1973 Porsche Carrera RS This could be an opera in several parts. It might have been written by Verdi or...
Alfa Romeo will be 100 years old on June 24 and its motor sport pedigree almost 99—one of only a...
Sportsman, dilettante, racer, comedian are all words that have been used at some point in time to describe the irascible Anatoly Arutunoff (ah-roo-TOON-off). Born into a wealthy family, “Toly” has never made any bones about the fact that his family’s affluence has afforded him the opportunity to feed a lifetime’s...
From time to time, event organizers make the mistake of asking me to speak or MC at their event. You...
This is the story of a hero who was more heroic than most. You may not have heard of Archie...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country, had its sporting roots in bull fighting, football, and golf. Motor racing was for a minority of people. During the 1960s, I was a spectator at the Rally of Spain,...
My greatest racecar would have to be a choice between my first F5000 car, the 1969 McLaren, or, the 1970...
When Japanese cars first came on the scene, although practical, most were somewhat stodgy. In the mid-’60s, however, Toyota decided...
Sir Jackie Stewart, BRM P115, Grand Prix of Mexico 1967—his last year with the BRM team. Often I review my...
June 2010 Le Mans, France, June 16–17, 1939. Shown here rounding Tetre Rouge, this Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Special...
In the March 2009 VRJ I wrote about Don Blenderman’s Kurtis obsession and his wonderful Sutton-bodied 500KK. What I failed to mention was his lengthy quest to capture an example of Frank’s most prolific sports racer, the legendary 500S. The Kurtis 500S is a masterpiece in function and design. Introduced...
1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race on the Keimola Ring in Finland (1969). 2...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsport; 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...
There was a summer of my life when I often walked back home from an evening ramble in a European...
Adelaide, South Australia November 18–22, 2009...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL March 17–19, 2010...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA March 6–8, 2010...
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA March 13–14, 2010...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, U.K. February 27, 2010...
June 2010 Tales from the Toolbox By Michael Oliver Chances are good that one of the reasons you read this...
This month’s site, Prairie Street Art, features the work of Chicago-based photographer Ron Nelson, whose wide recognition includes having examples...
Tom Malloy’s Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park took another step through the bureaucratic approval process following a public hearing in Los Angeles on March 24. The result of the hearing was that the County Planning Commission instructed its staff to prepare the Final Environmental Impact Report so that “conditions of approval”...
The 15th Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance selected Best of Show winners in its two primary categories of Elegance and Sport...
Charles Randolph “Chuck” McCain, whose Alfa Romeo “Keenan Wynn Special” was featured on the cover of VR’s October 2009 issue,...
Rick Parsons and Don Devine have formed the Vintage Indy Racing Group to facilitate the further inclusion of Indycar racing within the historic racing community. Parsons is a former new era Can-Am competitor and currently races in Historic Formula 5000, while Devine once drove the fabled Scarabs for the Meister...
The 16th Annual Millers at Milwaukee Vintage Indy Car Event will be organized by the Harry A. Miller Club on...
It appears that Monza, home of the Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix of Italy for the last 65 years,...
John Fitch has been named as the honored guest for the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association’s 2010 Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, scheduled for Road America this September 10-12. John is the perfect guest with whom to celebrate 60 years of racing at Elkhart Lake, for he won the 1951 and...
