Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France September 7–9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 5-7, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early years with Lola and McLaren, how he developed his design philosophy and then looked at his experiences in Indycar racing and, back in Formula One, with McLaren and Ferrari. In...
Circuits des Reparts, Angoulême, France September 14–16, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Would you trade a front-engine 12-cylinder Ferrari for a Devin SS in boxes? That’s what Harold Pace did—are you with him on that? When the name Devin comes up in conversation, too many in the hobby instantly think of kit bodies. Although important, that in no way describes the Devin...
• Tim Wardrop, who was Arie Luyendyk’s race engineer when the Dutchman set the all-time one- and four-lap speed records...
Artist Carter says he’s not alone in loving the BRM for the sound of its engine: a 16-cylinder, 1.5-liter Rolls...
Two major exhibitions opened recently in “Motorland,” as the locals often call Modena, the unofficial home of Italy’s high-performance racers and road cars. One quietly commemorates the heated competition between Ferrari and Maserati cars on the race tracks of the world in days gone by, while the other honors one...
This site is a tribute to specialist car builder Bill Devin, and is indeed labeled his “Home Page.” Its opening...
Two-time Canadian Formula B champion Craig Hill has died at the age of 78. Hill was an outgoing character who...
Sam Posey was presented with the Spirit of Competition award at a gala dinner at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia during the first week of December. Posey distinguished himself as a racing driver by competing in Formula One, Indycars, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000 and endurance races at venues like...
Coronado Island, San Diego, CA September 22–23, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had...
Former F3 racer, Bev Bond, who drove for Gold Leaf Team Lotus during the late 1960s, has waged a war on cancer and is trying to get men to go to their doctor sooner rather than later when telltale signs appear. Recently afflicted and now in remission, he wants to...
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY September 5-9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced the most extensive race schedule in the organization’s 35-year history. The slate...
Driving Kathy and Phil Reilly’s ex-Carlos Pace 1974 Brabham BT44, Dan Marvin claimed victory in the Historic Grand Prix support race prior to November’s U.S. Grand Prix at the brand-new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Californian Marvin won the 10-lap contest by 3.5 seconds from polesitter David Martinez,...
More on the Missing Cunningham Dear Editor, On page 20 of the November, 2012 issue there is a letter with...
Castle Combe Circuit, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK October 6-7, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Vincenzo Florio David DonohuePhoto: Chuck Andersen 1 F1 racer and six-time Le Mans winner Jackie Ickx born in Brussels, Belgium...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as this. For starters, his namesake ancestor built the first successful steamboat 11 years after the Declaration of Independence severed the bond between colonial America and Mother England. In his own...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
At the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 25, 1961, John Fitch shared this Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati T61 “Birdcage” with...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and said: “George, we’ve had several speakers here; I’m surprised the term ‘anger management’ hasn’t been used yet!” Poor George Follmer could only join the laughter filling the Petersen Museum’s banquet...
There are so many great racecars. I have always liked the Cobra, and I would be very pleased for someone...
The 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 5-7, will celebrate the “best” of the landmark event’s first 20...
The annual support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important events in all of historic motorsport. On Saturday morning June 22, 2013, the Le Mans Legend will return once again to Le Circuit de la Sarthe with a sensational grid of 61 Le...