Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 16–19, 2009...
1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth Where do you start? Society weddings, the jet set racing crowd, brewery heirs, Mangustas, Grand Prix...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim Hall did not get the inspiration for his innovative designs overnight. Although he grew into an accomplished engineer, an excellent mechanic, and a top driver, it took Hall almost seven...
Many car enthusiasts appreciate and collect fine watches. This should not be surprising as it mirrors their passion for both...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to...
I’ve been fairly fortunate in that I have been able to part with various cars in my life, with a minimal amount of pain and sense of loss. I remember when I sold my Lotus 51, my grandfather commented, “How can you sell it after spending all those countless hours...
No way did Elisabeth Junek look like a racing driver. She was, well, a woman to begin with, and there...
Following my initial foray into motor racing, I soon found I needed money, money, and more money. There were many...
During my motor racing career, which started in 1974 at the tender age of 10, I’ve driven most forms of circuit racing machines, from karts to F1, Le Mans cars to Supercars, and now I’m venturing into the British Touring Car Championship driving, for the first time, a front-wheel-drive racecar....
My column in the October 2006 edition of Vintage Racecar was titled, “Shelby, the Early Years.” For the most part,...
Over the years, I have assembled a fairly large library. In the event of a fire, the cost of replacing...
This exquisitely done painting depicts Juan Manuel Fangio, the five-time Formula One World Champion, finishing 5th in the 1956 Mille Miglia with the factory Ferrari 290MM. During the race he was delayed by carburetion problems, and further exasperated by the cold and persistent rain, all of which made the event...
November 2009 During the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on August 4, 1957, Ferrari driver Luigi Musso brakes for...
It was 25 years ago that I started my racing career at what is now known as New Hampshire Motor...
The lunacy of automotive collecting has no bounds. My personal journey has taken me from Italian coach-builts to vintage racecars to French Panhard and Deutsch Bonnet and, most recently, hot rods. And all along the way I’ve been collecting literature in psychopathic quantities; if my house caught fire, you could...
5 Grand Prix and Le Mans winner Louis Rosier is born in Chapdes-Beaufort, France (1905). 6 English Formula One racer...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete born of his passion for speed and technology. These innovators are in an elite club, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
I’ve had a dream, one of the rare ones I remember clearly and can’t stop thinking about. That must mean...
Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 18–19, 2009...
Portland Int’l Raceway, Portland, Oregon July 10–12, 2009...
Le Circuit Mont Tremblant, Ste. Jovite, Quebec, Canada July 10–12, 2009...
The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin July 10–11, 2009...
Brands Hatch, Kent, U.K. July 4–5, 2009...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 14-16, 2009...
November 2009 Quixx Plexiglas & Acrylic Scratch Remover As any racer knows, scratches are an inevitable part of racing. In...
While we don’t necessarily want to become a facilitator for YouTube, even if the company does appear to be investing in the sport with its support of the new USF1 team, it’s hard to resist pointing out that a nice trilogy of clips from the 1957 running of the 12...
With 2009 marking the 87th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, it is the second oldest motor race...
In 2003, 50 years after Tazio Nuvolari’s death, Arrigo Granola, an employee of the Banca Agricola of Mantua, Italy, tore...
A pair of Bruce McLaren Festival weekends will highlight the seventh season of the MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series. The full schedule of events, listed below, includes six meetings, but expectations are that the two McLaren-honoring events and the yet-to-be-confirmed Australian Grand Prix support show will draw...
