As a result of my 1967 win in the Kyalami Nine Hours, in South Africa with Jacky Ickx in the...
A four-race 2016 calendar has been announced by Formula 5000 Drivers Association President Seb Coppola. Also revealed was a 2018...
It’s often said that one of the best aspects of historic racing is the people you meet. Having been around the hobby for a frighteningly long time now, I feel very fortunate to have made so many friends along the way. Whether you live in the U.S., Australia or the...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of...
Riddelle Gregory Vittorio Jano 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing its W25 Grand Prix racecars as “Silver Arrows”...
Next July’s Silverstone Classic has announced plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Can-Am Series with a pair of special commemoration races at its annual summer event, set for July 29-31. The two races will be the culmination of a three-round Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge being organized by...
Morgans were regularly used in England before World War II in Rallies, Trials and Speed Tests. This is a Morgan...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association crowned its 2015 champions at its season finale, part of SVRA’s U.S. Vintage Racing National Championships at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Clinching their respective Class A (Pre-1972) and Class B (1972-1976) championships with race victories were Bruce Leeson (McLaren M10B-Chevrolet), who went...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK June 23–26, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA September 25-27, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA April 9–10, 2016 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...
I’ve been fortunate to have driven a lot of racecars, both those I’ve raced and those I’ve driven to try...
After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own… A little over...
Don Nichols’ new AVS Shadow Mk. 1 made its first public appearance at the Labatt’s Blue Trophy race at Mosport, June 14, 1970. Its amazingly minimal frontal area got a lot of attention, and George Follmer drove it—which took some courage. The car retired from the race with overheating just past...
The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI June 24–25, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Women drivers in Formula One are rare indeed. Since the start of the F1 World Championship in 1950, only five...
This offering from the Spanish artist Fernando Hoyos is an original painting later printed in limited edition, signed and numbered. It depicts the four-cylinder Bugatti T37A of Francisco Torres in the 1928 San Sebastian Grand Prix at the Lasarte Circuit. Painted red and yellow (then the national racing colors of...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 3-4, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Aston’s Spectre Dear Editor, What a ripper read your leading article was in the December edition of Vintage Roadcar! 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...
It is early 1964 and having recently qualified as a doctor, I had signed up for a short-service commission as...
1965 Ford Cortina GT500 First used as a motor racing circuit back in 1938, for the Australian Grand Prix of...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses around his home city of Coventry. Despite having good qualifications and being at the epicenter of the UK car industry, he was rejected first by Jaguar and then initially by...
Here we are at the Motor 6 Hour Saloon Car Race at Brands Hatch on July 6, 1963. This Ford Cortina...
Coupe Sport Leicht (CSL) is a name synonymous with BMW racecars. Of all the BMW CSLs, none was as outrageous...
September 2016 • An impromptu “reunion” of a trio of American road race specials took place at the second running of the Chateau Impney Hillclimb in the United Kingdom. The three cars all contested the old Pebble Beach Road Races of the 1950s in California, so having them all together...
As I sat quietly in a pleasant house in Woking, England, in the winter of 1970, I watched and listened....
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel...
Last month, in this space, I spoke about our newest contributor Howden Ganley, whose incredible motorsport career saw him go from an entry level mechanic to Formula One driver and subsequently a team owner and constructor. Of course, I was mortified to learn—after we’d gone to press—that in my zeal...