Photo: Ian Welsh When you look at any listing of Lotus competition cars built from the first Lotus VI of...
Few figures in American racing history have had as much impact as Harry Miller, builder of an incredible range of successful and groundbreaking racing cars over the early decades of the 20th century. Given this month’s Profile of a car from Miller’s primary era, we thought it would be good...
Then I live in Texas. That means I’m supposed to be a barbeque snob. It also means that when invited...
This piece was created by mixed media artist Jonathan Carter to commemorate Maserati’s centennial. The painting depicts Juan Manuel Fangio...
My favorite racing days were with John Jordan. John Jordan was a great man, he was a true enthusiast who loved the sport. He was a man of speed, racing on land and water, and he loved flying too. For me, they were the most enjoyable times competing in the...
Mike Lawrence One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer...
Photo: Mike Jiggle At the end of 1981 when our (Jaguar) turnaround story was just unfolding, a most remarkable man...
Moretti Memories Dear Editor, Your write up on the Moretti in the April issue made me begin to think about some of my past experiences. 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....
Umberto Maglioli stands beside his Porsche 550A and looks up from the pits during a break in open practice for...
Jaguar and the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) have announced further details of the Jaguar Heritage Challenge race series, including...
Recently I was traveling from Florida to West Virginia to race in the Jefferson 500. I stopped at the half way point, got a hotel room, slept briefly, & woke up to find my trailer having been broken into and the racecar GONE! I come from a family of car...
In the L&M F5000 Championship race at Michigan International Speedway on May 20, 1973, Peter Gethin raced for Marathon/Shierson Racing...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim Shaw, both of whom were truck drivers working with me at my first trucking company, Safeway Delivery. The delivery service had a six-day-a-week schedule so there were some...
Lotus: The Marque By William Taylor Eleven years have passed since Mr. Taylor published the third in his series of...
I love Italian sports cars, and if they were built in the 1950s or 1960s, even better. At the top...
Gigi Villoresi. Jean-Marie Balestre.Photo: Ercole Colombo 1 Willi Kauhsen, driving the Bosch-sponsored Porsche 917/10, wins both heats of the Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany (1973). 3 Vern Schuppan and Naohiro Fujita drive the Nova Engineering Porsche 956 to victory in the 500-kilometer Japanese Sports Car Championship race...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human...
Photo: Sean Smith Just prior to 1930, Pocantico Hills, New York, was the country home of Barron Collier, a wildly...
Mike Lawrence One of the anniversaries celebrated at the 2014 Goodwood Revival Meeting was 50 years since Jackie Stewart won his first single-seater race, at Goodwood. Goodwood’s airfield manager, Robin McKay, had seen Jackie race (for Ecurie Ecosse) and he convinced Ken Tyrrell to give him a trial. Ken arrived...
Not long ago, our resident sage—the good Dr. Lawrence—noted that innovations in road cars have always come from sports cars,...
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy July 10–11, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
During the first 60 years of the Corvette’s existence, each of its six model designations raced at Le Mans. To...
The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing By Howden Ganley It all began for Howden Ganley at the...
The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI July 10–11, 2015 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...
As you’ll see from the extensive coverage, on both sides of the magazine this month, this year’s Monterey Car Week...