Browsing: Vintage Racecar Articles
Of Jaguars, Swallows and the Lost 4-Cylinder
Before WWII, the company which became Jaguar was called Swallow Sidecars and it had diversified into making special bodies for cars, most notably for Austin Sevens. A Swallow body added about 15% to the cost of an Austin Seven, but was worth much more in street cred. In the 2018 movie, “Mary Poppins Returns” there...
Legends of Speed Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the Phoenix Art Museum’s “Legends of Speed” exhibit, running from November 3, 2019, to March 15, 2020.
Surprise Management Return to Laguna Seca
In a surprise announcement, the new General Manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, John Narigi, announced the return of several key staff members to the track’s management team, including event manager for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Barry Toepke. Returning to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca after seven months in San Diego is Barry Toepke, who becomes Director of Marketing and Communications and the event manager for the annual and highly anticipated Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, which is one of the pillars of Monterey Classic Car Week held each August. Toepke spent 10 years internally at Laguna Seca managing communications and…
Charlatan Survivor—1914 Peugeot L45
I recently beheld a holy icon of auto racing called the Bothwell Peugeot. Why it is called that I will explain later, but first I need to tell you a remarkable story that will make real the significance of this issue’s feature car. The event happened more than 100 years ago but it was a...
Sebring Classic 12-Hr Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from HSR’s Dec. 7–8, 2019, Classic 12-Hr at Sebring, Florida.
Sebring Classic 12-Hr Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber-exclusive Photo Gallery from HSR’s Dec. 7–8, 2019, Classic 12-Hr at Sebring, Florida....
New Brumos Collection Museum Opens to the Public
The Brumos Collection today announced the official opening of a stunning new 35,000 square-foot interactive museum dedicated to the technology, innovation and historical significance behind some of the world’s finest automobiles. The new facility will be home to more than three dozen rare, historically acclaimed race and collector cars. During a special event signifying this grand opening, Brumos also unveiled the newest member of this renowned collection, the iconic 1970 Gulf-liveried Porsche 917K driven by Steve McQueen in the legendary racing film “Le Mans.” Widely considered the most famous Porsche 917 ever built, the historic racecar was initially used for…
70 Years of Le Mans Triumphs Opens at the Ferrari Museum
The “Ferrari at 24 Heures du Mans” exhibition opened at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, to celebrate 70 years of Prancing Horse victories in the world’s most famous endurance race. Visitors can look back over the 36 wins recorded on the French track, with the help of some of the cars that competed in the famous races plus multimedia and interactive contents. The exhibition opens with the 166 MM Barchetta Touring. With a similar car, Lord Selsdon and Luigi Chinetti triumphed on June 26, 1949, on Ferrari’s debut at Le Mans. The British aristocrat and the Milanese driver transplanted to…
Cévert Wins the 1971 United States Grand Prix
The United States Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, October 3, 1971. François Cévert guided his Tyrrell 002 to a comfortable first place victory, throwing his arms in the air as he crossed the finish line. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: info@klemcoll.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com
Long Ago Lombank – The 1963 Lombank Trophy Meeting
Can you imagine the sheer agony if you were a Formula One fan and had to watch two dozen Grand Prix races of the sort we have been seeing over the last few years? Well, back in the early 1960s, there was an F1 race virtually every other weekend. In 1963, there were exactly 24...
Lotus 72—1970–75
Lotus 72—1970–75 By Pete Lyons Foreword by Emerson Fittipaldi Longtime readers of VR&R will be well acquainted with the prosaic work of Pete Lyons from his monthly column Fast Lines and his seminal book on the Can-Am series. Now Lyons has teamed up British publisher Evro to produce the latest in their new Formula 1 Greats series, covering one of the most revered Formula 1 cars ever made, the Lotus 72. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxGn6XkPty8 Introduced in 1970, the wedge-shaped Lotus 72 competed for six seasons, winning 20 World Championship Grands Prix, two Drivers’ titles (for Jochen Rindt in 1970 and Emerson Fittipaldi…