1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius...
The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca Silver Flag Historic Hillclimb, from June 27-29. Castell’Arquato is a small town to the southeast of Piacenza, itself an hour or so east of Milan. Thousands of visitors from the...
Watkins Glen, NY June 12–15, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Monza, Italy June 7–8, 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 Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant...
October 2008 The Japanese Grand Prix; Fuji, October 17, 1976. Jody Scheckter dances with the 6-wheel Tyrrell P34 in streaming...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 11–13, 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....
The Le Mans Classic has now become the most prestigious of all historic racing events…if competition for entries is anything...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at...
Milwaukee, West Allis, WI July 11–12,2008 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....
CAMORADI—an acronym for Casner Motor Racing Division—was formed by Lloyd “Lucky” Casner in late 1959. The intention was to win...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here...
I was intrigued by the letter from Rob Connearney in the August issue of Vintage Racecar. Crosley Hot Shots were, indeed, fitted with Goodyear-Hawley “spot” disc brakes for a spell, but these were prone to bind and were replaced by Bendix drum brakes. Crosley was the first, but the system...
Donington Park, UK May 31, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
California Speedway, Fontana, CA June 20–22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Georges Louis Frederic Boillot Biography Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was born in Valentigney, France on August 3rd, 1884 A mechanic by training he began automobile racing in 1908. He went on to join drivers Paul Zuccarelli and Jules Goux to help create a novel range of racing cars as part...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers...
Long-time readers of VR, will be familiar with the period photography of Allen Kuhn. From 1956 until 1965, Kuhn worked...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only British Formula 3. Despite this admirable longevity, however, the series entered its landmark season facing an uncertain future after the reunification of IndyCar racing, following a dozen years of civil...
Al Stein’s Valvoline Twin Special Hanging on the wall of an auto body repair shop in Berkeley, California, is an...
Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada June 21–22, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands alone as the premier event offering something for everyone interested in four- or two-wheeled motor sport. What began as a historic motor sport garden party held in the grounds of...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia...
October 2008 Carlos Lepro’s Giulia—The First Winning GTA By Bernardo D. Martínez, MD For ten days, in October 1965, a...
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...
Alton, VA June 6–8, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...