Minis will be big in the spotlight at this October’s Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Fall Historics at Michelin Raceway Road...
MOKE International Limited has announced the return of one of Britain’s quirkiest automotive icons. UK customers can now order one...
Motor Racing Legends has announced an exciting new grid for the 2020 season – the Sixties Touring Car Challenge. To be run for Group 1 and Group 2 cars that were eligible for the European Touring Car Championship from 1966 to the end of 1969, the series will also encompass...
In a recent “Last Lap” [60 Years of the Upscale Mini] I considered the expensive customized Minis of the Swinging Sixties,...
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Morris Mini-Minor and Austin Se7en, and the Goodwood Revival will feature some...
A tiny red car is mixing it up at the Monterey Historic Races with 356 Porsches, Morgans, Corvettes, Lotuses and Alfas on the track. “What is that thing?” a fellow racer with a Ferrari on the pre-grid says. The same question has been asked at different racing events around the globe...
The iconic British-made Mini, one of the world’s most successful automobiles, is this year’s featured show car marque and race...
The 60th anniversary of the extraordinary Mini Minor will be celebrated with two record-breaking races at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (July...
The arrival of every new year heralds a raft of exciting anniversaries and, in the car world, 2019 is crammed full of major motoring milestones – the cream of which will be celebrated at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (July 26-28). In recent years, the famous Silverstone Grand Prix circuit has...
Goodwood has announced a further new race has been added to the 77th Members’ Meeting schedule: The Betty Richmond Trophy,...
When first introduced in 1959, the Mini Cooper was a revelation of automotive simplicity, economy, and delight. Designed by Sir...
Worldwide Auctioneers’ 11th annual Labor Day Weekend sale, The Auburn Auction, delivered a 99% sell through rate on Saturday September 1st in the historic setting of The National Auto & Truck Museum’s L29 Cord Building, within the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum complex. The auction was once again an integral part of...
Reg Hillary, 96-years of age as of this writing, is as sharp and lively as someone half his age. He’s...
July 2017 George Dowson, the co-designer of this sophisticated pre-war Lightweight Special, is seen demonstrating it at the Cockfosters Rally...
With the Classic Mini serving as the featured marque of this year’s 14th annual CSRG Charity Challenge, scheduled for the weekend of September 29 through October 1 at Sonoma Raceway, one of the main events will be the Can-Am Mini Challenge, sponsored by Seven Mini Parts. The Challenge is a...
Rallying’s original Flying Finn, Timo Mäkinen, passed away last Thursday at the age of 79. Mäkinen is perhaps best known...
1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car At the dying stages of the 1966 World Cup Finals at Wembley Stadium, BBC soccer...
Having a father interested in motorsport, and him taking me to watch Tazio Nuvolari race at the 1938 Donington Grand Prix, directly led to my lifetime of involvement in the sport. Nuvolari really left an indelible impression on me. Initially, as a young boy, I emulated Nuvolari in my mind,...
The partnership among the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, having brought a succession of special and...
I didn’t think it was a very good thing for a woman to drive those open and powerful cars of...
John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on that role has had to make many difficult and radical decisions to secure the future of Silverstone Racing Circuit—The Home of British Motor Racing. Some may ask who is John Grant and how is...
I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject...
One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer diversity of historic racing. You have the big names, of course, but there are the lesser-known makes like Bolwell, Elden and Huffaker—to pick three from a recent issue. None of these became...
Everyone who experienced the 1960s has fond memories of the glory years of sedan racing. The burnt-orange Mustangs, dark blue...
The man who held honorary SCCA Competition License No. 1, Ohioan Chuck Dietrich, has died at the age of 88....
VR: Tell me how you first became enamored with cars. Like so many of us, I would imagine you were bit by the bug when you were a child? PM: Well, I did get bitten by the bug probably when I was 7 or 8 years old. Something like that....
Few cars in the history of the automobile can be viewed as more revolutionary than the Mini. Designed by Sir...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials and Land Speed Record attempts, the postwar competition and special tuning department in Abingdon, England, was synonymous with “Giant Killing” performance right up through 1967. However, the late ’60s brought...
