Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only...
Andrea Pininfarina, 51, has died as the result of a road traffic accident in Turin on August 7th. He was the first of three children for Sergio and Giorgia Pininfarina, and died after a car collided with the Vespa scooter he was riding to the company’s design and R&D center...
Long-time readers of VR, will be familiar with the period photography of Allen Kuhn. From 1956 until 1965, Kuhn worked...
1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius...
The Hon. John Dawson-Damer’s collection of historic Lotus racing cars, considered by some to be one of the most significant outside that of the marque-founding Chapman family’s, will be offered for sale at auction by Bonhams & Goodman on November 16, in Sydney, Australia. Dawson-Damer was a successful rally navigator,...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
Georges Louis Frederic Boillot Biography Georges Louis Frederic Boillot was born in Valentigney, France on August 3rd, 1884 A mechanic...
The traditional Silverstone Classic, held July 25–27, this year received a real “boost” under the direction of Motion Works Motorsport, with a weekend attendance of 57,000 beating earlier estimates by several thousand and being a real improvement over recent years. With a total of nearly 40 qualifying and warm-up sessions...
Without a doubt, the racecar that gave me the most pleasure, and therefore my greatest racecar, was the Silk Cut...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers...
Vintage Racecar was asked to play a part in continuing celebrations of 50 Years of the Lister “Knobbly” at the Silverstone Classic. John Pearson organized an impressive parade of 18 Listers between the races at Silverstone. VR’s European Editor, Ed McDonough, was invited to drive Lister founder Brian Lister for...
Al Stein’s Valvoline Twin Special Hanging on the wall of an auto body repair shop in Berkeley, California, is an...
The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a...
California Speedway, Fontana, CA June 20–22, 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...
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 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...
This one picture is why I’m writing these thousand words. I’m doing so in the first week of August 2008—precisely...
The Le Mans Classic has now become the most prestigious of all historic racing events…if competition for entries is anything...
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...
CAMORADI—an acronym for Casner Motor Racing Division—was formed by Lloyd “Lucky” Casner in late 1959. The intention was to win...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia...
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...
Alton, VA June 6–8, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Watkins Glen, NY June 12–15, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
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...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at Lime Rock, Rob Dyson marked his 25th anniversary in professional racing. Dyson’s first entry was a GTO-class Pontiac Firebird that contested IMSA’s Coca-Cola Three Hours at the Connecticut track in...
