On winter’s final weekend in the Southern Hemisphere, September 20-21, the Veloce Racing Association will hold its second annual East...
Last year it was a blast from the past; this year it became the future. Following the package of measures...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown, as it is difficult to pinpoint when a special builder became a constructor. In the interest of historical accuracy, I have discussed the matter with Eric Broadley, John Crosslé, and...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
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...
August 2008 Inside IMSA’s Legendary GTP Race Cars The Prototype Experience By J. A. Martin and Michael J. Fuller Among...
For over 50 years, the Chevrolet Corvette has been considered by many to be “America’s sports car.” And as early...
Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One, has been killed in a head-on crash during a vintage rally near his South African home city of George. A mini van apparently pulled out from behind a truck into...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
The history of motor sport is, in many ways, a history of barriers being broken. In the automobile’s 19th-century infancy, 60 mph was thought an insurmountable barrier; doctors even hypothesized that the human body would be unable to breathe at that speed and, therefore, the driver would surely die. As...
The Ferrari 330 P4 was the Scuderia’s weapon of choice for the 1967 World Manufacturers Championship. The car’s 4-liter V-12...
John Zeitler Nigel Mansell Photo: Maureen Magee 2 Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Penske PC-18, wins the CART Budweiser Cleveland Grand...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if all were...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Australia February 2–3, 2008 Andrew Fellows in his ex-Graham Hill Brabham BT36.Photo: Russell Windebank 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...
Bathurst, Mt. Panorama, Australia March 21–23, 2008 David Reid (Jaguar C-type replica) leads the Jaguar Mk2 of Peter Marshall down...
July 2008 Gentleman Jack By Graham Gauld If you know who Jack Sears is, this book will fill in all...
You could call it a long time between drinks. It’s been some 35 years since the last race meeting was...
New Zealand—the homeland of the two most famous drivers of the Can-Am series, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme—was the host...
We seem to hear more and more these days about the sorry state of the media. I’d say I have to agree, after a formerly reputable automotive radio talk show, Drivers Talk Radio, recently asked me to be a guest. Jeez, how low will these people sink for material? The...
I was surprised to read in the March issue of this magazine a letter from Bob Krueger on “train racing,”...
John Watson Manfred von Brauchitsh 3 Manfred von Brauchitsh scores the Mercedes-Benz Type W25 debut victory by winning the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring (1934). 4 “Lucky” Casner, driving his Camoradi Maserati Tipo 61, wins the 2-heat, 600-kilometer sports car race on the Les Essart Circuit near Rouen, France (1961). Become...
Over-2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of International Motorsports; the...
Phillip Island Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 7-9,2008 The great looking Chevron B16 of Englishman Frank Lyons.Photo: Neil Hammond Become a...
June 2008 Lancia 037 The Development and Rally History of a World Champion By Peter Collins Long-time VR author and photographer Peter Collins should be no stranger to readers of this magazine. In addition to his beautiful photographic work, Collins has often shared his positively scary amount of knowledge of...
