The Shannons Phillip Island Classic, held February 10–12, celebrated the 50th anniversary of a remarkable Australian motor racing circuit. Racing...
The amply proportioned Vincenzo Lancia was a double hero, if you will. He was a successful racing driver with over...
Paris, France February 10–19, 2006 The ex-Le Mans Matra MS670 on the Artcurial auction stand.Photo: Thierry Lesparre 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...
The Third International Historic Motorsport Show held February 24–26 was an outstanding success with over 20,000 paying visitors joining a...
Wisconsin’s rolling kettle moraine hills will resound to the roar of vintage racing Volvos when Elkhart Lake’s Road America hosts...
Vintage Racecar’s European Editor Ed McDonough and photographer Peter Collins, co-authors of the new Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 book, were presented with an award for the book on March 4 by Scuderia del Portello, the historic racing division of Alfa Romeo. At an awards ceremony at the Alfa Romeo Museum...
The buzz in Hollywood is that American film company Infinity Media—makers of this year’s Oscar award-winning Capote—has bought the rights...
Phillip Island, Melbourne, Australia February 10–12, 2006 A huge field of Holdens, Toranas, Mustangs and Camaros provided plenty of exciting...
Agility and power. Those were two key demands of the 3,000 and more hairpins, corners and bends that made up the fabled Madonie circuit of the Targa Florio. Agility was certainly not one of the main virtues of most cars that graced the first 15 years of the trail-blazing Sicilian...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1955. The start of a dramatic race. Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling...
1954 Alvis Grey Lady At the 2004 Goodwood Revival, a most unlikely machine quickly became the large crowd’s favorite as...
Dan Gerber started racing in midwest SCCA events in an Austin-Healey in 1961, while in 1962 he also started racing a Ferrari Testa Rossa. In 1963, he began racing Cobras and Shelby GT350s with support, and from time to time as a member, of the Shelby American Team. During his...
The 11th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance was held on March 10–12, and again featured a wide variety of racing...
The immutable rule of life is that every living thing is born, lives and dies. Publications are living things, and...
The historic Le Mans 24-Hour racing circuit, made up of country roads with constructed racetrack sections, has always been a “horsepower track.” “Give me an extra 40 horsepower on the field, and I’ll show you some superior driving skills…” At Le Mans, having a car with lots of straight-line speed...
May 2006 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 By Peter Collins & Ed McDonough Of all the postwar, long-distance, sports racing prototypes,...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 26–February 1, 2006 The team of Craff/Wibaux corner their Alpine 1600S on the Col de Pertuis.Photo:...
The painting pays tribute to Smokey Yunick, and the last ever Daytona Beach Race (Oceanside Speedway) on February 3rd, 1958. Paul Goldsmith drove Smokey’s ’58 Pontiac from pole position, to win by 5 car lengths from Curtis Turner, with Jack Smith and Joe Weatherley coming home 3rd and 4th, respectively....
I first met Maurice at the Castle of Galifet in 1979 or 1980 at a funeral. It was a funeral...
Colin Chapman Mike Spence 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy...
We have had this conversation before! When you get asked a question about your greatest drive, or greatest race or the greatest racecar, you always have to qualify it. I have had cars that did well that I hated, and cars that never won but were great to drive. Some...
Car names have always fascinated me. Brands yes, but particularly model names. There have been countless quirky ones over time,...
Brooklands, England January 15, 2006 An unidentified driver puts his BMW to the test.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member &...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
Racing icons Carroll Shelby (2nd from left) and Phil Hill were honored at the recent NASCAR 500, at California Speedway,...
Forty Memorial Days ago, I sat in the Indianapolis grandstand across from the pits and witnessed Graham Hill capturing the...
As you’ve hopefully noticed over the past couple of years, we’ve been bringing you quite a bit of content from the “Land Down Under.” I’ve always known that Australia is one of the most underrated automotive cultures in the world, but I really didn’t realize how much so, until I...
In one of the press releases sent out by the organizers, the Automobile Club of Monaco, just before Christmas, they...
As detailed in this month’s “Racecar Profile,” the Alvis Car & Engineering Company has a rich road and racing heritage...
