There is a warehouse in Houston, Texas, that is the automotive equivalent of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There are no...
Brands Hatch, Kent, UK September 17, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
January 2017 On July 10-11, 1949. Just two weeks after Le Mans, Luigi Chinetti teamed up with Jean Lucas to win his second 24-hour race of the season, the 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium, at Spa-Francorchamps. Again, they used a Ferrari 166MM barchetta. This photo was taken...
Arguably, one of the core tenets of vintage and historic racing is the notion of the rolling time frame, that...
January 2017 Can-Am 50th Anniversary By George Levy and Pete Biro Can it really be 50 years since the Canadian-American...
Virginia Int’l. Raceway, Alton, VA September 22-25, 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 on...
Mike Hawthorn George Follmer 1 Paul Frere drives an Ecurie Belge Cooper T51-Climax to victory in the 80-lap Formula Libre South African Grand Prix in East London (1960). 2 Franco Cortese wins the III Grosvenor Grand Prix near Cape Town, South Africa, at the wheel of a Maserati 6CM (1939). Become...
Being a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, I must say, is the most amazing job any driver can have. The opportunity...
Unlike Vintage Racecar’s editors I don’t spend my working life thrashing the pants off other people’s rare and priceless racing...
It’s not often that a Formula One driver can turn his hand to World Championship rallying. Look at 2007 F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen. He cut his Grand Prix career short in 2010 to join Citroën, but could only turn in mediocre results, before returning in 2012 to what he...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his...
Sears Point, Sonoma, CA September 30-October 2, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
NAS North Island, San Diego, CA September 16-19, 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 on...
This painting depicts a cockpit study of the ex-Peter Collins Ferrari Dino 246S as seen at the Goodwood Revival meeting....
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Linas-Montlhéry Autodrome, Montlhéry, France September 24-25, 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 on partner...
The possibility of working with Ferrari surfaced in mid-1996. Michael told me at the end of 1995 that he was...
1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB “Comp/61” Inevitably, when the name Ferrari is brought up in conjunction with racing, the first thing that...
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s comment after the drive of his life…an impossible dream. He said so after he had just won the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring for Ferrari in the most incredible nail-biter...
Some people do; some people don’t. Some people enjoy it; some people don’t. Driving in the rain, that is. Apart...