“Their hopes, their dreams, their love; tied to a ribbon of road…and a boy’s unflinching faith…in a girl!” “A story...
Formula One crossed an historic turning point on March 2, but I think it is safe to say that almost...
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Amelia Island, FL March 11–13, 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...
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1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output with much of the weight at the front looked impossible to take seriously. Then it ran, and the detractors quickly went quiet. It was indeed a beast of a car...
I was blessed with car-friendly parents and grandparents. My mother, who took part in several rallying events as a driver,...
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David E. Davis Jr., journalist, author, magazine founder, advertising executive, raconteur and friend passed away Sunday, March 27 at age 80 following a complicated medical procedure that he faced with courage and confidence. With his passing the world of automotive journalism has lost one of its great, legendary characters. During...
June 2011 There was no place for frills at the Cooper Car Co. in Surbiton, Surrey, England, circa 1962. As...
After closure for four years and speculation as to when, or even if, it was to reopen, the Museo Nazionale Dell’Automobile Di Torino, renamed in honor of the Agnelli family, finally threw open its doors to the general public on Sunday March 20 in order to coincide with the Italian...
Well-known vintage racer Peter Giddings has been honored by Northern California’s Motor Sports Press Association as its Motorsportsman of the...
Exotic doesn’t cut it when it comes to describing this gutsy, fun-loving, vivacious show-off of a beauty who was born to a country postman and his wife on December 15, 1900 in Aunay-sous-Auneau, about 50 miles southwest of Paris. At 16, she broke loose from her provincial shackles and invaded...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK March 19–20, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Mark Donohue Giuseppe Campari 3 Manfred von Brauchitsch drives a Mercedes-Benz W25 to its first victory when he wins the...
June 2011 Honoring Gardner Photo: Maureen Magee Dear Editor, As usual Vintage Racecar had the most comprehensive obituary of a British motorsport figure in the form of the late Derek Gardner. There are a couple of little points I would like to add to Mike Jiggle’s very good tribute. Tyrrell...
McLaren Cars celebrated 30 years of carbon fiber technology at Silverstone in March when a small group of journalists were...
All six events at Pebble Beach’s fourth renewal were memorable for those lucky enough to be there, but ’53 was...
This Labor Day weekend, the MG Vintage Racers will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their organization with their East Coast Focus Event at Lime Rock Park. Scheduled as part of Lime Rock’s 29th Historic Festival, September 2-5, the event will include an MG racers’ paddock area, special all-MG races, MG...
The Mille Miglia is spreading its wings. The usual Brescia-Rome-Brescia regularity race will take place between May 12–15 in Italy,...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports;...
Four-time Indy 500 winner and three-time National Champion Rick Mears was honored at the Road Racing Driver’s Club annual West Coast dinner with the Phil Hill Award by Hill’s widow Alma and son Derek. The award, an Al Brinkworth model of Hill’s 1961 World Championship-winning Ferrari 156, recognizes not only...
Pete Lyons I edged my toes to the brink of an abyss a thousand feet deep, issuing my own small...
The weekend of October 14–16 will bring perhaps the world’s largest gathering of Porsche racecars, racers and personalities to California’s...
June 2011 The Art of Bugatti Richard Adatto, Christina Japp and Julius Kruta Published by the Mullin Automotive Museum with Coachbuilt Press, this book embodies the desire of founder Peter Mullin to celebrate not only the artistry of the automobile, but the art deco movement as well. To that end,...
Raoul “Sonny” Balcaen may not be a name with which everyone is familiar, but he grew up in Southern California...
Parnelli Jones was honored at the third annual Legends of Riverside, held at the Riverside International Automotive Museum on the last weekend of March, joining Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby as the third such honoree. The event also spotlighted the effort to raise awareness of traumatic brain injuries with an...