Brazilian Nelson Soutomaior, perhaps fortunately for race commentators, adopted his mother’s maiden name of Piquet when he arrived in Europe...
I drove for Colin Chapman for about four years because I was a junior driver in the Lotus team, so...
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...
The famed Concorso Italiano has announced that the 17-year old concourse, devoted to all things Italian, will move in 2003...
Champ Car racing is in the middle of an ongoing drama, which can be best described as character building. Starting in 2005, CART rules call for 3-liter V-10 engines, just like Formula One. Could it be that some convergence is in the air? If so, we have been there before....
The Thoroughbred Grand Prix organization (TGP) recently announced that Cosworth Racing has been named a primary sponsor of the 2003...
Sears Point, CA March 28-30, 2003 Art Hebert, driving a 1957 Porsche 356, tries an outside maneuver on the 1967...
Perhaps better known as a car and motorcycle constructor rather than a racer, Alejando De Tomaso, 74, died in Italy, at the end of May. The son of an Argentinean presidential candidate, De Tomaso settled in Modena, Italy in 1955, intent on a motor racing career. He drove for Maserati...
Emerson Fittipaldi Peter GreggPhoto: Hal Crocker 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long distance high-speed records with...
When I was at school I used to sit at the back of the French class and I always looked...
On May 18, an impressive demonstration of historic racecars helped kick off the 2003 Mercedes-Benz Classic Days and the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center’s 10th anniversary in Fellbach, Germany. Some of the many highlights of this special event included the rollout of the fully streamlined 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 racing car, which...
Did your heart rev up when you heard Dan Gurney was trying to resurrect his old Eagle F1 team? Dan...
Ex-Essex Wire 1965 Ford GT40 #1010 One hundred years of Ford! Where do you start? There are far too many choices…flat-head racers, Ford-Cosworth DFV, wedge-engine NASCAR, World Rally Escorts, Lotus-Cortinas…and dozens of other fabulous race and rally cars. Though the choice is hard, the legend of the GT40 makes it...
Renowned author, VRJ contributor, race engineer and team manager for the Le Mans-winning Shelby GT40 program, Carroll Smith succumbed to...
While often overlooked in the annals of motorsport history, from 1963 to 1988 the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) provided...
Recently FIA president Max Mosley suggested that the FIA might revive the F2 category as a way of stimulating competition in F1. “I can see the system used in football being introduced,” Mosley told Auto, Motor, und Sport. “The best F2 team could then be promoted to F1, while the...
I swear to you, I don’t know how it could have happened. I had been so diligent, for so long...
On May 23rd, during this year’s Monaco Grand Prix weekend, the legacy of Juan Manuel Fangio was honored when a...
1984 Lancia LC2 Twenty years ago, when Group C sports car racing was in its heyday, the focus of attention was on the moment. As a result there weren’t many people thinking about Group C machines becoming “historic.” When Group C faded, many of us thought we would never see...
I was involved in racing in a very interesting time, when a lot of good things happened and a lot...
An unusual bridge in American racing history was crossed this past August when British racer Lorina McLaughlin became the first...
Tyrrell 001, the very first complete racecar built by Ken Tyrrell’s Tyrrel Racing Organisation, was unveiled at the end of June after undergoing an extensive restoration by noted restorers Hall & Hall. Driven by Jackie Stewart during the last part of the 1970 Formula One season and the first part...
Readers may recall that last month we brought you the story of John Fitch’s planned attempt to break an existing...
American racing pioneer John Fitch’s contributions to Lime Rock Park, (and sports car racing in general) will be recognized when...
A unique gesture of love and devotion almost risked overshadowing the 21st Mille Miglia Storica and its 372 stunning cars in May. The ashes of the late Harry Newton, ex-editor of the magazine European Car, were scattered at the top of the race’s Raticosa Pass by his journalist son, Brian....
Britain’s FORCE race group has launched one of its most ambitious seasons to date with over 12 race weekends featuring...
Donington Park, U.K. May 26, 2003 Ron Maydon sandwiched by John Mould’s Brabham BT23C and Rob Harvey’s Chevron B17C.Photo: Peter...
The 2003 “Monterey” weekend was, again, a jam-packed period of several days of diverse automotive events, with the celebration of 100 Years of Ford the prominent theme at auctions, concours and racing activities. At the Mazda Laguna Seca circuit, the usual Friday qualifying and Saturday practice and racing featured no...