SVRA Road America Spring Festival Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery coverage from SVRA’s May 17–20, 2018, Spring Vintage Festival at Road America.
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Over 2-Liter GT Market Guide
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962-1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans,...
Hakkinen to Return to Monterey Reunion
For the second successive year, Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen will return to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion to meet with guests, sign autographs and drive exhibition laps. Last year, he was demonstrating McLaren’s first-ever world championship car, the legendary M23 that took Emerson Fittipaldi to the 1974 drivers’ title. This year he will be behind the wheel of the F1 GTR, McLaren’s groundbreaking 1993 foray into the road car market and, like its driver, looking no worse for wear after nearly three decades’ hard service. Hakkinen will be keeping a hectic schedule in Monterey and will be on…
Will RM’s Monterey Ferrari GTO Crush Auction Record?
RM Sotheby’s has announced that it has secured a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, perhaps the ultimate collector car, for what is set to be its most exciting Monterey auction offering to date. Ferrari’s 250 GTO was effectively the final evolution of the marque’s famous 250 model, which debuted in 1953 and ended with the last GTOs in 1964. In total, a mere 36 examples of the 250 GTO were ever produced, all of which have survived. Widely considered the most beautiful Ferrari design, the model was one of the most successful road/racing cars that the marque ever built, claiming overall…
Famed Drag Racer Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen Passes Away
Iconic Drag Racer Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen, passed away on June 10. He was 81. While McEwen enjoyed a 35-year career in the NHRA dirving both Funny Car and Top Fuel dragsters, he was less known for his win record (he won a total of only 5 national events) but was best remembered for elevating the image and sponsorsphip of the sport via his now famous match races with Don “The Snake” Prudhomme. In fact, McEwan chose his “The Mongoose” moniker specifically as a challenge to Prudomme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1L5-Sr4JXY According to the NHRA, “Through his long association with Prudhomme, a friendship…
F5000 Racer Jeff Green Tragically Killed at Mosport
F5000 racing stalwart, former Pro Mazda racer and Peoria, Illinois Ford dealership owner Jeff Green suffered a fatal, single car accident, during the running of the first round of the 2018 F5000 Revival race series at Mosport, on Saturday. Green, driving his ex-Jerry Hansen 1972 Lola T300 started from the pole for the Saturday afternoon main feature, but after reaching the end of the long, fast back straightaway, Green’s Lola barreled off track and made heavy contact with the wall, at the end of Turn 8. Green was extracted from the car by the course safety crew but was later…
Time Capsule
June 2018 1 – Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his first CART victory (1997). 2 – Two-time Can-Am champion Bruce McLaren killed at Goodwood, England, while testing McLaren M8D Can-Am race car (1970). 4 – Eddie Cheever, driving for the Osella team, wins the F2 race at Pau, France (1979)....
Grand Prix de L’Age D’Or Report
The 54th Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or held June 9–10, on the Dijon-Prenois circuit, fulfilled all its promise as almost 15,000 spectators came to watch the nine races on the program for the 250 historic racing cars present. Although changeable stormy conditions affected most of France, the event was run for the most part in fine weather, despite one or two brief downpours. The organizer Peter Auto’s six grids gave the spectators the opportunity to relive the history of motor sport spanning from 1950 to 2000. The first race, the Greatest’s Trophy on Saturday afternoon, featured the most pre-66 sports…
Grand Prix de L’Age D’Or Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the June 9–10, 2018 Grand Prix de L’Age D’Or, at Dijon-Prenois, France.
Alfa Romeo Revival Cup, Vallelunga, Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the Jun. 1-2, 2018, Alfa Revival Cup held at Vallelunga. For more information visit www.alfarevivalcup.it
Phil Lamont
John Wright speaks with the influential Canadian racer and official about the early days of racing in Canada, his tenure as the head of Mosport, the creation of the Canadian Grand Prix, vintage racing and a host of other topics. VR:Okay, Phil. Who are you? Phil Lamont:Well, I was born in Winnipeg Manitoba as Philip Robert Lamont....