The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner...
Really? How so, you may ask. While it’s hard to imagine today’s Williams Grand Prix car contributing a single iota of luxury to any road-going car, such was not the case during the early days of the automobile. In fact, you need look no farther than our cover story in...
The Don Dear Editor, These days I tend to read Vintage Racecar from the back forward, in as much as...
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end of the column, but as I tap out this opening sentence, I...
Adelaide Parklands Circuit, Adelaide, South Australia March 1–4, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Formula One – All the Races By Roger Smith This mighty 600 page-tome is the Formula One race version of Steve Small’s Grand Prix Who’s Who, where Small provides a cameo of each and every Grand Prix driver’s career, where Roger Smith does the same for each of the 858...
This site bills itself as “a celebration of motorsport,” and that just about says it all. Now in its fifth...
Terror Over Brussels Dear Editor, I must urge you to reconsider the excellent winter vegetable the “brussel sprout” and draw your attention to the fact that it is spelt with a single “l” [First Turn, Feb, 2012]. The humble brussel sprout, and other vegetables, were served by my mother to our...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
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Sandown Racecourse, Springdale, Victoria, Australia November 5–6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Don Yenko and Yenko Stinger By Charlie “Bud” Doerge In 1957, Chevrolet racer Don Yenko set up his own tuning...
This month we offer you, courtesy of YouTube, a two-part review of the 1963 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 12th edition of the storied event, culled from the archives of the late, lamented Speedvision’s “Victory Circle” series. There’s a brief introduction by host Dave Despain, whose comments...
Deep inside Hunter Valley Wine Country of New South Wales (NSW) lives a very interesting automotive treasure-seeker. By day Aaron...
Alloys Dear Editor, I am a great fan of Mike Lawrence’s column; it is often my favorite part of the...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia November 26–27, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit that drives all racers toward excellence on the track, but then again, perhaps it is, just not in an analytical how-it’s-done sense. Following on from his previous Motor Racing: Reflections...
Have a hankering for Healeys? Then you probably already know about this site, but just in case…. It’s maintained by...
The Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust has launched a revamped website aimed at keeping current and former F1 mechanics in...
Turn Up the Gane Dear Editor, Thanks for an enjoyable and diverse November issue. I would like to make a couple of comments on some of its contents. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr....
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Behind Le Mans, The Film in Photographs By Michael Keyser Arguably one of the most influential racing feature films of all-time, Steve McQueen’s Le Mans did not enjoy critical or financial success when released in the early ’70s, but it has gone on to become a cult classic for racing...
