There are cars, and there are cars. Some come and stay, many come and pass on. A few appear briefly...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August,...
Ronnie Peterson drove the Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler in the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but was an early retirement with engine failure. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
March Cars was created in 1969 by a quartet of Englishmen with a shared vision to construct racing cars for...
Mt. Equinox, Manchester, VT August 11–12, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
George Follmer Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Jacques Laffite Photo: Mike Jiggle 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the non-championship Mexican Grand Prix (1962). 2 Bobby Rahal drives a March 75B to victory in the Formula B race during the SCCA...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 12–15, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
It happened again! Just like Phil (Bill Murray) in Groundhog Day, I go to sleep every night hoping that things...
• It’s always nice when the CEO of a major automaker shows an interest in motor sport, and an excellent example of this phenomenon took place at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion when BMW North America chief Ludwig Willisch drove a 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL—one of the five team cars...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK July 20–22, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI July 6–7, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was the sporting, smiling and human face and founder of the team that has now morphed into that which competes in modern Formula One racing under the frosty corporate banner Vodafone...
One of the most inspiring stories in the history of motorsport recently took place, and though few in the motorsport...
Brands Hatch, Kent, UK June 30–July 1, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as a shock, and one of those was the news that David Loring had died in mid-September at the age of 62. Although he had endured and survived previous internal ailments,...
Der Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany August 10–11, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia June 30–July 1, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Quit Scraping the Paint! Photo: Roger Dixon Dear Editor, I would like to point out one quibble and one major error in the September 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with his passion for speed and technology. These...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA June 22–24, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
French racing driver Henri Greder, who focused his career around the 24 Hours of Le Mans, has died at the age of 83. Greder first attended the 24 Hours in 1952 and rejoined the festivities each year as a spectator until racing there for the first time in 1967, when...
The 1950s and ’60s were to many involved in Australian historic motor sport, the halcyon years. It was the time...
I suppose the first question one has to ask is how one defines greatness in a racing car. One of...
Photo: RM Auctions During this year’s Classic Car Week in Monterey, 53 cars were sold at auction for prices above $1 million. Incredibly, 22 of those were cars built specifically for racing, and this group was led by a Gulf/Mirage Lightweight version of a 1968 Ford GT40 (P/1074) that set a...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK July 14, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of...
Five of these cars were built for racing in 1938—one uniquely for Le Mans—essentially derived from a road-going version of Alfa’s Grand Prix cars. They had very slippery bodies created by Touring of Milan, and featured independent suspension all around, as well as a rear frame that allowed the use...
Le Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France July 7–8, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Morgan Park Raceway, Warwick, Qld, Australia July 14–15, 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...