Much like the animal it was named for, the precise origin of the Unicorn H-Modified sports racer remains a mystery....
1954 Fiat 8V Zagato If you lived through the ’60s and ’70s, then Sunset Boulevard, in Southern California, likely holds...
The Lotus 19 took sports car racing to a whole new level upon its debut in 1960, rendering rivals such as the Cooper Monaco and Maserati Birdcage obsolete overnight and leading photojournalist Pete Biro to label it the “Birdcage Cleaner.” A real “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” it was essentially a...
A primer on in-car video systems for the historic racer. Humans are such visual animals that even when our eyes...
Bill Milliken has had an interesting life. As an engineer in both the aviation industry and later consultant to the...
A year or so ago, I wrote here about the number of inquiries I was receiving on my view of the state of the collector car market. Needless to say, over the past few months, this seems to be a central part of nearly every conversation! “What are racecars doing?”...
Some time ago, Vintage Racecar published ”Absent Friends,” my story of astonishing heroism of another kind. It involved three motor...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss at the wheel. I remember seeing the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, the track just outside Liverpool, England, the first time the Grand Prix had been held at a...
This is a little-known story, but the real father of Riverside Raceway was Jim Peterson. I thought this would be...
This painting depicts Mike Hawthorn, winner of the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes, Barcelona, in the Ferrari 553 “Squalo” followed by Harry Schell, No. 24 Maserati, an early leader on half-full tanks. Alberto Ascari, No. 34, Lancia D50 was the fastest, but retired with oil in the clutch. The...
April 2009 The Dutch Grand Prix; Zandvoort, July 18, 1965. John Surtees during practice with the Ferrari 158/63 at Tarzan...
What started as an April Fool’s joke on a long defunct track, ended up becoming an interesting insight into fear...
Carlos Sainz Al Unser Jr. 2 Three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham is born (1926). 3 Pierro Taruffi drives...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Emerson Fittipaldi has an impish sense of humor and, one day at Brands Hatch, he unloaded it on my poor pal Mike Doodson, live before a throng of thousands. Nominally, “The Dood” was a journalist like me, and remains so today, but for a few seasons in the ’70s, he...
April 2009 OttoVú By Tony Adriaensens While I have said it before, thank God for obsessive enthusiasts—they always produce the...
Created by a quartet of members from the Binghamton Automobile Racing Club, this site bills itself as a repository for...
Vintage Racecar is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the founding fathers’ of South African motor sport and British Racing Drivers Club member, Sam Tingle, who died just before Christmas last year. Although synonymous with South Africa, Tingle was, in fact, born in Manchester, England. His racing...
A 30-year reunion of the participants and fans of what is believed to be the only “Dead Heat” in Road...
To mark the 100th anniversary of its construction in 1909 and its first 500-mile race in 1911, the Indianapolis Motor...
A grand American figure in motor racing history has quietly left the scene. After battling Parkinson’s Disease for a decade, Teddy Mayer, cofounder of Team McLaren, passed away unexpectedly as he slept at his English home in late January at the age of 73. Born Edward Everett Mayer in Scranton,...
The son of eminent sculptor Jacob Epstein, Jackie was born in 1934 into an unorthodox family. The offspring of an...
Five-time IMSA champion Jim Downing, one of the creators of the HANS Device, is the latest recipient of the Road...
Porsche’s new museum, recently opened at corporate headquarters in Stuttgart, promotes the “Porsche idea” with a trip back in time through the company’s six-decade history to nurture the thought that Porsche cars do not grow old, but instead become classics. The actual Exhibition Area is contained within an architecturally daring...
Lime Rock Park’s preparations for the 28th Annual Vintage Festival on the traditional Labor Day weekend are well underway. Buzz...
