The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
Castell’Arquato, Italy June 22–28, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
The 7th running of the fall races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was held at the Interim Course, a 4.6-mile, 9-turn circuit on public roads, up the hill from the village, in Dix Township—the second year for that course. People would later call it “the course on the hill.” It was...
George Valerio of Lincoln, California, has been hunting cars for as long as he can remember. Yes, it’s the way...
As everyone knows, after the 1960 racing season, Carroll Shelby retired as a driver and became even better known for...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, and ended with a horrific crash in a sports car race at Pomona in 1959, and it all happened in the span of six short...
October 2009 Headed for his first Grand Prix victory, Nelson Piquet takes his Brabham BT49-Ford over the old “Linden Leap”...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 3–5, 2009...
Having graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2003, the first classic car Ms Felstead ever painted was at the Monaco Grande Prix Historique in 2008. The enjoymment she derives from drawing people working in different environments has since led her to paint mechanics working on cars at a...
Call me a jinx if you like. No sooner did I put the finishing touches on last month’s column about...
Watkins Glen International Speedway, Watkins Glen, NY June 11–14, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA June 27–28, 2009 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...
Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, Australia June 27–28, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Following their highly successful “GT & Sports Car Cup” race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs on an empty stretch of road in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Photo: Casey Annis It’s enough to make any self-respecting purist cringe. Take a seductive 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300,...
Losing a child is one of the harshest agonies of life, and even people who don’t personally know John and...
I’ve driven many types of cars, Indycars, NASCAR, Sprint Cars, the whole bit; I started at the old Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Dallas, Texas, on a third of a mile dirt track driving a 1932 Chevrolet Coupe. The car was pretty basic, no fenders, and a Chevrolet V-8 engine; I raced...
Ciircuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France June 13, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
A new organization, Historic Motorsports Productions, is seeking to raise the game of vintage and historic racing in North America to match its demographic. The group’s three principals—three-time National Champion and 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, Just Marketing founder Zak Brown, and longtime vintage racer and entrepreneur Peter Stoneberg—made...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
Enzo Ferrari telephoned his driver Peter Collins before the 1956 Grand Prix of Italy for one of “those” conversations. The...
Richard Petty will serve as the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Honorary Chairman for 2010. The seven-time NASCAR champion, winner of 200 races, including a record 7 Daytona 500s, will be helping “The Amelia” celebrate its 15th anniversary. In a world of standout competitors, Petty is widely considered the greatest NASCAR...
Billing itself as “America’s Largest and most historically important archive of automotive history,” this is the official site of the...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man pursued his passion for speed and technology by building cars for competition....
October 2009 Fast Ladies By Jean-Françoise Bouzanquet Women play the most crucial role in human life as mothers of us all, and many have enjoyed starring roles as monarchs throughout history, but too many have lived lives subservient to their men. In racing, however, this reality ensures that a woman...
VR columnist Mark Brinker was at it again in his 750-cc Deutsch Bonnet HBR-5 during Bonneville Speed Week 2009. This...
Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs, and Les Richter (l to r above) headline the 2009 class of inductees to the...
Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy June 5–7, 2009 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...