The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International...
Well-known historic Super Vee driver and Monoposto Racing director Domenick J. Billera died on Friday, April 21, 2006 at his...
Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500, was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 27, at the Speed Channel Dome, in the Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama. About 1,500 guests attended the black-tie event. Guthrie was...
In 1936, the first MG “T type” was produced in England. It started with the MG-TA, and then progressed through the TB, TC, TD,...
The Historic Sports Car Club of Great Britain held its season-opening championship races at a revamped Donington Park circuit at...
Australia is blessed with a wide range of historic motorsport from circuit racing to “around the houses” speed events. Speed on Tweed held in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales has now become the place to be in September with local conviviality mixed with enough Castrol R to keep anyone...
Regularity race specialist Giuliano Cané won the Mille Miglia for a record ninth time on May 13th, driving a BMW...
This month’s featured Web site is the official site of the U.S. Alfa Romeo Owners Club. With over 4,000 members...
July 2006 Speed, Frozen in Time : Vintage Racecar Images By Jamie Hankin Readers of Vintage Raecar will be familiar with the fine art photography of Jamie Hankin, which has been featured in numerous “Art History” columns over the years. Now, after much demand for his haunting images of current...
Daytona Beach, FL April 14–15, 2006 The 1988 Camaro of Richard Bryan enters Turn 3.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become a Member...
Pocono, PA April 15–16, 2006 The 1951 Allard J2 of Jim Donick.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz 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 our...
Hallet Raceway, OK March 30–April 2, 2006 Tim Suddard and Joe Hovey dice around Hallett in a TR-3 and a...
I am unsettled. I know it. But I don’t know why. Is it this grass, groomed to unnatural golf course...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Antonio Ascari Pedro Rodriguez 2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the 327.5 miles of the Athy circuit in Ireland at an average speed of 49.2 mph (1903). 2 Twenty-two-year-old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash...
Mid-Ohio is a very rhythmic, undulating and momentum rewarding circuit that requires countless laps to understand the subtleties of the...
The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Tire smoke fills the air as the field moves off with Jackie...
John Michael Hawthorn, the “Farnham Flyer” to his countrymen and “Le Papillon” to the French (because of his habit of racing in a bowtie), was England’s first World Champion racing driver. Hawthorn sprang to prominence in 1952 driving a Cooper-Bristol and excellent placings in the underpowered car against Continental opposition brought...
Automobile racing started soon after the appearance of autos themselves. Those first events, on public highways and byways, went from...
Following the sudden and tragic death of my father Reg, my move into team management was both swift and unexpected....
Ronnie Peterson Biography Ronnie Peterson was born on 1944 in Örebro, Sweden, the son of an avid racer of moderate accomplishments....
Due to the peccadilloes and vagaries of the publishing world, I sit here writing this column in the beginning of May (don’t ask!). In fact, just a few days ago the Indianapolis Motor Speedway officially opened its gates for the month-long high-holiday that is the Indianapolis 500. This year, the...
Is there anything Phil Remington hasn’t done over the course of his 60 years in motor sport? In children’s literature...
Mario Andretti at speed in his Ferrari 312B with flat-12 engine. Andretti was the race favorite having won the opening...
1955 Crowfoot Holden Special The author opens up the wailing Crowfoot Special onto Wakefield Park’s front straight. Photo: Casey Annis Now I understand why Australia was put where it is. When world geography was organized, it was recognized that motor racing would get everywhere, but in places where it would...