Have you ever sat in front of the television watching a beautifully filmed documentary about the archaeological wonders of Egypt,...
HRG was a very small British manufacturer of predominantly competition-oriented sports cars from 1936-1966 – the initials were drawn from...
European Editor Ed McDonough recently became the first person outside Team Lotus to drive one of the best kept secrets ever created by Colin Chapman, the Lotus 58, or by its proper designation, the Type 57/58. Had Jim Clark not been killed at Hockenheim in April 1968, Lotus history might...
1972 Giannini Gruppo 2 Corse The story of Giannini is the tale of the Italian car tuners, the specialists who...
1935 Maserati 4CS Ken Painter’s 1935 Maserati 4CS has had a highly active and dramatic existence, and though perhaps not...
Ferrari 512S In 1967, the 512 was born out of a series of bad decisions by racing’s ruling body, the CSI, that were aimed at slowing down the 7-liter monsters like the Ford Mk IVs, which were dominating sports car racing. So the prototype class had a 3-liter limit imposed...
Harris-Costin Protos F2 Many of the drivers who progressed through the standard single-seater stages of racing in Europe in the...
The search for rare or interesting automobiles to profile for Vintage Road & Racecar has a few obvious starting points. Concours,...
I open the tiny door, diffidently point my toe toward the foot well, and fall into the driver’s seat by sliding under the cowl as I compress myself into the tiny BMW 700 RS roadster, trying not to sacrifice all of my dignity as I do so. I then wedge...
Resembling nothing so much as a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline sedan that was left in the dryer a bit too long,...
When Rod Millen hit the starter on his custom-designed and built four-wheel drive, four-rotor 1985 Mazda RX7 the explosion made...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical troubles suggested that winning was out of the question. But neither its drivers nor Porsche number 4 believed that. [dropcap]A[/dropcap]gainst strong opposition from Alpine-Renault and Alfa Romeo, Porsche took the...
Sixty years ago, Chevrolet had the guts to introduce a model that was drastically different than anything they had ever...
This is the tale of a wonderful old racing machine, now fast approaching its 100th birthday but still enjoying an...
When you troll the paddock at a vintage race meet as often as I have, it takes a special car to catch your eye. While my heart still goes pitta-pat for Alfas, Moggies, 356s, and just about every Lotus and Jaguar, when a bright orange sports racer I have never...
The book “Great Marques – Porsche” starts with this paragraph by Dr. – Ing. h.c. Ferdinand (Ferry) Porsche in the...
The newly formed STD Motors awarded their three marques—Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq—the honor of a racing effort in 1921-’22. Sunbeam...
American style and simplicity defeated Europe’s complex cars and engines at Le Mans in 1921 to put the seal on the straight-eight era. This great victory celebrates its centenary this year. [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f reliability is an asset for a racing engine, the 1921 3-liter Duesenberg was so blessed. Jimmy Murphy’s Duesenberg...
No racing car exemplified and exploited the admirable freedom of the Can-Am series rules more than the 1966 Chaparral 2E....
Ferrari SN: 18139 started life as a 365 GT4/BB. It was delivered to Chinetti’s 1970s NART shop in Connecticut –...
In the world of exotic cars, there are few names that can compare with Ferrari. The very mention of the word brings to mind blood red cars with shapes and sounds that reach beyond reason and into the soul. It was through the sweet sound of its motor that I...
Corvette’s contemporary ZO6 is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who drive slower cars, such as Ferraris...
On the Bubble One of the most exciting relationships in sports car history is that of Alfa Romeo and Zagato....
The engines roar, pushing the rev limiters to their limits. When the light turns green, the racecars accelerate at full chat, abandon their racing line, and seek out a gap in the fray. One of the vehicles on this day is a Bugatti EB 110 SC, one of only two...
Accused of sandbagging at Daytona, two WSC-95 spyders were in storage until called to duty by Team Joest. Porsches by...
Out of the shadows of World War II and its aftermath has come an unique Alfa Romeo sports car flaunting...
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was undoubtedly gifted at what he did, admittedly some of his cars were better than others but in general, when Lotus built a racing car it was a good one. The Type 23 design was, in hindsight, one of the really good ones. Introduced at the...
In the 1950s, home-made, one-off sports cars were being created everywhere across the country, the majority of them emerging from...
I have been road racing since the early 1980s and vintage/historic racing since the late ’80s; always in 105 series...
In Italy, a country that’s home to numerous small, specialized companies making exotic sports and racing cars, few can compete with SVA in their combination of obscurity with exotic engineering. Turin’s SVA flourished briefly at the end of the 1940s and produced at maximum two cars and a few more...
