I was 19-years old and working nights at a Shell service station in San Jose, California, with my friend Jim...
I bought both a Volkswagen Type 1 and a Morris Minor more than 20 years ago when we started...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose...
There’s sun, sea, surf and sand on a summer Sunday morning — no it’s not California, but Weymouth on the...
1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car At the dying stages of the 1966 World Cup Finals at Wembley Stadium, BBC soccer commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme uttered words that would become a phrase forever synonymous with him. As striker Geoff Hurst walloped the ball goalward, Wolstenholme’s dulcet tones rang out those memorable words,...
VSCC Cotswold Trials, Prescott Hill, Gloucestershire, UK, November 22, 2014 (Click to enlarge images)...
After World War II, many of the world’s auto manufacturers returned to car production embracing many of the technologies and manufacturing innovations developed as a result of the war effort. Aerodynamics and unit-body construction were just a few of the advents refined by the war effort that would soon become...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that motor sport has never really been egalitarian. Contrary to popular belief, racing runs not on gasoline, but on money. From its humble beginnings at the turn of the 20 century, the combined...
For two consecutive years—1969 and 1970—Porsche won the World Manufacturers Championship. Brian Redman was an important part of the teams,...
At the tender age of 15, John Fenning started his racing career competing in small, 500-cc racecars, like many postwar...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It resulted in transforming Cobras into world-class automobiles, not only on tracks, but also on roads. The relationship between the two was not just a business one, it was also very...
In a recent letter to Vintage Racecar, David Carroll mentioned that he owns an HRG. Regardless of anything else, like...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don...
1 “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the first dragracer to run the 1/4 mile at more than 200 mph. He drives his Swamprat dragster to 201.34 mph at Island Dragway in New Jersey, USA (1964). 1 Gerhard Mitter dies in a testing crash at the Nürburgring in Germany (1969). 3...
