All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have...
Sam Hanks may have been a quiet man who preferred to keep to himself, but at the wheel of a...
Involved with mechancial things virtually all his life, John Barnard first worked in racing at Lola, then a fertile training ground for many men who would impact racecar design. Upon “graduating” from Lola he went to work alongside Gordon Coppuck at McLaren to develop the M23. In 1975 he joined the...
It sounds like the title of a bad B-movie doesn’t it? They came from the great beyond. Legions of historic...
Woolf Barnato is the man with a perfect score. He entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times and...
My involve-ment with Audi came directly from my work, as a supplier to Audi, with exhaust systems and catalytic converters. The company I was involved with was Gillet, a West German company where I was head of their research and development department. Audi was a regular customer, and I got...
I’ve been associated with many great racecars over the years, and for the most part Indycars. I’m particularly proud of...
With pencil and watercolor paints I have designed and colored this scene in which the mechanic and test driver Gurrino Bertocchi, also known as “The Prince,” has linked his name forever with the Maserati. He was the real soul of the company, from its origin (1926) until the end of...
The 12 Hours of Sebring, March 25, 1961, featured heavy traffic in the Webster Turns. Shown leading this group is...
Deep inside Hunter Valley Wine Country of New South Wales (NSW) lives a very interesting automotive treasure-seeker. By day Aaron...
Alloys Dear Editor, I am a great fan of Mike Lawrence’s column; it is often my favorite part of the magazine, as with the current issue (January 2012). I do feel that a comment on “aluminum” and “alloy” is in order, however. Of course, he is correct that the one...
1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
Riverside has at last completely disappeared, wholly obliterated under new development. No longer can you find your way to the last remaining section of the old International Raceway and pluck out a souvenir chunk of asphalt, as I wrote about doing in the VR of September 1999. By coincidence, I...
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL November 11–13, 2011...
Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek, NSW, Australia November 26–27, 2011...
London to Brighton, UK November 6, 2011...
Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond, CA November 5–6, 2011...
Virginia International Raceway, Danville, VA November 4–6, 2011...
Central Coast, California October 25–29, 2011...
Motor Racing: The Pursuit of Victory By Anthony Carter This new book is not a treatise on the competitive spirit...
Have a hankering for Healeys? Then you probably already know about this site, but just in case…. It’s maintained by...
The Martini Trophy and the International Supersports Cup will join forces in 2012 to create an even stronger race series for 2-liter sports-racing cars under the management of the Historic Sports Car Club. At a meeting in London between Silvio and Angela Kalb from Supersports and Grahame White from the...
Gianpiero Moretti, founder of the Italian automotive equipment company Momo, for MOretti-MOnza, and a gentleman sportscar racer, has died at...
One of the cars involved in motor racing history’s worst accident, the Le Mans disaster of 1955, in which more...
Return to Power, a new series for 3-liter Formula One cars that raced between 1966 and 1971, is set to kick off at Brands Hatch on May 26–27 with the Historic Race of Champions. The event is being promoted by historic racers Andrew Smith, Joe Twyman and Roger Wills in...
For any keen classic or sports car fan, JD Classics is a dream come true with many a historical automotive...
The 30th Annual Dana Point Concours d’Elegance®, scheduled for Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24 at the prestigious St....
A three-day “fun fest” known as the Ford-Cobra-Shelby Reunion will take place at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, April 19–21. Highlighting the Reunion will be an exhibit honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Cobra and a weekend of related events centered at the Museum. All Ford...
