Jack Brabham met Ron Tauranac when Ron showed up as a customer for Jack’s machine shop in Australia in 1950....
• HANS® Performance Products, the inventors of the head and neck restraint, has announced its next-generation product, the HANS Adjustable....
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that sparked my memory and was curious about Bruce’s Formula 3 racing. Back in the 1980s, I purchased a Cooper Norton Mk9 from a man in Connecticut who had acquired it,...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Winton Raceway, Benalla, Australia May 26–27, 2012 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...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a...
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The...
The World Championship for Makes was one of the several names the FIA adopted for its global sportscar championship through the years, and one of the more accurately descriptive—along with World Sportscar Championship. It was a championship that embraced the manufacturers’ envelope-advancing prototypes as well as the production-based Grand Touring...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
Philip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 9–10, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Mallala Motorsports Park, South Australia April 8, 2012 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...
Tall Texan Tales Dear Editor, Your excellent June issue included Pete Lyons’ review of the happenings while Jim Hall was honored during...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...
Carrera Panamericana 1950–1954 As covered several months ago in our “Lost McAfee Tapes” feature, the running of the Carrera Panamericana...
This is the official site of the Shelby American Collection in Boulder, Colorado, which houses many examples of significant Shelby...
Whether you are a fan of Formula One or not, it was hard to not read about the recent Bahrain Grand Prix. Due to the spreading “Arab Spring,” which has swept through many Middle Eastern countries as a backlash to oppressive or dictatorial governments, the Bahrain Grand Prix became a...
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato, NZ January 27–29, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Spiking interest in F3 Dear Editor, Your story on Spike Rhiando and the Trimax gave me the impetus needed to...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars driving a Bugatti (1928). 3 Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier drive a Matra M670 to victory in the 6-hour endurance race at Watkins Glen, New York (1974). Become a Member &...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
An E.R.A. Album, 1973-2010 By Alan Cox Publishing and working with publishers can be a brutal experience. As electronic media...
As another of our sports car icons, the MGB, marks its 50th anniversary of existence, we thought you should be made aware of this registry site for devotees of the famed British brand. With its stated mission “to encourage and promote the ownership and use of these fun cars,” the...
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus...
Canadian Big Healey Dear Editor, I enjoyed the article “Big Healey” in the March 2012 issue of Vintage Racecar. In...
Cale Yarborough Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, sharing a Porsche 908 Spyder, win the 1000-kilometer sports car race on the Nürburgring in West Germany (1969). 2 Paul Tracy drives a Lola-Honda to victory in the CART Miller Lite 250 on the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis,...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia February 25–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Dashware This software program allows the racer to enhance racing videos with on-screen gauges (able to be customized to look just like the ones in your car) that graphically display all the information you could want: speed, cornering, braking forces and lap position. Introduced in 2009, Dashware took home multiple...
