The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
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...
Sears Point, Sonoma, CA September 30-October 2, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Linas-Montlhéry Autodrome, Montlhéry, France September 24-25, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
(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...
Being a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, I must say, is the most amazing job any driver can have. The opportunity...
Mike Hawthorn George Follmer 1 Paul Frere drives an Ecurie Belge Cooper T51-Climax to victory in the 80-lap Formula Libre South...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his racing career covered everything from Volvo sedans to Indycars and Ferrari sports racers. In remembrance of Tony’s recent passing and this issue’s Ferrari theme, we pay tribute by sharing some...
This painting depicts a cockpit study of the ex-Peter Collins Ferrari Dino 246S as seen at the Goodwood Revival meeting....
The possibility of working with Ferrari surfaced in mid-1996. Michael told me at the end of 1995 that he was...
Arguably, one of the core tenets of vintage and historic racing is the notion of the rolling time frame, that is to say with each passing year, a new model-year or era of racecar becomes “classic.” With the passage of time, today’s modern weapon will eventually become tomorrow’s historic racing...
Brands Hatch, Kent, UK September 17, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Unlike Vintage Racecar’s editors I don’t spend my working life thrashing the pants off other people’s rare and priceless racing...
Some people do; some people don’t. Some people enjoy it; some people don’t. Driving in the rain, that is. Apart from being the title of two wonderful books—the real racing one by John Horsman, (Racing in the Rain) and the other (The Art of Racing in the Rain) “written” by...
January 2017 Can-Am 50th Anniversary By George Levy and Pete Biro Can it really be 50 years since the Canadian-American...
There is a warehouse in Houston, Texas, that is the automotive equivalent of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There are no...
January 2017 • The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced its 2017 schedule of events with the season kickiing off on the weekend of June 8-11 as part of the SVRA’s Open Wheel World Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and follows up with a July 20-13 appearance at Road...
NAS North Island, San Diego, CA September 16-19, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Virginia Int’l. Raceway, Alton, VA September 22-25, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB “Comp/61” Inevitably, when the name Ferrari is brought up in conjunction with racing, the first thing that comes to the average enthusiast’s mind is Formula One. After all, Ferrari has amassed 16 Constructors Championships, since World War II, more than double that of the next most winning...
It’s not often that a Formula One driver can turn his hand to World Championship rallying. Look at 2007 F1...