As we have previously reported, Lola Cars International entered bankruptcy administration last May with debts of more than $23 million,...
Shelsley Walsh, Worchestershire, UK August 18–19, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares the front row of the grid with Bob Schroeder’s Kurtis-Chevy (#233) as a pair of Corvettes give chase. Photo: Bob Jackson By late 1956 the production of Jaguar’s D-Type competition model...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 14–16, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK August 25, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was...
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...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT September 1–2, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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...
Al Moss, known to almost everyone who reads this journal, died peacefully on September 25 at his home in Sedona,...
Privateer Bruce Halford took part in the epic 1957 German Grand Prix, finishing 11th in his Maserati 250F. It was...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the Tojeiro-Buick registration number TSU 719 was closed. A quick turn of the key to the right and a large pump of the throttle and it did! Instantly aware of the...
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Chandlers Hill, Adelaide, Australia August 22–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
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...
Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that’s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans...
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
Bicester is a small market town 12 miles north of Oxford. For centuries nothing much remarkable happened, then an estate of small factory units was built to encourage light industry. First March, then Reynard, turned the town into the world capital of customer racing cars. More than 3,000 single-seaters were...
The U.S. motorsports community as a whole, and the profession of motorsports journalism in particular, suffered a great loss on...
Near the Lancia factory in Turin during March of 1954, Piero Taruffi seems pleased after a test of the Lancia...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and car stickers bore the legend: “Dan Gurney For President.” The designs mirrored the period campaign emblems of the 1960s, but this time were a signature and homage to the motor...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the...
Alleggerita By Tony Adriaensens, Patrick Dasse & Martin Übelher First published in 1993, Adriaensens’ Alleggerita became the definitive text for...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
After some 15 years as founding European Editor of Vintage Racecar, Ed McDonough has elected to ease graciously into semi-retirement...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may...
It’s the end of October as I write this, which is fitting, because I’m being haunted…by one of my former racecars. I received an email from a friend, “Hey, your old Lotus has just been listed on eBay.” Unable to resist the temptation, I logged on and scoured through a...
