June 2011 The Art of Bugatti Richard Adatto, Christina Japp and Julius Kruta Published by the Mullin Automotive Museum with...
This relatively recently born site calls itself “An informative and entertaining antique automobile photo magazine,” and the release announcing its...
May 2011 Kiwis are Regular too! Dear Casey, I have just received my February issue of Vintage Racecar and read your interesting article on Regularity events, which you experienced at the recent HSRCA Tasman Revival meeting at Eastern Creek (a great event which I have raced at in 2008 and...
Mario Andretti Rick Mears Photo: Jim Hatfield 1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia November 26–28, 2010 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...
May 2011 Collage – Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix Album Sir Jackie Stewart The wives and girlfriends of racing drivers of...
Is it possible to have too many racecars? We didn’t think so either. With a growing number of interesting “Track...
You may have looked at this month’s cover car and said, “That’s not vintage!” You might also have looked at this month’s cover car and thought, “Hmm, I wouldn’t mind something like that!” And therein lies the predicament. Having done numerous surveys and questionnaires of our readership, we know that...
Today, a great racecar has to be very powerful, have a great deal of downforce to give grip, and be...
One driver rarely mentioned in the endless pub debate about great drivers is Sir Jack Brabham, yet in many ways...
Tim Mayer Photo: autopics.com.au A.J. Foyt Photo: Jim Hatfield 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes-Benz to victory in the Grand...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
That sound! A wild shriek spearing out of the new Japanese F1 sliced like a samurai sword through the dronings and raspings of the commonplace European engines. Beware, that unearthly cry proclaimed. We are coming. Pete Lyons It was at Watkins Glen in 1964, the next to last year of...
CONGRATULATIONS! At this past year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival, Vintage Racecar teamed up with Nikon and Lime Rock Park to...
April 2011 Jochen Rindt – Uncrowned Champion By David Tremayne Books about 1970’s posthumous World Champion Jochen Rindt are few...
The first thing to say about www.autoracinghistory.com is that this is a text-heavy site where the word works more powerfully than the image, but whether that detracts from or embellishes the site will be entirely up to you, whose eye will do the beholding. That said, let us tell you...
1965 JWF Valano GT It was the classic case of three schoolmates with like interests that eventually evolved into a profitable...
Every job has its drawbacks and its drudgeries. While writing for VR is a passion that all of our staff...
At the time of writing, the McLaren MP4-12C is an unknown quantity. Regardless of how well it does, it is a landmark. The main load-bearing structure, what McLaren calls a “Monocell” is carbon fiber, using a system similar to injection moulded plastic. This has been the automotive equivalent of the...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA Sprint Car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Sandown Int’l Motor Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria/Australia November 6–7, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
March 2011 Caribbean Capers By Joel E. Finn Subtitled “The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957, 1958 & 1960,” this...
With Peter Collins’s remembrance from his early days at Germany’s Nürburgring serving as this month’s feature article, we thought it might be nice to delve even deeper into the fabled track’s past, and therefore offer this site for your enjoyment. While the home page by itself is active enough to...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
With a dad like Stan Jones it was hardly surprising that Alan became a motor racing nut when he was...
February 2011 Remembering Dan Photo: John Pearson Dear Editor, Just a quick note of sincere thanks to Gregor (Fisken) for putting into words what several of us have been struggling to come up with. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
