The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has recently announced that it will again offer a series of special “behind the scenes” tours...
I think you might call me accident prone. I had the Miller 4WD car that Dean Butler has now, and I took it out to Pikes Peak. I was hoping to bring it back and run it in the very first Watkins Glen race, but the transfer box busted. I...
While it is oftentimes overlooked, north of the equator, Australia and New Zealand have a long and rich motor racing...
Under most circumstances, I run a mile from making predictions. At an early age, I noticed that all bookmakers lived...
1964 Porsche Bergspyder In the current era of Grand Prix and sports car racing, there is virtually no such thing as a new model racing car from a team or manufacturer and, at least on the surface, the 2003 F1 Ferrari looks like the 2002, which looks like the 2001,...
On Jan. 29, the automotive and Hollywood worlds collided when over 500 guests arrived at the Petersen Automotive Museum in...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Formula Vee in 1963. In order to honor this venerable driver’s series, Road America and DRE/WREP have organized the Formula Vee 40th Birthday Party Celebration to be held at Elkhart Lake,Wisconsin’s Road America on June 19-22. Founded in 1963,...
The new Pit Row suites and garages at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway were debuted to the public this January. The...
Walter Hayes Jim Clark 1 Count Eliot Zborowski killed in accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France (1903). 1...
April 2003 Colin Chapman – Wayward Genius By Mike Lawrence This is the authoritative work on Chapman, no doubt about it. It pulls no punches and removes all sentiment from a consideration of the real Colin Chapman. Mike Lawrence is probably the hardest researcher in the business and he has...
The year was 1970 and these were the Targa Florio/Nürburgring 908/3’s. These cars were very squat and square, except for...
Brooklands, England Jan. 11 Jonathan Williamson’s 1935 MG PB, well-known as “Cream Cracker.” Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member &...
The NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California will be keeping up with the Joneses this Spring… a very special one: racing icon Parnelli Jones. The museum announced that it will produce a new exhibit saluting the racing career of Rufus “Parnelli” Jones, featuring a number of historic vehicles from the...
Virginia International Raceway has announced that the featured marque for this year’s Gold Cup Historic Races will be a tribute...
This past Christmas, my wife and grandfather went in together to buy me an air compressor – ah, the joy...
Bobby Rahal is a man who has worn a lot of hats: 3-time CART champion, Indy 500 winner, 24-Hour of Daytona champion, F1 driver, F1 team director and in recent years historic racer. But on Feb. 1-2, Rahal also added grand marshal to his long list of achievements when he...
The famed Concorso Italiano has announced that the 17-year old concourse, devoted to all things Italian, will move in 2003...
Can Chris Pook save open-wheel road racing in America? Whatever the answer turns out to be, I reckon every reader of Vintage Racecar Journal has a personal stake in it. Even if your interest in racing lies in its past, I’m sure you know about the present struggle to keep...
Two liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international motorsports;...