The Monoposto racing organization has recently announced the expansion of their racing categories to accept Formula Fords manufactured between 1973...
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Ferrari 250 GTO was designed by Sergio Scaglietti in just over two weeks. Il...
On September 11–12, Britain’s Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) will celebrate its 70th anniversary with its Vintage and Historic Festival...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
Phoenix, Arizona January 30–February 1, 2004 Jim Edwards’ 1954 Ol Yellor I. Photo: Don Rosholn Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all...
Forty Years ago this October, John Surtees added the Formula One Drivers Championship to his already impressive list of World...
Roy Woods, a competitor and team owner in the Trans-Am from 1969–1982, died January 29 due to complications from leukemia. Woods was well known for his success as a team owner. In 1972, George Follmer, driving for Woods’ American Racing Associates team in an AMC Javelin, earned the second official...
Sir Stirling Moss was recently reunited with the diminutive OSCA MT4 that he and Lloyd Ruby drove to an astounding...
Cosworth Racing has announced that it is to remanufacture the most successful engine in the history of Formula One, the...
The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is more. Now add SCCA sports car competition, the Daytona 24 Hour and Sebring 12 Hour sports car races, IMSA-Firehawk Series, and North Atlantic Road Racing Champion. No, we’re not finished...
Stoneleigh, England February 21–23, 2004 If one is good, two must be better. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Daytona Beach, Florida January 28–31, 2004 The 1969 Porsche 911T/R of James Moore was one of 51 cars to take...
Parnelli Jones By 1973, we had a great Indy car team and had won 53 Indy car races. As a result, Firestone, who was a major sponsor for us, wanted us to enter Formula One with Mario Andretti as our driver. So we went over to England and hired Maurice...
May 2004 Women in Motorsport From 1945 By Susan TP-Jamieson and Peter Tuthill The topic of women in motorsport is...
The call came late on a Saturday, “I’ve signed us up for a 4-Hour enduro—you in?” Yikes, four hours. As...
The first annual International Historic Motorsport Show, held Feb 19–21 at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, proved to be a resounding success. Over 16,000 paying visitors attended the three-day show that included over 400 vendors, an H&H Classic Auction, and special seminars on everything from obtaining FIA Hsitoric licensing to the...
The 28th running of the Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races, to be held July 9–11, will feature racing legend...
Long time readers of Vintage Racecar Journal will be aware of the husband-and-wife photographic team of Walt & Louiseanne Pietrowicz...
Friday evening before the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, over dinner in a quiet countryside hotel, Mark Donohue told us about setting a 221-mph speed record the week before with his old Can-Am Porsche. “It’s the only thing I’ve accomplished this year,” he remarked with a small grin. By his high...
In an unlikely turn of events, the historic GTP cars brought by HSR to support this year’s 24 Hours of...
The American historic racing community was shocked to learn of the untimely death of racer and car preparer Charlie Gibson...
To have a successful career as a racer and then parlay that into a successful career as a team owner is admirable. To have won several championships, qualified for the Indy 500 and the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix, while giving numerous up and coming drivers their start, is impressive....
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
