Ferrari—let the word roll over your tongue. Doesn’t it taste good? Have you ever experienced—can you even imagine—a better name...
Silverstone, UK February 24, 2007 The Vauxhall Magnum of Adrian Goding.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
California Speedway, Fontana, CA March 9–11, 2007 David Morrison in his Gurney Indy car.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...
Sebring, FL March 14–17, 2007 The 1958 Lister Chevy of Udo Horn.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Danville, VA March 22–25, 2007 Coome’s exotic Marcos GT.Photo: Fred Lewis Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Castle Combe, UK April 9, 2007 The Ford Galaxie of Michael Steele and Barrie Williams heels over through Camp Corner.Photo: Peter Collins 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...
Sebring, FL March 1–4, 2007 The 1985 Porsche 962 of John Brice belches flames in the Hairpin.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become...
Oran Park, Australia February 18, 2007 Damien Meyer’s 1961 MG Midget streaks past the slowing 1974 MGB GT V8 of...
June 2007 Postcards from Detroit: Remembering Formula 1 in the Motor City By Roger Hart From 1982 to 1988 the United States Grand Prix played itself out on the streets of Motor City—Detroit, Michigan. Featuring the glass and steel Renaissance Center as its backdrop, the Detroit Grand Prix played host...
Dennis Gray has been a professional photographer since the ’70s and, in addition to his work in the advertising field,...
One of the premier historic motorsport championships has a new title. Effective immediately, the Thoroughbred Grand Prix series, which features...
September 30, 2007, will mark the 50th anniversary of opening day at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit. To help commemorate this occasion, Bob Rubin is installing a permanent three-screen video artwork in the new golf clubhouse on the track property that will evoke the evolution of “The Bridge” as a human...
Stoneleigh Park welcomed almost 25,000 visitors to Race Retro, the International Historic Motorsport Show, on March 23–25—20% up on last...
We are deeply saddened to report that long-time VR contributor Bob Dunsmore lost his battle with Leukemia on April 15....
Recently, the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council approved plans for the construction of the KCI Motorsports Park on 300 acres just west of Kansas City International Airport, to be leased to the developers for 30 years by the City of Kansas City’s Aviation Department. Plans call for an investment of...
The nostalgic appeal of the Goodwood Revival is set to reach new heights for 2007 with an additional aeronautical attraction...
On September 1–2, in conjunction with the Champ Car race in Assen, Netherlands, the Dutch Grand Prix will hold a...
Launched at the Earl’s Court Motor Show 50 years ago in October 1957, the Lotus Elite captured the attention of the international press for its styling, advanced design and revolutionary glass fiber monocoque construction. Its subsequent racing successes in the hands of the likes of Jim Clark, Les Leston, John...
Hot on the paws of Crufts, Brooklands Museum in Surrey is looking for a new dog star to make the...
Everyone in the automotive and publication worlds was sad to note the recent passing of Robert E. (Pete) Petersen at...
New Zealand is to have a new motorsport complex comprising three sealed circuits, purpose-built garages, industrial units and trackside apartments to service the needs of modern-day motorsport. Construction started in February 2007 and the track should be completed within two years. The circuit, which will be called Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, is...
The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) named longtime track owner, race promoter and racecar driver Jim Haynes as the 2006...
1963 Scirocco By the time you read this, a superb collection of famous, bizarre, futile and fantastic Grand Prix cars...
The H-Modified class in American road racing was derived from the FIA small-displacement sports racing machines popularized in Italy and France. In the fifties, it was dominated by cars derived from the Italian National Racing classes, which were in force from 1937 to 1965. Development of the 750-cc class in...
There isn’t much Karl Kainhofer hasn’t done in over 50 years of involvement in motorsports, from motorcycle racing in Austria...
Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders...
David Purley was a hero you have probably never even heard of, but a hero he most certainly was. If you remember him at all, it will be for his one-man attempt to rescue his friend and fellow F1 driver, Roger Williamson, from a burning car during the 1973 Grand...
For many years now, I have been synonymous with sports cars and sports car racing. Of course, when I started...
I have certain fond memories of the first single-seater racing car I drove, which was a Vanwall. Tony Vandervell gave...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well as tragic to see how it happened. Interesting in that a lot of circumstances had to come together; tragic in that it involved the death of a good friend. First,...
