Mulsanne Sprite
1968 Austin-Healey Sprite Prototype Many individuals and companies have an enviable record at Le Mans. However not many can match that of Donald Healey and… Read More...
Monthly Archives: September, 2005
The Sebring Alpine
The Sunbeam Alpine has always had a slight stigma regarding its competition career. Early on it was labeled the “British Thunderbird” with styling bestowed by… Read More...
Ed Hull
Le Mans, 1967. Giddy as a couple of kids, Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt are spraying champagne on everyone within range—race officials, photographers, crew members,… Read More...
Birthday Surprise
Seems hard to believe, but this issue marks the 7th anniversary of Vintage Racecar Journal. What started as a seemingly delusional, one-man, Don Quixote–style obsession…
Gigi Villoresi
You know how it is when a friend dies; you wish you had done more, visited him more, telephoned him more, at least thought of… Read More...
Stewart and Tyrrell
I first got acquainted with Jackie Stewart when I went to work as a mechanic for Ken Tyrrell in 1968, when Jackie was first driving… Read More...
A Party at Lance’s
Lance Reventlow was the son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. As most aficionados know, he was active in motorsport during the fifties. Lance’s best friend…
RIP MG
MG Rover has gone bust. Rover will mean little to many VRJ readers, but it’s a fair bet that most will have owned an MG.… Read More...
GT40s Le Mans
The 1965 Le Mans ended with all six Ford GT40s retiring while 1966 brought the famous three-car finish where Ford achieved its aim of domination…
Gurney/Porsche, 1962 French Grand Prix
The French Grand Prix, Rouen-les Essarts, July 8, 1962. An excellent close-up shot of Dan Gurney rounding Noveau Monde hairpin with his usual open-mouthed expression, taken…