1964 Lotus 30 During his test drive at Silverstone, the author found that most of what he’d heard about the...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
Frank Williams started out like so many racers, with little more than his desire to go racing. Over nearly half a century, however, he built that desire into a multiple World Championship-winning entity that employs several hundred people, and to honor those accomplishments, in 1999 he was knighted by Queen...
I’d like to talk with you for a moment about Regularity. Relax. This conversation has nothing to do with Metamucel,...
With a dad like Stan Jones it was hardly surprising that Alan became a motor racing nut when he was...
I had seen this well-used Lotus 18 sitting in a grumpy little foreign car repair shop hard along Ventura Blvd. in Studio City, California. The guy who owned the shop and the Lotus was named “Buck” something or another as I recall. I kept driving by and looking at that...
Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
Three apparently unconnected things seemed to me to have a synergy. One is the supposed 75th anniversary of Jaguar, a date that both the company and most of the media have got wrong. Jaguar Cars Ltd. was registered in March, 1945, Jaguar had been the name of some models made by...
February 2011 During the J.C.C. International Trophy race at Brooklands, U.K., on May 6, 1939, Kenneth Evans is shown at...
Several months ago I received an irate email from a VR reader with one simple, albeit piercing, question; “Mark, why in the hell don’t you ever write about British drag racing cars?” British drag racing? What did I know about that? And how would I ever find a “hidden” one...
Roger Penske Fred Offenhauser 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2...
Wandering through that great Goodwood paddock of my mind, I delight in thousands of historic racing machines at every hand....
Phoenix Int’l Raceway, Phoenix, AZ October 23–24, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL October 21–24, 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...
Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA October 14–17, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants/UK October 22, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Republic of San Marino October 7–9, 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...
Donington Park, Castle Donington/UK October 2–3, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 1–3, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia September 18–19, 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...
February 2011 Inside the Archives By Jesse Alexander Looking through stacks of old photographs I’m often struck by generally unseen...
With Sir Frank Williams as our interview subject this month, we thought it might be a good idea to send...
For the seventh and final time, the Centennial of the historic Vanderbilt Cup races was celebrated on New York’s Long Island last October. Just as 1910 marked the final running of W.K. Vanderbilt’s original seven races on Long Island, so was 2010 the last Centennial observance, commemorated along Museum Row...
Leading historic race organizer, Motor Racing Legends, has launched an all-new race series for Groups 1 and 2, and Group...
The motor racing world was saddened to learn of the passing of Tom Walkinshaw in December of last year. Tom...
Tazio Nuvolari has found a new home, or at least his museum has. The museum devoted to him and his motor racing career, originally housed in the Palazzo del Podestà, in his hometown of Mantua, was closed over a year ago so that the building could be restored. However, last...
