The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
According to the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, Le Mans and multiple Targa Florio winner Nino Vaccarella passed away on September...
Want to get out on the track but can’t find the historic racing car you really want? This month our man in Australia, Patrick Quinn, reports on a growing number of Aussie enthusiasts who are building historic racing cars that never were. Cars that typify those care-free amateur days of...
Jack Turner began building his own racing special in 1951 and early successes with the car quickly led to a...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
The international Diamond Jubilee Formula Junior celebratory Tour, now on its way to North America, got rolling with five race meetings in New Zealand during the Southern Hemisphere summer. With 40 to 50 cars turning out at each of the five circuits hosting races, a huge impression was made with...
James Garner Gordon Johncock Adrian Newey Rick Mears 2 The Tony Southgate designed TWR Jaguar XJR-5 is tested for the...
Foretelling the future is impossible, yet that is what executives in car companies have to do. When I was a...
This interesting Web site is devoted to preserving historic photographs of the Cumberland Airport Sports Car races. Held from 1953–1970, the Cumberland airport, in western Maryland, hosted a variety of local and SCCA road races, on a classic “airport-style” temporary road course. On occasion, big names like Carroll Shelby, Roger...
What’s the single most important component, for maximal performance, on a racecar? The engine? Suspension? In the grand scheme of...
Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia March 28-29, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
From the very beginning of the automobile, men with a passion for speed and technology built cars to compete. These innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
Richie Ginther Biography Those readers familiar with the Grand Prix History website know that central to this site is the...
It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first...
Rodger Ward Louis Chiron 1 Louis Chiron leads an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 finish in the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry (1934). 2 In the German “Silver Arrows” only American appearance, Bernd Rosemeyer drives an Auto Union to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in New York (1937). Become a Member...
As we’ve become familiar with, over the past two decades, the concept of ground effects—that is managing the airflow underneath...
Jo Bonnier Vic Elford 3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine”...
Before the outbreak of WWII, motor racing in South Africa had been developing strongly and, in fact, the last pre-war South African Grand Prix, held in January 1939, was the first major ‘scratch start’ event in the country and included a top class field of voiturettes comprised of nine Maseratis,...
VR editor/publisher Casey Annis is usually the one asking the questions, but now the tables have been turned as the...
March 2018 Second to None The European Formula 2 Story: From Ickx to Thackwell and from Rindt to Streiff By...
A Rogue, an XK120 and the World Record that Took 5 Years and Stirling Moss to Break. It was a car the likes of which had not been seen before. Fitted with a truly inspired DOHC six-cylinder engine and clothed by a streamlined flowing coachwork, evocative of that hopeful post-WWII...
This year’s Formula One World Championship commenced without the reigning champion in the field, something that has not happened since...
Jack Brabham met Ron Tauranac when Ron showed up as a customer for Jack’s machine shop in Australia in 1950....
March 2004 Maserati: A Racing History By Anthony Pritchard This new book, by noted author and historian Anthony Pritchard, chronicles...
The past, present and future of Aston Martin is to be honored through a year-long celebration of the iconic British brand’s 110th anniversary. Sunday, January 15, marks exactly 110 years since founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford officially formed the partnership that went on to create the first Aston Martin...
The Road Racing Drivers Club has announced that it will be hosting an “Evening with Rick Mears” Dinner with proceeds...
Coker’s Lines Dear Editor, Your story about the recreated 1953 Austin-Healey 100S Record Car was interesting. The caption notes how...
The Lewes Speed Trials; Lewes, August 21, 1936. The famous pre-war Brooklands racer George Harvey-Noble at speed in the ex-Louis Klemantaski 10 1/2-liter V12 Delage then owned by Gerald Sumner. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970...