Myron Vernis has a problem. Oh, he seems normal enough at first blush…terrific career, amazing wife, two wonderful loving daughters....
My early racing career started in single-seaters in New Zealand beginning first with Formula Atlantic, then Formula Three, and then...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will mark another major automotive milestone next March when its 2012 show celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Ferrari 250 GTO. Built between 1962 and 1964, the GTO is universally considered the most desirable of all Ferraris. Always wrapped into a seminar format, Amelia...
With F1 about to try another comeback in the U.S., next year in Texas, our minds inevitably reach back half...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has published a five-race 2011 schedule that takes the high-powered series to some of North...
The Targa Florio; Sicily, April 30, 1961. Olivier Gendebien goes airbone over a rise in the Ferrari Dino 246SP with which he and co-driver Wolfgang von Trips won this very difficult race. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Coronado Island, San Diego, CA October 24–26, 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...
Circuit de Ledenon, Ledenon Gard/France October 23–24, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The organizers of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have announced that Jaguar will be the featured marque for this year’s...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under his driving suit. Ex-public schoolboy irreverence that only partially sums up this deceptively talented, sophisticated and intelligent man. He personified that much overworked term charisma, but he was also an...
Former Team Lotus mechanic, Jim Endruweit, has passed away at age 83. He joined Colin Chapman and Lotus in 1957...
“Revisited” because this is my second column about Ken. My March 2006 column was the first, but in rereading it...
Sebring Int’l Raceway, Sebring, FL December 3–5, 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...
London to Brighton, UK November 7, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA Sprint Car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Historic motor racing organizer Masters Historic Racing has confirmed details of its series of races for Group C /GTP/IMSA sports...
With Peter Collins’s remembrance from his early days at Germany’s Nürburgring serving as this month’s feature article, we thought it...
Every job has its drawbacks and its drudgeries. While writing for VR is a passion that all of our staff share, we all carry a heavy heart and a certain sense of dread when it comes to obituaries. Very sadly, for the 13 years that we have been in publication,...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in...
Nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains above trendy Malibu, California, lies an artifact from the history of automobile racing in...
A celebration of the 125th anniversary of the creation of the automobile will be the central theme of the 61st annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for August 21, 2011. It was 1886 when Karl Benz received the first patent for a gas-propelled car (the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motorwagen), and...
March 2011 Caribbean Capers By Joel E. Finn Subtitled “The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957, 1958 & 1960,” this...
Roberto Moreno enjoyed a productive career in the upper levels of professional motor sport even though his accomplishments may not...
A Personal Recollection of Der Nürburgring by a young English Lad Who Grew Up to Become a Motorsports Photojournalist Later to drivve Formula 1 for BRM, Dr. Helmut Marko takes a works Alpina BMW 1600 Ti through the bottom of the Steilstrecke test hill approaching the Karussel. Photo: Peter Collins Having...
In a move to extend its acceptance of newer vehicles, SVRA has modified its current Group 10 and added two...
Monza 1970 was where I realized that Grand Prix racing, certainly with Team Lotus, wasn’t for me. I believe too...
1965 JWF Valano GT It was the classic case of three schoolmates with like interests that eventually evolved into a profitable business. It was the early 1950s and the area was the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Ian “Sam” Johnson, Geoff Williams and Grant Furzer were at school together and shared...