Bobby Unser was inducted as a Legend of Riverside at the 4th annual celebration of the same name at California’s...
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus...
The Watkins Glen 6 Hours, on July 21, 1973, served as the final round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship where Derek Bell took this Mirage-Ford-Cosworth M6 he shared with Howden Ganley to a 4th-place finish. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 17–18, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The FIA’s Group B rally cars were the classic stars that burned twice as bright for half as long, taking...
Cale Yarborough Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, sharing a Porsche 908 Spyder, win the 1000-kilometer sports car race on the Nürburgring in West Germany (1969). 2 Paul Tracy drives a Lola-Honda to victory in the CART Miller Lite 250 on the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis,...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia February 25–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Although my home was near to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland, my family had nothing to do with the motor...
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...
Instead of a single featured marque for the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts’ 2012 Pacific Northwest Historics at Pacific Raceways...
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK April 9, 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...
Telling about cannibalizing a pickup truck engine for his racecar, he said, “Any of you would have really enjoyed” that...
Canadian Big Healey Dear Editor, I enjoyed the article “Big Healey” in the March 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. In...
In all my career, the very best cars I ever drove were the 1986 Benetton B186-BMW and the 1987 Ferrari F1/87 V6. Both cars had the really big turbo power, the big rear wheels, and went like rockets. They were so fast they were nearly uncontrollable, but I liked those...
Chaparral creator Jim Hall was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club during the 4th annual RRDC Dinner at the...
Is 263.4 kph, or 163.7 mph, the maximum speed of a new twin-turbo V12 people-carrier? The speed of a motorcyclist...
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...
An unabashed devotee of The Simpsons, Fred Phillips is living the slightly-north-of-American dream. Nestled away among the snow drifts of...
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...
Sebring International Raceay, Sebring, FL March 2–4, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA March 17–18, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
As you might imagine, a lot of disparate items stream into my email inbox. In addition to the usual barrage of emails related to articles and magazines and letters to the editor, I also receive a fairly consistent flow of requests for information about cars, drivers and history. While some...
The first annual Algarve Classic Festival has been announced as the logical successor to the annual October historic race meeting...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner...
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...
Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing (RMVR) has announced that their Labor Day weekend race on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1 and...
The last example of a McLaren F1 GTR ever produced, chassis 028R, will cross the auctioneer’s block at Bonham’s annual...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with Trevor Harris where they performed what he called “the ultimate male-bonding experience.” In this second part of VR Associate Editor John Zimmermann’s interview, Burness discusses the achievement he considers the...