If you’re a reader of this magazine, then chances are good that you are already something of a connoisseur of...
For decades now, one of the most sought-after and desirable accessories for any historic racecar has been the possession of...
Grover-Williams Louis Stanley 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won...
The FIA (Federation International Automobile) sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed...
Tsukuba Motorsport Complex, Japan Ferocious “F” class battle—the Mazda 1200GX of Masami Kageyama tries a late, outside pass of Masami...
January 2006 The Paddy Hopkirk Story By Bill Price From humble beginnings with an Austin 7 in his native Northern...
After World War II, Welsh aircraft engineer Jack Turner began building his own hill climb and racecar “Specials,” which by 1950 resulted in the construction of his first sports car for the street. Turner’s premise was that there was a market in postwar Britain for a very simple, inexpensive sports...
The Japan Classic Car Association’s annual “Summer Festival” meeting was held in July at Tsukuba motorsport complex about an hour...
A short history of Racing in the Far East When you read about racing in Asia, it will invariably be...
Historic Photographs As a supplier of rare period photography to VRJ, Ferret Fotographics offers prints from its 1.5 million negative collection spanning all types of racing from 1930 to 1990. If you are in search of that impossible to find car or shot, chances are good Ferret Fotographics will likely...
Garrie Cooper Keke Rosberg 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967)....
Few individuals could better be thought of to embody the spirit of the American sportsman than Briggs Swift Cunningham. Born...
As I sit down to write this month’s column, Halloween quickly approaches. The stores are jammed to the gunnels with such traditional Halloween fare as inflatable, motorized lawn ghouls, 300 metric tons of extra-hyperactivity-inducing candy, and of course costumes. Yes, the streets are starting to look a bit scary with...
Carlo Abarth Tazio Nuvolari 1 American sports-car builder Bill Devin dies (2000). 5 Roy Thomas, designer of Titan formula racers,...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
November 2005 Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich was destined to be the first man to win a third consecutive event in 1955. However, it was not to be as Vuky was involved in someone else’s accident that...
Wilbur Shaw Nanni Galli 2 Sportscar and F1 racer Nanni Galli is born in Bologna, Italy (1940). 4 Emerson Fittipaldi...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
October 2005 The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller By Gordon Elliot White Another in Iconografix’s series of photo compendiums, “The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller” explores a broad spectrum of Miller’s innovative designs with the help of photographs from the late Mark Dees collection, blueprints from...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the...
Seems hard to believe, but this issue marks the 7th anniversary of Vintage Racecar Journal. What started as a seemingly...
Ferdinand Porsche Cale Yarborough 1 Stefan Bellof dies from inuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Championship race at Spa, Belgium. The Martini LC2 of Bob Wollek, Mauro Baldi and Ricardo Patrese is awarded the win after the race is stopped (1985). 2 Cale...
September 2005 The Amazing Summer of ’55 By Eoin Young There is no logic why 1955 was destined to ring...
There is obsession…and then there is obsession! How about a Web site that is attempting to provide photos of every...
Joe Huffaker and Huffaker Engineering are, today, names synonymous with excellence in racecar preparation, construction and engineering. The Huffaker name is found throughout the history of automobile racing in the United States. In 1953, race driver Mick Marston teamed with Joe Huffaker to build a sports racing car. Using a...
Tazio Nuvolari John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987). 2 Jochen...
Under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport;...
August 2005 Kings of the Nürburgring By Chris Nixon Of all the world’s motor racing circuits, Germany’s Nürburgring is perhaps the most evocative. Soon after construction was finalized in 1927, it developed a reputation for excitement, danger and demanding racing. Amazingly, there has never been a book in English on...
