In the March 2009 VRJ I wrote about Don Blenderman’s Kurtis obsession and his wonderful Sutton-bodied 500KK. What I failed...
My greatest racecar would have to be a choice between my first F5000 car, the 1969 McLaren, or, the 1970...
Alfa Romeo will be 100 years old on June 24 and its motor sport pedigree almost 99—one of only a handful of companies that can trace their motor racing heritage back to the start of the 20th century. But Alfa’s is a kind of pear-shaped pedigree, in which the Italian...
Sportsman, dilettante, racer, comedian are all words that have been used at some point in time to describe the irascible...
This is the story of a hero who was more heroic than most. You may not have heard of Archie...
Sir Jackie Stewart, BRM P115, Grand Prix of Mexico 1967—his last year with the BRM team. Often I review my print archives on racing car history in order to find an image that inspires me; it becomes the starting point for my paintings and drawings. In the case of this...
Charles Randolph “Chuck” McCain, whose Alfa Romeo “Keenan Wynn Special” was featured on the cover of VR’s October 2009 issue,...
Adelaide, South Australia November 18–22, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Tom Malloy’s Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park took another step through the bureaucratic approval process following a public hearing in Los Angeles on March 24. The result of the hearing was that the County Planning Commission instructed its staff to prepare the Final Environmental Impact Report so that “conditions of approval”...
June 2010 Le Mans, France, June 16–17, 1939. Shown here rounding Tetre Rouge, this Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Special...
John Fitch has been named as the honored guest for the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association’s 2010 Elkhart Lake Vintage...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country, had its sporting roots in bull fighting, football, and golf. Motor racing was for a minority of people. During the 1960s, I was a spectator at the Rally of Spain,...
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA March 13–14, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
It appears that Monza, home of the Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix of Italy for the last 65 years,...
Paul Tracy James Hunt Photo: Maureen Magee 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race on the Keimola Ring in Finland (1969). 2 Johnny Thomson wins the USAC Champ Car race on the one-mile dirt track at Langhorne, Pennsylvania (1957). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
This month’s site, Prairie Street Art, features the work of Chicago-based photographer Ron Nelson, whose wide recognition includes having examples...
The 16th Annual Millers at Milwaukee Vintage Indy Car Event will be organized by the Harry A. Miller Club on July 9–10, 2010, at the Milwaukee Mile at Wisconsin State Fair Park in suburban West Allis. A draw for collectors and enthusiasts of antique racing cars, especially those from car...
Rick Parsons and Don Devine have formed the Vintage Indy Racing Group to facilitate the further inclusion of Indycar racing...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsport; the...
June 2010 Tales from the Toolbox By Michael Oliver Chances are good that one of the reasons you read this magazine is due to the amount of interviews and stories from the personalities who were there in the day. It’s all well and good, to read that “Graham passed Jimmy...
When Japanese cars first came on the scene, although practical, most were somewhat stodgy. In the mid-’60s, however, Toyota decided...
The second annual Legends of Riverside Film Festival and Gala took place at the Riverside International Automotive Museum in that...
From time to time, event organizers make the mistake of asking me to speak or MC at their event. You can’t really blame them, they don’t know any better. The most recent example of this poor judgment was the second annual Riverside Reunion, held here in Southern California. I was...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 17–19, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
1973 Porsche Carrera RS This could be an opera in several parts. It might have been written by Verdi or...
The 15th Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance selected Best of Show winners in its two primary categories of Elegance and Sport on March 12–14, with the former award taken by Sam and Emily Mann’s 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, and the latter going to Jonathan Feiber’s 1960 Maserati Tipo 61. The...
There was a summer of my life when I often walked back home from an evening ramble in a European...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA March 6–8, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, U.K. February 27, 2010 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...