1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius...
Al Stein’s Valvoline Twin Special Hanging on the wall of an auto body repair shop in Berkeley, California, is an...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only British Formula 3. Despite this admirable longevity, however, the series entered its landmark season facing an uncertain future after the reunification of IndyCar racing, following a dozen years of civil...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here...
A freak shot by a German Fokker pilot, 8,000 feet above the First World War battlefield of Verdun, put a...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers of Buenos Aires where Masten Gregory and I led until the gearbox failed. At Sebring I was teamed with Stirling Moss and we had built up a substantial lead, but...
Without a doubt, the racecar that gave me the most pleasure, and therefore my greatest racecar, was the Silk Cut...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
I was intrigued by the letter from Rob Connearney in the August issue of Vintage Racecar. Crosley Hot Shots were, indeed, fitted with Goodyear-Hawley “spot” disc brakes for a spell, but these were prone to bind and were replaced by Bendix drum brakes. Crosley was the first, but the system...
CAMORADI—an acronym for Casner Motor Racing Division—was formed by Lloyd “Lucky” Casner in late 1959. The intention was to win...
October 2008 The Japanese Grand Prix; Fuji, October 17, 1976. Jody Scheckter dances with the 6-wheel Tyrrell P34 in streaming...
Virginia International Raceway, also known as VIR, set to the east of Danville, Virginia, is one of the finest racetracks in North America—and one of the coolest to race. Long straights and classic corners combine to keep the traffic interesting and the racing close. One of the toughest corners is...
The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a...
2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race, at Phoenix, Arizona (1993). 4 Mario Andretti wins the sprint car race at Salem, Oregon, for his first United States Automobile Club victory (1964). 5 Graeme Bailey and Allan Grice drive a Holden Commodore...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
This one picture is why I’m writing these thousand words. I’m doing so in the first week of August 2008—precisely...
Milwaukee, West Allis, WI July 11–12,2008...
Donington Park, UK May 31, 2008...
Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada June 21–22, 2008...
California Speedway, Fontana, CA June 20–22, 2008...
Monza, Italy June 7–8, 2008...
Watkins Glen, NY June 12–15, 2008...
Alton, VA June 6–8, 2008...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 11–13, 2008...
October 2008 Carlos Lepro’s Giulia—The First Winning GTA By Bernardo D. Martínez, MD For ten days, in October 1965, a...
Long-time readers of VR, will be familiar with the period photography of Allen Kuhn. From 1956 until 1965, Kuhn worked as a staff photographer for Sports Car Journal and California Sports Car Magazine covering the burgeoning California road-racing scene. However, Kuhn stopped shooting racing after 1965 and gave no further...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca...
Vintage Racecar was asked to play a part in continuing celebrations of 50 Years of the Lister “Knobbly” at the...
The traditional Silverstone Classic, held July 25–27, this year received a real “boost” under the direction of Motion Works Motorsport, with a weekend attendance of 57,000 beating earlier estimates by several thousand and being a real improvement over recent years. With a total of nearly 40 qualifying and warm-up sessions...
