker Engineering has been more successful, over a longer period of time, and in more forms of motorsport, than any...
Over the course of his life, Frank Gardner has been a boxer, a surfer and a motorcycle mechanic before moving on to motor racing in Australia, England and eventually, throughout the world. Our Patrick Quinn managed to catch up with Frank at his Australian driver-training facility and found him to...
1968 Lotus 49 – Cosworth DFV Chassis 49/R4 There are few racing cars which have the reputation of scaring the...
The Life & Times of American Sports Car Racing Entrepreneur John Edgar, Part 2 In Part One of this story...
Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin are the founders of Cosworth, one of the longest surviving and most famous names in motorsport. Our Ed McDonough was able to sit down with both of them as they made plans for the 45th anniversary of Cosworth Engineering. VRJ: How did it all start?...
Ex-Essex Wire 1965 Ford GT40 #1010 One hundred years of Ford! Where do you start? There are far too many...
The Life & Times of American Sports Car Racing Entrepreneur John Edgar, Part I John Edgar poses with his favorite...
Sir Jackie Stewart’s career started in 1963, and though he no longer competes, there is no end in sight to his continuing career in the higher echelons of motorsport. Today, he still plays a major role at Ford and the Jaguar Grand Prix team, serves as President of the British...
1968 Fiat-Abarth 1000 TCR Variations on a theme – that’s the one-liner which always comes to mind when encountering an...
If you are even just slightly interested in Australian motor racing there are two Sundays of the year that are...
Vic Edelbrock In the late 1930s, Vic Edelbrock Senior started up his automotive business in a small way, in a small garage on Los Angeles’ 3rd and La Brea. He did tune-ups and general auto repair, and on the side, he raced various cars at the dry lakebeds just east...
1975 Eagle 755 F5000 Photo: Casey Annis In 1967, the SCCA began a fledgling “professional” category for open-wheel formula cars...
Whitney Straight Biography Because of modern commercial, testing and fitness demands placed on current drivers many have decried the current...
Back in the 1960s, if you raced or rallied an Austin Mini Cooper, you would have met and probably been defeated by Bill Brack. Bill started off ice racing his Mini and then purchased a Mini Cooper from Gord Brown who was a salesman at the British car dealership Ensign...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A Mille Miglia Photo: Peter Collins The Alfa cockpit has a number of refined details for a...
For a “round peg,” John Cooper Fitch fits remarkably “squarely” in the pigeonhole marked “True American Hero.” In his 85 years so far on this planet, he has risked life and limb for his country as a WWII fighter pilot as well as for his own pleasure in racing cars...
1964 Porsche Bergspyder In the current era of Grand Prix and sports car racing, there is virtually no such thing...
Many motorsport enthusiasts remember the names of Bruce McLaren and Denis Hulme as part of the Bruce and Denis Show, which dominated Can-Am racing from 1967 to 1972. However, part of the success of the McLaren team stemmed from the people with whom Bruce McLaren surrounded himself; people like Phil...
1910 LANCIA TIPO DA CORSA CHASSIS 307 A little earlier this year (VRJ, Sept. 2002), we had the exceptionally rare pleasure...
Revenge in Italy – doesn’t that conjure up images of Machiavelli and the Duchess of Malfi? A little known early...
“Gentleman” racers Jack Sears and Peter Riley were BMC works drivers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Jack drove for the Works team from 1956 to 1959, while Peter joined the team in 1959. Both raced a variety of BMC machinery, both in rallies and road races, including a...
1967 Lola T70 Spyder 1967 Lola T70 Spyder. Photo: Casey Annis The names Roger Penske and Mark Donohue are almost...
Rush hour, Monterey-style – the start of Sunday’s Trans-Am finale. When an actor or a musician becomes a mega-star –...
The Kremer Brothers, Erwin and Manfred, have been in the racecar preparation and construction business for nearly 40 years. Their names are virtually synonymous with Porsche racing machines, and they have won races and championships in GT, sports, prototype, IMSA, Group C, Porsche Cup and many other series over that...
1964 ALFA ROMEO GIULIA Ti SUPER Not too long ago, I had the chance to take part in one of...
THE ELECTRAMOTIVE / NPTI NISSAN GTP ZX Nissans have been raced for far longer than most people think. Additionally, the...
Bob Curl is one of numerous British sports car constructors who dabbled in long distance racing for the sheer love of it in the late 1960s. At the time, long distance grids had numerous English specials and small production racers—Nomad, Daren and Dulon, just to name a few. But Bob...
