Watching it happen, it was hard to appreciate the magnitude of the achievement. The big blue roadster hardly made any...
It’s time to talk NASCAR. It usually is. NASCAR’s calendar is the longest in racing, so it has the shortest...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
Portland Int’l Raceway, Portland, OR September 5-6, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
At its January 28th Arizona Biltmore sale, RM Auctions will offer a rare piece of Aston Martin history in the...
Celebrating its 15th anniversary the weekend of April 12–14, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance presented by LPL Financial and Pacific Sotheby’s will be returning to the stunning shores of La Jolla, California. In total, attendees can expect to see 130 spectacular automobiles from around the world. Of those vehicles, the...
The other evening I watched a panel of motorsport reporters on a TV show name their “driver of the year.”...
Last Sunday’s Eighth Annual Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance in Beverly Hills surpassed record attendance despite threatening weather. Possible thunderstorms did...
The fourth renewal of the Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance will be held February 27, 2011 at the La Quinta Resort and Spa in La Quinta, California near Palm Springs. The event will cap the newly constituted Desert Classic Concours Speed Week that begins February 19–20 with a VARA weekend at...
Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA March 15–16, 2008 Tom Morgan’s 1959 MGA was one of a score of MG’s in attendance...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 19-21, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Like many motor racing fans, my original dream of becoming a World Champion racing driver started when I was a...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) today announced it would present motorsports reunions to celebrate iconic marques throughout the 2019...
Jim Clark Frank Williams Photo: Williams F1 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 First engine ever designed by Ernst Fuhrmann, the Porsche Type 547 (Carrera), runs in Zuffenhausen for the first time (1953). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Historic Sportscar Racing will hold its 2015 racing season’s final meeting at Sebring International Raceway the weekend of December 3-6....
Rick Mears Alain Prost 1 John Surtees drives a Ferrari 312 to victory in the nonchampionship Syracuse Grand Prix in...
Two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. will be the guest of honor at the 6th annual Motorsports & Memories Winter Banquet of the Meadowdale International Raceways Press Association on Saturday, February 7, 2015. The dinner, which also serves as the winter meeting of the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association...
The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, France; June 9–10, 1973 Two N.A.R.T.-entered Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytonas surge along next to...
For over 70 years the month of May has been synonymous with two of the most historic and challenging motor...
Mario Andretti I had three different seasons in Alfa Romeo sports cars. People remember that I drove for them in Grand Prix races but they often don’t recall that I did my time in the Tipo 33 sports cars. The start was at Daytona with the 2-liter car in 1968....
A special display of more than a dozen famously red Ferraris will open at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
This one picture is why I’m writing these thousand words. I’m doing so in the first week of August 2008—precisely 50 years since I exposed the negative at Lime Rock, made a print in my dad’s darkroom, and air-mailed it overseas to England’s Autosport magazine. When we duly received our...
The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted the late Grand Prix and sports car driver Masten Gregory into its Hall of Fame on February 13. Gregory was the first successful American-born driver in Formula One. He scored the first podium finish by an American in a World Championship Grand...
Fifty years ago, Henry Ford II realized his dream of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans and defeating Enzo...
November 2009 Quixx Plexiglas & Acrylic Scratch Remover As any racer knows, scratches are an inevitable part of racing. In...
Hamilton White is a Monaco-based Brit who collects and sells a staggering range of esoterica. After our November Automobilia feature, VR visited the premises of Monacoauctions.com where jovial Hamilton works and lives. The doorman said, “Oh the man with the tusks.” Yes, look at this wonderful site. White specializes in...