To celebrate its debut in Formula One, as well as its assault on a selection of other high-speed disciplines, Alpine...
This unique 1938 Mercedes-Benz Gelandesport 170VS is the only remaining example of 10 specially built by the factory to compete...
Groupe Renault displayed four historic endurance racing prototypes (above, photo courtesy of Renault) at this year’s Retromobile Show in Paris, February 7-11, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Alpine’s overall win in the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans. Not only was the winning prototype, Renault Alpine A442B, on...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
July 2017 Porsche 914 – The Racing History By Roy Smith Writing about a subject is relatively easy when there...
Bob Wollek was a champion many times over before he even got into motor racing. He won no fewer than three gold and two silver medals in the World University Games—second only to the Olympics—in downhill, slalom and combined skiing events in 1966 and 1968. When he exploded onto the...
In this month’s Racecar Profile [“Bound by Fate”], you’ll read that I recently had the opportunity to test drive the...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of...
Motor racing has always involved risk for the drivers, and sometimes for spectators too, as was seen to horrific effect...
The Sunbeam Tiger is a car well-known to enthusiasts. European cars with powerful American V8s are intriguing. Most of the time these Euro-American hybrids came with high-end, sexy bodies to house their muscular engines, such as the Facel Vega, Iso Rivolta and Griffo, and of course the Shelby Cobra. The...
Australia has decided to demote FF1600 and install Formula 4 as its national starter series. Formula 4 gives each country...
A Talbot 105 Alpine has won the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Alpine Trial, 80 years after a Talbot won the...
Colin Chapman The Comic Strip Biography Published by Haynes Think of the name Colin Chapman and the word innovator is not far away. This book innovatively marries the graphic novel and the world of motor racing. Some 1960s publications, such as The Tiger and the Grand Prix Gift Book Annuals...
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more...
Two significant anniversaries come along during 2013 for Alpine Renault. Who, you may ask? Well, if you are relatively new...
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story of Alpine and Renault is a culmination of a Sherlock Homes style of research, study and investigative interviews with those luminaries who designed, built, tested, raced and had “hands on”...
With this month’s main feature story looking at the Alpine Renaults that played a prominent role in the World Rally...
Renault and Caterham Group have announced their agreement to join forces in pursuit of jointly developing sports vehicles under the...
Vintage Racecar’s European team will be out in full force at the 10th Race Retro, at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry, Warwickshire, from the 22nd to the 24th of February. In deference of the show’s chosen marque, Lotus, the Vintage Racecar stand (E40 Hall 2) will be exhibiting the JPS Lotus...
There are so many great racecars. I have always liked the Cobra, and I would be very pleased for someone...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers...
With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the lens of his greatest achievements—the revered Cobra and GT350 being but two that will immediately pop to mind for most casual enthusiasts. But Shelby’s career as a constructor and team...
As you will have read in last month’s Vintage Racecar news, the automotive world lost one of its last remaining...
It all started as a promo for Monte Carlo. Now, it’s a sport of world, European and many national championships...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia February 26–27, 2010 (Next page for more)...
In my era as a race and rally driver, we were expected to assist in both the general and technical...
Two heroes and a heroine. What unites them? The Audi Quattro, rallying’s first four-wheel-drive, turbocharged car. Hannu and Stig each won a world drivers title with the German groundbreaker, and Michèle would have done the same if Walter Röhrl hadn’t got in her way. But she still beat 21 top...
