F1-67 “NONDA” Think back, if you can, to the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and possibly even the ’80s. Did you ever...
Is it possible to have too many racecars? We didn’t think so either. With a growing number of interesting “Track...
You may have looked at this month’s cover car and said, “That’s not vintage!” You might also have looked at...
I was fifteen years karting, and ten years karting and car racing. I started with Mercedes Benz as a mechanic; I lived about 100 meters from their factory. In my time I learned to build many things, in my motor racing career this has helped me with a lot of...
Today, a great racecar has to be very powerful, have a great deal of downforce to give grip, and be...
The original Trans-Am was part and parcel of one of the things that made the Golden Age golden. Many of...
One driver rarely mentioned in the endless pub debate about great drivers is Sir Jack Brabham, yet in many ways he is the most remarkable World Champion of all. He did not arrive on the scene like a blazing comet, there were always drivers with more natural talent, but he...
This acrylic on canvas painting depicts one of the most famous and iconic racing cars of all time. The JPS Lotus...
April 2011 During the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Tom Pryce rounds Rascasse in his Shadow DN5, not long after the...
This month’s Hidden Treasure begins with the sound of J. Why do I bring this up? Because for years I’ve noticed that even the most well-informed auto-sporters sometimes become confused by these cars. A quick review: Jomar, sports racers and coupes from New Hampshire; Jowett, British-built of which the Jupiter...
2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes-Benz to victory in the Grand Prix race run in Pau, France (1939). 3 Battista...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961; the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963; the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971; and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a...
That sound! A wild shriek spearing out of the new Japanese F1 sliced like a samurai sword through the dronings...
CONGRATULATIONS! At this past year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival, Vintage Racecar teamed up with Nikon and Lime Rock Park to...
April 2011 Jochen Rindt – Uncrowned Champion By David Tremayne Books about 1970’s posthumous World Champion Jochen Rindt are few and far between. On the 40th anniversary of his death it was inevitable that someone would look at the enigmatic driver again, but I didn’t think anything would come near to...
The first thing to say about www.autoracinghistory.com is that this is a text-heavy site where the word works more powerfully...
Friend of the magazine Toly Arutunoff is in serious but stable condition in the aftermath of a gruesome highway accident...
The public address announcer at a racetrack may be the single most important aspect for enticing new fans into the sport. For spectators making their initial foray into a racing facility, the public address system is their first real connection to what is going on, their first step toward understanding...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has added another element to its ongoing centennial festivities by announcing it will host the 100th...
To celebrate the 100th year of Chevrolet, Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., will host a special tribute to the...
At Monza on the weekend of June 3–5, the HGPCA will hold three 20-minute heat races, with the third race to be for 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars only, and called the Phil Hill Trophy. Monza is a particularly appropriate venue as it was not only the site for two of...
The California Sports Car Club is organizing a “dream” weekend this October at Buttonwillow Raceway Park north of Los Angeles,...
The man known to many as “Mr. MG,” Tony Roth, has passed away after a long fight with cancer. Roth...
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic Festival scheduled for the weekend of April 29–May 1. Ultimately banned from the sport for being too fast, the Group B cars were truly wicked machines that showcased what could...
The Vintage Racing Club of B.C. (VRCBC) has announced that its annual marquee race weekend, the British Columbia Historic Motor...
Derek Gardner will be remembered, by many, as the designer of one of the most radically designed cars ever to...
