Another door to motor racing’s past closed on January 20th with the death of 92- year-old “Toulo” de Graffenried. Only...
The Midland Automobile Club is planning to make their August 2008 Shelsley Walsh event The Peter Collins Celebration meeting. Peter,...
More than 65 historic racecars will salute Italy’s famed Mille Miglia in the 17th running of the California Mille April 29–May 3, 2007. The four-day, 1,000-mile event begins Sunday atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill with the largest, free, car show of its kind in North America. Historic Alfa Romeos, Porsches,...
The MG Vintage Racers (MGVR) have moved their annual “Focus Event” for 2007 to VSCDA’s (Vintage Sport Car Driver’s Association) vintage race weekend...
HMSA has chosen Porsche as the featured marque for this year’s Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races. Joining Porsche in the...
Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) has confirmed that it is committed to featuring Formula Junior run groups at three of its events this season: its season opener on March 23–25, at Infineon/Sears Point in Sonoma, CA; The Rolling Thunder weekend at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, CA, on May 18–20; and...
In a move that caught the auction world by surprise, Christie’s announced the postponement of its much-publicized sale of a...
Historic Formula One racer Brad Krause lost his battle with cancer on January 24, in Greenport, N.Y. Krause was 58...
Robert de la Riviere (pseudonym “Rob Roy”) was an accomplished automotive artist who lived from 1909–1992. Born in France, he grew up before WWII, painting and sketching automobiles, and in particular racing competitions. Both before the war and after, Roy covered races for numerous important magazines and newspapers bringing the...
April 2007 BRM V16 By Karl Ludvigsen The history of motorsport is rife with exotic machines and spectacular flops, but...
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Ah, spring, when a lad’s fancy turns to thoughts of…well, what do you suppose? Taut curves. Deep breathing. Throbbing… Yes, we’re talking motorcycles, of course. I’m not sure what’s happening to me, but recently my brain has been brimming with bikes. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
April 2007 Birthday Card Dear Editor, Just want to offer my warm congratulations on reaching the 100-issue mark. 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...
Okay, it’s my turn in the barrel. Asked to “do a corner” for VR, I took a look at the...
The Guards Trophy Race; Brands Hatch, August 23, 1963. Roger Penske with his John Mecom-entered Zerex Special, which was actually...
With coachwork designed by Michelotti and built out of aluminum by Vignale, the 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico is undeniably beautiful. It is also an engineering marvel, built to survive 2,000 miles of unforgiving desert terrain and poorly paved roads that comprised the famed Carrera Panamericana. Powered by Aurelio Lampredi’s “long”...
In the early 1980s, the Marlboro British F3 Championship was reckoned the most desirable to be in. The top three...
Sexual debauchery, a regime’s imminent downfall and a kidnapping fit for a gentleman were some of the highlights of the...
I am synonymous with the Jaguar marque. It would, therefore, be strange for me to consider a car other than a Jaguar as my greatest racecar. What many people do not understand is that in order to test and prove a particular Jaguar, cars from other marques had to be...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
Since the very dawn of motorsport, automobile racing has been governed by rules. The very first motoring competition was the Paris-Rouen trials in 1894. Organized by the Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal, the rules were seemingly vague and capricious, including the caveat that the winner would be “chosen” by a...
Richard Attwood started his racing career in 1960 driving a Triumph TR3, but by 1963 had won the Monaco Formula...
Patriotic Races “It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of a persistence by Germany of...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to scrutineering for the Mille Miglia Storica, to enjoy some of the most magnificent road racing cars in the world. All 375 of them are ready to set out on yet...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the...