In 1953, the very first Corvettes hit Chevrolet Dealers’ show rooms. Hailed by some as the long-awaited American sports car,...
Debutante’s Ball On a list of the greatest Grand Prix races will be the names of several which will strike...
Another in the continuing stream of new country club-style motorsports facilities has been announced, with the new Thermal Motorsports Track & Club near Palm Springs, California, targeting a fall opening. Located on a 344-acre portion of the larger Kohl Ranch tract, the privately owned club plans to host amateur and...
For a baker’s dozen of years in the late 1950s and early ’60s, Nassau in the Bahamas Islands hosted a...
Porsche is one of those marques about which I feel ambivalence. Unless the six numbers click into place on the...
As the ninth annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering had chosen to honor Ferrari’s limited edition, top-end America and Superamerica models, it was only fitting that the event’s Best of Show award would go to Jack Thomas’ 1955 Ferrari 375 America. Crowds roaming the grounds of the Quail Lodge Golf...
By now you will likely be aware that this month marks the 100th anniversary of that most hallowed of American...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia September 18–19, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Roger Penske Fred Offenhauser 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on the beach at Daytona, Florida (1958). 4 Porsche 907s sweep the top three finishing positions in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the Elford/Neerspatch/Siffert/Stommelen/Herrmann car winning (1968). Become a Member...
The organizers very wisely had the foresight to provide off-track entertainment, the most popular of which were 16 sessions of...
June 2011 The Art of Bugatti Richard Adatto, Christina Japp and Julius Kruta Published by the Mullin Automotive Museum with...
Half a century ago, if your perfectly good sports car were damaged in an accident, you had options. One such option, available starting in the late 1950s, was rather than repairing the body, you could replace it with a completely different body that was made out of a relatively new...
CONGRATULATIONS! At this past year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival, Vintage Racecar teamed up with Nikon and Lime Rock Park to...
The organizers of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have announced that Jaguar will be the featured marque for this year’s...
The 38th renewal of the annual vintage racecar celebration at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, enjoyed another glorious weekend in mid-August, with drivers from 13 countries in some 550 cars taking part in races for 17 classes as the event honored the 50th anniversary of the...
Brands Hatch, Kent, UK July 1–3, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka...
Near Manchester, VT August 13–14, 2011 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....
Raoul “Sonny” Balcaen may not be a name with which everyone is familiar, but he grew up in Southern California...
Contingency Plans Dear Editor, I would not dare to take my Avanti replica of the 1958 Lister-Chevy to the track,...
2011 Jaguar XKR Coupe & Convertible In this the 50th year of the hallowed E-Type, it seemed only too fitting to take a turn behind the wheel of the current spiritual descendant of the XKE—the XKR. The XKR, is distinguished from the standard XK model, ostensibly by its 510-hp supercharged V8 engine, which...
Despite hailing from a family essentially unconnected to motorized vehicles, Basil van Rooyen soon discovered motorcycles and after a brief...
Derek Gardner will be remembered, by many, as the designer of one of the most radically designed cars ever to...
Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA April 1–3, 2016 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...
Race Retro 2011 will celebrate one of Britain’s best-loved, if not the best-loved, sports cars next year when it returns...
If you arrived at Goodwood just after the gates opened on any of the three days (September 16-18) there’s every...
The future of one of Britain’s greatest race circuits, Donington Park, has been spectacularly confirmed by the launch of its own annual Historic Festival—a new venture that aims to rival the very best UK and international historic motorsport events. The inaugural Festival is scheduled to take place on the weekend...
The BRM Years Tony Southgate Photo: Pete Austin Last November we began an ongoing series of interviews with Tony Southgate, the...
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV has been scheduled for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on the weekend of October 14–16, featuring a...
The story of the Marzotto brothers and their brief but mercurial motor racing careers was mostly about Giannino winning the Mille Miglia not once but twice, in both 1950 and 1953. Which put him up there with greats like Giuseppe Campari, who won the race in 1928 and 1929, Tazio...