The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a...
Without a doubt, the racecar that gave me the most pleasure, and therefore my greatest racecar, was the Silk Cut...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, will celebrate both famed coachbuilder Bohman & Schwartz and a pair of 50th anniversaries for significant races at Sebring and Daytona. Additionally, this year’s event will pay tribute to...
Monza, Italy June 7–8, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers of Buenos Aires where Masten Gregory and I led until the gearbox failed. At Sebring I was teamed with Stirling Moss and we had built up a substantial lead, but...
CAMORADI—an acronym for Casner Motor Racing Division—was formed by Lloyd “Lucky” Casner in late 1959. The intention was to win...
The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant...
This one picture is why I’m writing these thousand words. I’m doing so in the first week of August 2008—precisely 50 years since I exposed the negative at Lime Rock, made a print in my dad’s darkroom, and air-mailed it overseas to England’s Autosport magazine. When we duly received our...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at...
October 2008 The Japanese Grand Prix; Fuji, October 17, 1976. Jody Scheckter dances with the 6-wheel Tyrrell P34 in streaming wet conditions, typical of Fall in this area of Japan. He eventually retired with engine trouble. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Georges Louis Frederic Boillot Biography Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was born in Valentigney, France on August 3rd, 1884 A mechanic...
1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius than that of Rudolfo and Carolina Maserati. Between 1880 and 1898, Carolina gave birth to no less than six sons, Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Mario, Ettore, and Ernesto. All but one...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 11–13, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands...
Watkins Glen, NY June 12–15, 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....
California Speedway, Fontana, CA June 20–22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Le Mans Classic has now become the most prestigious of all historic racing events…if competition for entries is anything...
October 2008 Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I saw Art’s letter in your August issue about the Sunbeam Tiger. In 1964, I did a shoot for the California Sports Car magazine, the continuation magazine that Art and Dick Sherwin started in the ’50s. We were at the Roots Group showroom on Pico...
Milwaukee, West Allis, WI July 11–12,2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
Al Stein’s Valvoline Twin Special Hanging on the wall of an auto body repair shop in Berkeley, California, is an aluminum body panel, still with the original paint scheme and the words “Valvoline Twin Special” lettered on one side. It is all that remains of Al Stein’s dream car. Stein...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
October 2008 Carlos Lepro’s Giulia—The First Winning GTA By Bernardo D. Martínez, MD For ten days, in October 1965, a...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a fascinating character, I thought a column explicitly about him would be appropriate in order to wrap up the theme. I wrote what was hopefully an amusing story about a party...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca...
The traditional Silverstone Classic, held July 25–27, this year received a real “boost” under the direction of Motion Works Motorsport,...
Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada June 21–22, 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...