Road Atlanta, GA April 26–29, 2007 Colbi “You Go Girl” Bradley, in her 1972 MGB, heads up the hill toward Turn...
Silverstone, UK April 21, 2007 Martin Redmond’s Jaguar SS100 leads Tony Seber’s Wolseley Hornet Special out of Becketts.Photo: Peter Collins...
Arizona April 14–18, 2007 The 1950 Maserati 3500GT of Budd and Lauria Florkiewicz.Photo: Brian Green 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...
July 2007 Porsche 917—Zuffenhausen’s Le Mans and Can-Am Champion Introduction by Karl Ludvigsen By now well-known to the readers of...
This interesting Web site is devoted to preserving historic photographs of the Cumberland Airport Sports Car races. Held from 1953–1970,...
On April 27, Judy (Kondratieff) Ganley lost her valiant battle with cancer. Perhaps best known in recent years, as the wife of Kiwi Formula One driver Howden Ganley, Judy was an accomplished racer in her own right, with decades of team management experience to go with it. An excellent student...
The Silverstone Classic, to be held July 28–30, on the 3.1-mile Grand Prix circuit will feature an impressive roster of...
An exhibition entitled “Modena Thunder” opened at the Museo della Figurina in the city’s Corso Canalgrande in mid-May. It spotlights...
On April 24, American sports car racing lost one of its leading lights when Bob Snodgrass passed away in his sleep, after fighting a series of illnesses. He was 64. Having grown up next to Watkins Glen, in upstate New York, Snodgrass developed a passion for racing at a young...
The Vintage Sports Car Club of America is proud to announce that “Formula Juniors” will be featured at their “Fall...
The first ever Lotus 72 Grand Prix car, as campaigned by both John Miles (Team Lotus) and double World Champion Graham Hill (Rob Walker Racing) in the 1970 season, has been consigned by H&H for its July 25 sale at Kempton Park Racecourse. Chassis R1 made its debut at the...
West Coast road racer Dick Smith (73 years old) and his stepson Kyle Runciman (16 years old) were killed in...
This year’s 10th anniversary edition of the Techno-Classica show, held in Essen Germany, saw a total attendance of 154,300 enthusiasts...
The 40th anniversary of the world-beating Ford DFV F1 engine—the most successful F1 engine of all time—will be celebrated at Brands Hatch on June 30–July 1, during the Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival. Headlining the weekend’s program of top-level historic motorsport will be Round Six of the FIA Historic Formula One...
In 2008, the Formula Vee will celebrate its 45th anniversary and, as such, a special race weekend is being planned....
1976 Holden Torana L34 A month or so back, Vintage Racecar interviewed Leo Geoghegan, a true icon of Australian motorsport....
American sports car racing in the 1950s is perhaps best known for the titanic battles between Italian-built Ferraris and Maseratis and the home-grown specials like the Scarabs and the Ol Yellers. However, down at the opposite end of the spectrum—the H-Mod category for sports racers with less than 750-cc of...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a...
In early April, I made my way to Las Vegas for the inaugural Champ car Vegas Grand Prix. This new...
Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most famous sportsman. Holding dual citizenship Chiron joined the French army prior to his 18th birthday, serving as an artilleryman during World War I. He later became the personal driver to...
In the late 1960s—1969 I think—I started racing motorbikes in local races in Belgium. Not too powerful machines, just 50-cc,...
I have competed in many good cars during my rallying career. My very first rally car was the Saab 96,...
Recently, I bought a ticket for the European Lottery, prompted by the fact that the jackpot was £66 million. The £1.50 I paid for my ticket bought a few days of fantasy, cheaper than Playboy. Apart from the anonymous acts of charity such booty would enable me to perform, my...
The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 7, 1959. Jean Behra (right) has just leaped out of his Ferrari 250TR/59 as...
Turn One at Sebring is one of the fastest corners in North America. It also has the distinction of being one of the bumpiest (second only to Sebring’s Turn 17). Thanks to starting life as a runway for bomber training in World War II, and, well, continuing to be the...
Jack Brabham Richard Petty 1 Dereck Bell, Hans Stuck, and Al Holbert drive a Rothmans Porsche 962 to victory in...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as...
