An unabashed devotee of The Simpsons, Fred Phillips is living the slightly-north-of-American dream. Nestled away among the snow drifts of...
In all my career, the very best cars I ever drove were the 1986 Benetton B186-BMW and the 1987 Ferrari...
Alan Mann was a VR friend and subscriber with a penchant for sarcastic and very funny comments on things he read in our pages. He was also one of the most important and influential race preparation and team principals for many years, and it is very sad to have to...
The first annual Algarve Classic Festival has been announced as the logical successor to the annual October historic race meeting...
Instead of a single featured marque for the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts’ 2012 Pacific Northwest Historics at Pacific Raceways...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner and U.S. National Champion Danny Sullivan, legendary engine builder Ed Pink, five-time Le Mans winner and two-time Sportscar World Champion Derek Bell, famed hot rodder Vic Edelbrock, motocross great Ricky...
Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing (RMVR) has announced that their Labor Day weekend race on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1 and...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with...
We’re spectating on a rally special stage. The Monte Carlo, Britain’s RAC, the Acropolis in Greece. Anywhere, it doesn’t matter which. We’re halfway up a gentle roadside embankment stamping our almost numb feet and rubbing shoulders with dozens of other rally fans, waiting. It’s dark, cold, the bottle of whiskey...
The Watkins Glen 6 Hours, on July 21, 1973, served as the final round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship...
The FIA’s Group B rally cars were the classic stars that burned twice as bright for half as long, taking...
The last example of a McLaren F1 GTR ever produced, chassis 028R, will cross the auctioneer’s block at Bonham’s annual Auction of Exceptional Motorcars, scheduled for August 16–17 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. Resplendent in its legendary pale blue and orange Gulf Oil livery, the ex-Team Davidoff 1997...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA March 17–18, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK April 9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK March 17–18, 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...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia February 25–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
As you might imagine, a lot of disparate items stream into my email inbox. In addition to the usual barrage...
Telling about cannibalizing a pickup truck engine for his racecar, he said, “Any of you would have really enjoyed” that caper. And a grinning Jim Hall went on to explain that early in his career, when “I was already into the hot-rodding of race cars,” he built a Lister-Chevy with...
Cale Yarborough Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, sharing a Porsche 908 Spyder, win the 1000-kilometer sports...
Lotus is an iconic name in racing history, one of the most creative, innovative and successful marques ever, thanks to the genius of Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. That Lotus cars would therefore become collectable was inevitable, and this site serves as a register to keep track of early Lotuses from...
Canadian Big Healey Dear Editor, I enjoyed the article “Big Healey” in the March 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. In...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961; the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963; and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the...
Although my home was near to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland, my family had nothing to do with the motor...
Dashware This software program allows the racer to enhance racing videos with on-screen gauges (able to be customized to look...
Bobby Unser was inducted as a Legend of Riverside at the 4th annual celebration of the same name at California’s Riverside international Automotive Museum on the last weekend of March. As the event’s featured guest, Unser sat down for the traditional post-banquet interview with Ed Justice Jr., and happily told...
Chaparral creator Jim Hall was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club during the 4th annual RRDC Dinner at the...
Sebring International Raceay, Sebring, FL March 2–4, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 17–18, 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...
