Road Atlanta, GA May 3–5, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
For over 50 years, the Chevrolet Corvette has been considered by many to be “America’s sports car.” And as early...
Pacific Raceways, WA April 18–20,2008 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. Enjoy...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
Take a James Bond girl, a double Formula One World Champion, the mayor of Moscow, a fashion mogul, and the...
Rome-Brescia-Rome, Italy May 15–18,2008 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. Enjoy our...
John Surtees, the only man yet to win World Championships on both two and four wheels, has been named an...
The story of the Alfa Romeo 158 is packed with heroes, starting with its designer, Gioacchino Colombo. He submitted his...
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...
British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the...
1959 OSCA | 1960 Lotus 18 | 1963 Brabham BT6 Regular readers of VR will know that we have a fondness for...
Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One, has been killed in a head-on crash during a vintage rally near his South African home city of George. A mini van apparently pulled out from behind a truck into...
Monaco, Monte Carlo May 10–11, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
French Grand Prix; Dijon-Prenois, July 1,1979. Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80. It was not a success, and the team subsequently reverted to the Lotus 79. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203)...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna...
In 1953, Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt won Le Mans in this Jaguar C Type, the last remaining one of...
Reno, NV May 2–4,2008 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. Enjoy our...
I don’t have one favorite racecar; I have several: the Daytona Coupe I raced at Le Mans with Dan Gurney,...
On this, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Monterey Historics, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see...
Fifty-one years after winning his fifth and final world championship, Juan Manuel Fangio is still my favorite F1 driver. Never mind that I never actually saw him race an F1 car, not for real. But I believe I know what I would have seen. That’s because I grew up feasting...
In Zen Buddhism it is called a Koan, a question that can only be answered through intuition, not rationale understanding…what...
Silverstone Circuit, UK April 26, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
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...
Lime Rock Park, CT May 2–3, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
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...
Photo: Dennis Gray If you’ve ever attended the Monterey Historics, the Wine Country Classic, a Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG),...
Justly famous for corners such as the Corkscrew and Andretti (a.k.a. Turn 2), plain-named Turn Six is actually one of...
Parabolica Publishing and Vintage Racecar are pleased to announce that noted racing historian and author John Zimmermann has assumed the newly created position of Associate Editor. With over 30 years of motorsport journalism experience with titles such as AutoWeek, Road & Track, Formula, On Track, and most recently as Editor...