A pair of Americans with roots in the historic community have joined forces with an English engineer to try to...
Donington Park, Castle Donington/UK April 30–May 1, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
A million clichés come to mind. Giant killer is probably the worst, pummelled to death by a thousand newspaper hacks,...
Mallala Motorsports Park, South Australia April 23–24, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The Jaguar marque celebrates two anniversaries in 2011. The E-Type is 50 years old, while 60 years have passed since the C-Type brought Jaguar its first win at Le Mans. Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, set in the delightful English countryside, is the oldest motorsport venue in the world still in current...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 13–15, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The organizers very wisely had the foresight to provide off-track entertainment, the most popular of which were 16 sessions of...
A.J. Foyt Giuseppi Campari 1 A.J. Foyt, driving a Coyote-Foyt, wins the USAC Championship race at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas (1976). 3 Giuseppi Campari drives an Alfa Romeo to victory in the European Grand Prix at Lyon, France (1924). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Sir Stirling Moss, 81, came in from practice for the Le Mans Legends race on June 8, and said, “That...
Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA April 9–10, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
The year was 1980; the place, Road Atlanta. During the parade lap, Motor Racing Network’s sportscaster Mike Joy set the stage for one of the most memorable SCCA Championship races of all time. “C Production Class. These are production sports cars with a limited number of modifications allowed in the...
John Coombs was literally born into the motoring business, as his multi-talented craftsman father was already working with automobiles when...
I was involved with the E-Type Jaguar right from its inception, initially as an employee under the wing of Lofty...
Indy Dear Editor, Just read this months Vintage Racecar while lying in my bed (NASCAR on in the background) at a rainy Speedway [Indy]. This issue’s even better than normal, well done to everybody involved, please pass on my thanks to the team there. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Do you remember the first racecar you ever lusted after? I’m not talking about the “Oh, I’d love to own...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN May 13, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Heavy Duty Lightweights 1961 Jaguar XKE “Coombs Lightweight” & 1963 Jaguar XKE “Qvale Lightweight” Photo: Pete Austin The year 2011 marks 50 years of the E-Type Jaguar or, as some of you know it better, the XKE. It’s a bit unsettling to find myself being unphased by remembering things that happened 50...
The successor to Jaguar’s iconic E-Type was not scheduled to debut until the 1976 model year, and before this happened Jaguar...
During my mid-teens a particular photograph in Motor Sport caught my eye. It was of an old Aston Martin racing...
Though the historic racing experts felt it was a bit of a risk to stage a historic festival at the newly refurbished Donington Park circuit, sponsors EFG International and organizers HSCC seemed to have been very happy at the end of a sunny and busy Mayday Bank Holiday weekend. Though...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA April 29–May 1, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in June 1963. Americans Briggs Cunningham and Bob Grossman drove this Cunningham-entered, works-supported...
Pete Lyons Have you ever crushed an aluminum can, then found yourself wondering, “Could I straighten it back out, like new?” Of course you couldn’t … unless you’re a metalsmithing sorcerer like those at Classic Motor Cars Ltd. (CMC), one of those fabled restoration shops in the dear old UK,...
2011 Jaguar XKR Coupe & Convertible In this the 50th year of the hallowed E-Type, it seemed only too fitting to take a...
Some 45 years after making headlines at the Monte Carlo Rallye, the iconic Mini name is back on the World...
This month we bring you another You Tube link, one featuring this issue’s focus on Jaguar, Group 44 and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. From this particular view, however, what you see all seems so matter-of-fact and that’s-just-the-way-you-do-it simple as Chip Robinson guides the Group 44 Jaguar XJR-5 around the circuit’s...
Automobile manufacturers have long used racing as a tool for both exploring new technologies and advancing marketing agendas, and one...
The documentary film Senna, which won the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is set for release in the United States this August, with debuts in New York and Los Angeles scheduled for August 12, and a more general release to follow. First shown in...