Looking back across the pantheon of Formula One greats one can find a rare subset of champions who not only...
VR: How did you first come to cars? I know you both go way back with your involvement in the...
For the better part of the past 10 years, I’ve wanted to devote an issue of VR to the history of women in motorsport. Not because there was some commercial angle to be taken, but because while it is almost never acknowledged, women have had a place in racing history,...
I was given the opportunity recently to see an advanced screening of Ron Howard’s much-anticipated movie Rush. I was allowed...
I can’t help but laugh when I hear race commentators today, talking about drivers with “long careers.” “Veteran” drivers these...
A lot of great names are associated with the racing of Corvettes. Many of those great names—racers like Bondurant, Fitch and Guldstrand—either were, or went on to become, successful professional racing drivers. But in the late ’50s and early ’60s the Corvette also attracted an extraordinary collection of “Gentleman Drivers”...
I’m always amazed at how these issues can sometimes take on a life of their own. Those of you who...
I’ll confess, upfront, that I’m really not a NASCAR fan. But that fact didn’t deaden the shock, when I learned...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931...
Due to the lead time it takes to print and distribute any given magazine, I sit here today, writing this...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and enjoyable conversation with Amelia Island Concours founder, Bill Warner. While Bill is probably most widely known for having created one of the country’s top concours events, it may come as...
Not long after making the ridiculous decision to start this magazine back in 1998, I made a trip over to...
As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, we sadly report that the elder statesman of American motorsport, John Fitch, has...
It’s the end of October as I write this, which is fitting, because I’m being haunted…by one of my former racecars. I received an email from a friend, “Hey, your old Lotus has just been listed on eBay.” Unable to resist the temptation, I logged on and scoured through a...
One of the most inspiring stories in the history of motorsport recently took place, and though few in the motorsport...
Even after almost 40 years of following Formula One, I’m amazed that there are still aspects of the sport that...
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed driver Rudolf Caracciola wheeling a giant prewar SSK or W154 “Silver Arrow” around some exotic circuit, like the Nürburgring or Tripoli. Yet, there was another Rudi at Mercedes-Benz who arguably...
As you will have read in last month’s Vintage Racecar news, the automotive world lost one of its last remaining...
Whether you are a fan of Formula One or not, it was hard to not read about the recent Bahrain...
As you might imagine, a lot of disparate items stream into my email inbox. In addition to the usual barrage of emails related to articles and magazines and letters to the editor, I also receive a fairly consistent flow of requests for information about cars, drivers and history. While some...
Really? How so, you may ask. While it’s hard to imagine today’s Williams Grand Prix car contributing a single iota...
So, you might be asking yourself, “What happened to my Vintage Racecar? There seems to be another magazine stuck to...
It sounds like the title of a bad B-movie doesn’t it? They came from the great beyond. Legions of historic racecars hell-bent, with only one purpose…the survival and perpetuation of their own race! Da-Da-Daahhhh!!! While it might sound outlandish and far-fetched, it’s actually not. There is a growing movement afoot,...
Let me get my bias out of the way, right up front—I’m not a NASCAR fan. Though I’ve tried at...
Just as we went to press last month, we heard the tragic news of Dan Wheldon’s fatal accident in the...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive the 1979 March 79V Super Vee that Dennis Firestone drove to that year’s USAC “Mini-Indy” championship. I have a certain affinity for Super Vees, both in having raced a Ralt...
Over the past two months, you may have noticed several news pieces in the magazine about the seemingly insane attempt...
As you’ll read throughout this issue, in honor of this month’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV, we’re paying our own tribute...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I recently had the great honor of being invited to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to test drive the mighty 1909 Blitzen Benz. This was an event that pegged a lot of firsts for me: My first trip to the Speedway; My first...
