In early July, HMSA the sanctioning body for the annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races sent an email to all its...
The grounds around Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, England, were alive to the sound of horsepower! On land, water, and in the...
Peter Arundell showed promise right from the start of his career, finishing 2nd with his MG TC at a BARC event at Goodwood in 1957. His second year of racing was filled with success competing in many events in a Lotus 11, a marque that would play a pivotal part...
Luigi Chinetti’s iconic North American Racing Team—represented by Luigi Chinetti Jr.—and several of its legendary drivers, including Sam Posey and...
Aiming to build on the foundation of a successful inaugural, the second Legends of Riverside event has been scheduled for...
The famous Jaguar museum in Coventry, England, has been re-launched. This follows the renaming of the Trust that owns it and the reopening of the famous gates on Browns Lane to the public. The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (“JDHT”), founded in 1983 as an independent educational charity, has been restructured...
The helmet and goggles worn by Sir Stirling Moss when he won the 1957 British Grand Prix, Aintree, assisted by...
Vintage Racecar was stunned to learn of the tragic death of Henry Surtees while he was competing in Round 4...
The Automobile Club de Monaco has announced that the seventh Grand Prix Monaco Historique has been scheduled for May 8–9, 2010. The event will precede the 68th Grand Prix de Monaco by two weeks in order to allow both groups ample time to access the paddock area of the circuit...
They linger in legend long after the last echoes of Offenhauser exhaust faded into the breeze blowing across the hallowed...
September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as...
Buttonwillow Raceway, Buttonwillow, CA May 16–17, 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 partner...
Prescott Speed Hillclimb, Cheltenham, UK May 23–24, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England May 30, 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 partner...
Pete Lyons How do you stop a racing runaway? Well, you might try throwing more races in its way. Ending...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules and powered...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario drives an Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12 to victory in the World Sports Car Championship race at Imola, Italy (1977). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Ever wonder what it must’ve been like way back when during those early shade-tree mechanic days when racers would vanish...
Having raced at “Mid-O” in karts and cars since 1964, the track’s site picture is indelibly scribed on the inside of my skull, where, naturally, there’s little else to get in the way. I grew up (ok, that’s an exaggeration) in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1958 my parents, Doris and John,...
September 2009 Led away from the start by Graham Hill’s Rondel Racing Brabham BT36, the field for the August 30,...
Sir Stirling Moss scored the first of his three Monaco Grand Prix wins in 1956 with this Maserati 250F, nipping...
People have often expressed surprise that the Indianapolis 500 was included in the World Championship, between 1950 and 1960. For the first two years of the series it made sense, because both formulae allowed engines of 4,500-cc. After 1951, it made no sense at all, but the 500 was included...
It is well known that some great stock car road racing took place at the Riverside International Raceway. Dan Gurney...
The best cars I ever drove were the John Player Special, which gave me the 1972 Formula One World Championship,...
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula 3—a championship I stayed in for about four or five years. Formula Three was a good experience for me and my team, Euroracing. In 1977 we won the European F3...