From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as stepping stones to Formula One and the...
Roger Penske Fred Offenhauser 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on...
The book “Great Marques – Porsche” starts with this paragraph by Dr. – Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the Foreword: “Since the beginning of car manufacture, people have wanted to own and drive sports and racing cars above all. Car enthusiasts delight more in the sporting success of ‘their’...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK February 26-28, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
1969 Porsche 917K In 1969 it was make-or-break time for Porsche. After over a decade of dominating small-bore racing, the...
Patrick Morgan’s Dawn Treader Company has just completed a full restoration of the ex-Ivan Capelli, Leyton House, March CG891 Judd, chassis #03. The 1989 Formula One challenger, resplendent in its original racing livery, was wheeled out at Sywell Airport, Northampton, for these first pictures. This was Adrian Newey’s second Formula...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human...
Paddy Hopkirk’s name is almost synonymous with the rise of the rallying Mini Cooper. His win in the Monte Carlo...
The 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium took place at Spa-Francorchamps on July 10-11, 1949. During the race, the Aston Martin DB2 of Lance Macklin and Nick Haines stopped briefly on the back of the circuit so that Haines could have a refreshing glass of beer, here being...
1984 Lancia LC2 Twenty years ago, when Group C sports car racing was in its heyday, the focus of attention...
March 2002 Racing Maseratis By Giancarlo Reggiani The name Maserati conjures images of some of the most sexy and successful...
A display featuring a number of prized Aston Martin models will highlight the inaugural Classic & Sports Car – The London Show, scheduled for October 30 through November 1 at Alexandra Palace. As one of Britain’s most revered manufacturers, Aston Martin will be celebrated in suitable style with a collection...
This year’s 24th annual Goodwood Festival of Speed theme of “Full Throttle: The Endless Pursuit of Power” meant that participants...
The 26th Tour Auto Optic 2000 will take place from April 24-30, 2017, along a new route devised by Peter...
1 Louis Chiron leads an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 finish in the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry (1934). 2 AMC wins its second straight SCCA Tran-Am title when George Follmer drives his Roy Woods Javelin to a race win at Donnybrooke Speedway near Brainerd, Minnesota (1972). 4 Carl Goudy wins the...
The VSCC and the Historic Grand Prix Car Association joined forces with Donington Park to savor the return of Auto...
I drove for Colin Chapman for about four years because I was a junior driver in the Lotus team, so...
May 2000 Mille Miglia Race: The Postwar Years By Giorgio Nada Editore As chronicled throughout this special issue of VRJ, the fabled history of the Mille Miglia spans over 70 years of legendary cars and drivers. Despite this formidable history, there are surprisingly few books on the race available in...
Donington Park, Castle Donington UK March 17, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Catch the moment when Peter Dumbreck’s No. 5 Mercedes-Benz CLR somersaulted into the woods while traveling at very high speeds!...
The first annual Algarve Classic Festival has been announced as the logical successor to the annual October historic race meeting at the five-year-old circuit in southern Portugal. Scheduled for October 18-21, the event will include such races as the Stirling Moss Trophy for pre-’61 sportscars and sports-racers, the Motor Racing...
Alan Stammers grew up with the sight and sound of motor racing, the family farm bordering the Snetterton circuit in...
As you’ll see elsewhere in this month’s issue, 37 sophisticated Group C and GTP machines took part in a historic...
Hurley Haywood has been named Grand Marshal of the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on August 15-18. Considered among the greatest drivers in endurance racing history, Haywood is a major part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which is...
The video below from our friends at Petrolicious tells the story of Tony Parkinson and his acquisition of a very special...
Roll-Over Protection or Abstract Art Dear Editor, As a dedicated classic / historic racecar, roadcar enthusiast I am horrified how...
Masters Historic Racing’s busy summer schedule will get under way in England on the weekend of July 4-5 with the Masters Four Hours at Donington Park, with a four-hour enduro for Pre-’66 GT, GTP and Touring Cars as the centerpiece of the Masters Festival on the popular Leicestershire circuit. Three...
Al Unser Photo: Mike Thomsen Mario Andretti Photo: BRDC 1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The...
Le Mans Panoramic By Gavin Ireland The 24 Hours of Le Mans may be the single most relevant race in the world, establishing itself through 90 runnings as the definitive test of automotive speed and endurance. In its formative years it was the latter of those two terms that took...