As highlighted in this month’s Racecar Profile (pg. 20), the Porsche 914-6 competed at both the professional and amateur levels...
The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in Hampshire is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. On March 19 the museum...
You’ve just signed super-rookie Mario Andretti as your driver for the 1965 season, and you need a chassis. Everybody’s going with space-age monocoques based on the revolutionary Lotus Indy car. The heavy favorites to win the Indy 500 – Jim Clark, A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, and Parnelli Jones – all...
It’s nice to be asked back! (Taylor was featured in an interview in VRJ in March 1999). Especially to talk...
Montlhéry, France March 9 The Gordini T16 (s/n 31) of Marc Val Vekens receives some service in Montlhéry’s historic pit...
On March 14, 1957, promising Ferrari driver and 1956 Mille Miglia winner Eugenio Castellotti was killed while testing a Ferrari F1 single-seater at the Modena Autodrome. On March 14, 2002 – 45 years to the day after his fatal accident – a bust of Castellotti was unveiled at the entrance...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
If you’re a regular reader of Vintage Racecar (and I hope you are!), then you’ve likely noticed a recent increase...
Tall, quiet-spoken and modest Giulio Alfieri, one of the greatest motor racing engineers of the 20th century, died on March 20th, at the age of 77. Arguably, he was the man who did more than almost anyone to help create the Maserati legend. The son of an accountant, Giulio Alfieri...
1970 SCCA Porsche 914-6 For better, and sometimes for worse, corporate culture and business strategy have historically played a significant...
Jim Stokes is a boyish-looking 49 and has spent the better part of his life among some of the finest racing machinery ever built. The Jim Stokes Workshops have had a following among the knowledgeable for some years, but have retained a rather low profile. This has begun to change...
James Hunt Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Bob Dunsmore 2 Bruce McLaren dies in a testing crash at Goodwood, England (1970). 4...
Lord Charles March once again demonstrated his influence, and the power of motorsport in the U.K., when Central London came...
Historic Motorsport Holdings, Ltd. (HMH), the group which holds interests in HSR, SVRA and HSR-West, has announced the creation of a new national driver’s championship to be called the Vintage Road Race of Champions (VRRC). Plans for the new championship, which is slated for 2003, is to have a single...
June 2002 Stirling Moss—The Authorised Biography By Robert Edwards As a long time fan of Stirling Moss, I have collected...
Late in March, Reynard Motorsport announced that the company has been placed into receivership, the British equivalent of American Chapter...
Racecar designer Ron Tauranac was awarded Australia’s highest non-military honor when he was bestowed the Order of Australia this year for his many contributions to motorsport. Tauranac is perhaps best known for designing the Repco-Brabham Formula One cars that took Sir Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme to World Championships in...
Sebring celebrated its 50th anniversary this past March by inducting 10 legendary names into its newly created Hall of Fame....
Sebring, FL March 13-16 The 1965 Mustang of Don Nesbitt. Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Mark Donohue shut down his turbo Offy and made one last left turn into the Indianapolis victory circle. Obviously it was a huge moment for him, his Penske Racing team, and even for motor racing history. It meant something special to me, too. Hang a press pass on yourself, and...
One of the most beautiful front-engined Grand Prix cars ever built, the Maserati 250F carried Juan Manuel Fangio to his...
Phoenix, AZ Feb. 15-17 The Ralt RT5 Super Vee of Paul Lisec is pursued by the Chevron B-27 Atlantic of...
The Magnaflow Vintage 2.5 Challenge has been invited as a featured race group to the Pacific Northwest Historics July 5-7, benefiting Children’s Hospital. The event will be held at Seattle International Raceway, which was a stop on the original series calendar. Expected to attend the event, are John Morton, Horst...