• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers...
It’s the end of October as I write this, which is fitting, because I’m being haunted…by one of my former...
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)...
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
Shelsley Walsh, Worchestershire, UK August 18–19, 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...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos...
After some 15 years as founding European Editor of Vintage Racecar, Ed McDonough has elected to ease graciously into semi-retirement...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars merely had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements. There was no regulation...
As we have previously reported, Lola Cars International entered bankruptcy administration last May with debts of more than $23 million,...
Privateer Bruce Halford took part in the epic 1957 German Grand Prix, finishing 11th in his Maserati 250F. It was...
Near the Lancia factory in Turin during March of 1954, Piero Taruffi seems pleased after a test of the Lancia D24 that he will soon be racing to victory in the Giro di Sicilia with Carlo Luoni as passenger. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get...
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may...
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...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK August 25, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Chandlers Hill, Adelaide, Australia August 22–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Porsche’s 911 and the Ford GT40, as well as the cars of Harry Miller. Posey enjoyed a diverse career as a driver in Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000,...
Al Moss, known to almost everyone who reads this journal, died peacefully on September 25 at his home in Sedona,...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
Ecurie Ecosse is a private racing organization based in Scotland that’s probably best known for having twice won Le Mans overall with Jaguar D-Types, while also giving early support to a pair of local youngsters named Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart. Those are not the legendary squad’s sole accomplishments, however,...
From 1950 until his premature retirement from road racing and hillclimbing just three years later, Tommy Hoan set his competitors...
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...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 14–16, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT 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...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
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...
