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Duncan Rabagliati
Duncan was initially entranced by record keeping and statistics in racing events. This interest morphed into a desire to race and so he has for 22 years. However, with a keen eye for the history of the sport, his desire to race eventually juxtaposed into a desire to keep alive a class of racecars that served as a stepping stone into the higher formulae. So it was that he became the genial godfather of Formula Junior, advancing the cause especially for the diamond anniversary of the class. Advancing the cause led to Duncan’s spearheading events for Formula Juniors all over…
Winton Festival of Speed Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the VHRR’s Aug. 4–6, 2018, Winton Festival of Speed in Benalla, Australia.
Famed Donington Collections to Close
Kevin Wheatcroft, son of noted collector and Donington Park owner Tom Wheatcroft, has announced that his father’s famous racecar collection and museum, The Donington Collections, will permanently close on November 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSzK_D5e4Uo Speaking to the local Leicestershire News, Wheatcroft commented, “Closing the Museum after 45 years has been a really difficult decision, but family responsibilities simply make it the right thing to do.” Opened in March 1973, ostensibly as a place to house the elder Wheatcroft’s growing racecar collection, the Donington Collection grew over the subsequent decades to include over 130 exhibits featuring an extensive Grand Prix car collection that…
AMOC Champions Crowned at Rain-Soaked Silverstone
The final AMOC Racing meeting of 2018 saw competitors taking on the challenge of a rain-lashed Silverstone on Saturday, October 6th, the meeting finishing with the deciding race of the 40th anniversary of the AMOC Intermarque Championship. BMW claiming the team title with Laurence Squires crowned as the Intermarque Driver Champion after a season-long battle with Rob Hollyman and Gavin Dunn. It was a wet race for the GT Challenge where Graham Tilley was on pole in his Ginetta, his sights set on becoming the first double-winner of the season, but it wasn’t to be as alongside him on the front…
Sydenham Trophy Race, Crystal Palace, May 20, 1939
Prince Bira in his E.R.A. pursues Hans Ruesch’s Alfa Romeo 8C35 up the hill to South Tower corner. Ruesch won his preliminary heat over Bira, but the “eight stone of dynamite from Siam” (as the program called him) won the final at an average speed of 57.5 mph. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: klemcoll@aol.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com
10th Annual Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races
The Put-in-Bay vintage sports car races continue to evolve from a quirky little “Reunion” event back in 2009 to one of the most enjoyable vintage racing experiences in North America, according to many participants. This year’s 10th annual event again took place on Ohio’s historic South Bass Island where sports cars raced through the public streets from 1952 to 1959 and in 1963. Today, a 20-minute ride on the Miller Ferry from Port Clinton, OH takes entrants back in time to an island enclave seemingly little changed from 60 years ago. Catering primarily to smaller-bore, pre-’73 cars, today’s Put-in-Bay Sports…
Adventures on Asphalt
Car guys all have a little Walter Mitty in them. We dream about racing, restoring a rare car, driving our toys on long trips – often without ever consummating the dream. Ross S. Robbins is one of those rare people who actually acts on his dreams and takes his cars on adventures. Robbins’ passion is cars, especially Lotus cars – a “Roadcar Profile” article about his Lotus Elan +2 and another belonging to Jeff Krueger can be found in this past month in Vintage Road & Racecar. Thankfully, Robbins also writes about his adventures and has published them through Amazon,…
Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the Sept. 27–30, 2018 running of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI at Weathertech Laguna Seca.
Record-Breaking Rennsport Reunion
Porsche passion fueled a record turnout of fans at Rennsport Reunion VI, the latest iteration of the world’s largest Porsche festival. The family reunion of historic racecars, legendary drivers and engineers, and Porsche owners and enthusiasts packed WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, for four days, September 27-30. Race champions and contenders from 70 years of Porsche motorsports roared around the iconic 2.238-mile track while around 2,000 vehicles from past and present were on display. Official attendance was 81,550, which is the highest attendance at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in five years and easily breaking the Rennsport Reunion V record…
Thunderbug & Curtiss—1921–1922 GN Specials
Fitting an engine many times the size of the original is never a sure fire recipe for racing success. Mark Walker and Duncan Pittaway have done just that with their GN-based, Vintage Sports Car Club-eligible specials, using components originally intended for the aviation industry. Joseph Mark Bates evaluates the results… The noble art of building...
Lotus Throws 70th Celebration
Marking its 70th anniversary, Lotus held a spectacular event to commemorate the significant milestone of founder Colin Chapman’s first Lotus, built in 1948. The home of Lotus in Hethel hosted 8,000 Lotus owners and enthusiasts from all over the world, as well as 1,600 Lotus cars of all eras. From the Team Lotus F1 race cars to the rally Sunbeam Lotus, Lotus Cortina all the way to the present line-up of Evora, Exige and Elise, there were Lotus road and competition cars of all ages present. Group Lotus Plc’s CEO Mr. Feng Qingfeng presented the company’s vision to the crowds present…