1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares...
From 1950 until his premature retirement from road racing and hillclimbing just three years later, Tommy Hoan set his competitors on their collective ear with the sheer speed of his 1949 MG TC. In the Queen Catharine Cup race of 1952, he also shot out the window of the Grill...
It’s the end of October as I write this, which is fitting, because I’m being haunted…by one of my former...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Privateer Bruce Halford took part in the epic 1957 German Grand Prix, finishing 11th in his Maserati 250F. It was one of my duties to convey Bruce’s Maserati around the Continent in a converted Royal Blue AEC coach. This particular saga began at the Maserati factory in Modena, where I...
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Near the Lancia factory in Turin during March of 1954, Piero Taruffi seems pleased after a test of the Lancia...
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had one hip replaced in late June and the other late July. Needless to say, this slowed me down quite a bit. I have always, ALWAYS enjoyed Vintage Racecar and, of...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 1–2, 2012 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...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 14–16, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT September 1–2, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK August 25, 2012 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...
Chandlers Hill, Adelaide, Australia August 22–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
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Alleggerita By Tony Adriaensens, Patrick Dasse & Martin Übelher First published in 1993, Adriaensens’ Alleggerita became the definitive text for the history of the much loved and highly collectible Alfa Romeo GTA/ GTAm/GTAJr. Perhaps more significantly, it set the standard for an entirely new segment of highly specialized, in-depth single...
Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that’s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans...
As we have previously reported, Lola Cars International entered bankruptcy administration last May with debts of more than $23 million,...
Al Moss, known to almost everyone who reads this journal, died peacefully on September 25 at his home in Sedona, Arizona, of pneumonia following removal of a malignant brain tumor. Typically, two days after surgery Al joked, “Some will be surprised I had a tumor on an organ they thought...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the...
After some 15 years as founding European Editor of Vintage Racecar, Ed McDonough has elected to ease graciously into semi-retirement and hand over the baton to our own Mike Jiggle (left). McDonough will remain with Vintage Racecar/Vintage Roadcar as Editor-at-Large and will continue to contribute the occasional behind-the-wheel profile that...
The U.S. motorsports community as a whole, and the profession of motorsports journalism in particular, suffered a great loss on...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers of the HANS Device Head And Neck Restraint System. HANS Performance Products, formed in 1991 by five-time IMSA driving champion Jim Downing and HANS inventor Dr. Robert Hubbard, will be operated...
