Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One,...
John Surtees, the only man yet to win World Championships on both two and four wheels, has been named an...
The new Group C Racing series held its inaugural races at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Belgium, in May. This new series is a weekend event that includes practice and qualifying for two races: a 30-minute Super Sprint Race and a 90-minute Endurance Race with driver change and refueling. Held in conditions...
This year seems to be littered with 50-year celebrations of various marques, teams, and occasions in motor racing. The 50th...
Vintage racer Dino Crescentini, from Rochester Hills in suburban Detroit, was killed when his Wolf-Dallara Can-Am car crashed during the...
The sun shone on the principality of Monaco for the Monaco Historic Grand Prix on May 10–11, but at times on Saturday morning the Mistral blew fiercely, sending sea spray breaking over the track at the tunnel entrance. Monaco has always been an enigma, and considering the virtual gridlock that...
Take a James Bond girl, a double Formula One World Champion, the mayor of Moscow, a fashion mogul, and the...
Parabolica Publishing and Vintage Racecar are pleased to announce that noted racing historian and author John Zimmermann has assumed the...
For over 50 years, the Chevrolet Corvette has been considered by many to be “America’s sports car.” And as early as 1953, the Corvette was also one of the United States’ leading production-based racecars competing in not only domestic SCCA and later IMSA races, but also international FIA endurance events...
August 2008 Inside IMSA’s Legendary GTP Race Cars The Prototype Experience By J. A. Martin and Michael J. Fuller Among...
Pacific Raceways, WA April 18–20,2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Silverstone Circuit, UK April 26, 2008 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 premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
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Fifty-one years after winning his fifth and final world championship, Juan Manuel Fangio is still my favorite F1 driver. Never...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda crashes his Ferrari on the second lap and suffers serious burns that nearly kill him. Six weeks later, Lauda returns to racing (1976). 2 Ronnie Bucknum debuts the Honda RA271...
For as long as he can remember, James Peacock of Long Beach, California, has been afflicted with a palate for...
Justly famous for corners such as the Corkscrew and Andretti (a.k.a. Turn 2), plain-named Turn Six is actually one of the more important corners at this world-famous track. As you’ll remember from “Racecar Driving 101,” good lap times are based on straightaway speeds. Straightaway speeds are based on corner exit...
French Grand Prix; Dijon-Prenois, July 1,1979. Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80. It was not a success, and the...
In 1953, Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt won Le Mans in this Jaguar C Type, the last remaining one of...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown, as it is difficult to pinpoint when a special builder became a constructor. In the interest of historical accuracy, I have discussed the matter with Eric Broadley, John Crosslé, and...
On this, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Monterey Historics, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see...
I don’t have one favorite racecar; I have several: the Daytona Coupe I raced at Le Mans with Dan Gurney,...
Mario Andretti I had three different seasons in Alfa Romeo sports cars. People remember that I drove for them in Grand Prix races but they often don’t recall that I did my time in the Tipo 33 sports cars. The start was at Daytona with the 2-liter car in 1968....