News has come from the Mayo Clinic that American racecar driver and designer Bruce Eglinton has died at the age...
Benetton’s standing in F1 Like many of today’s Formula One teams, the Benetton outfit morphed from an existing team, Toleman,...
Prior to the Second World War, simply driving a motor car in Europe was almost a noteworthy event, and thus motorsport involved a small percentage of that already small number of people. This exclusivity further meant that the number of women in motorsport was small. However, with the exponential improvement...
For the better part of the past 10 years, I’ve wanted to devote an issue of VR to the history...
A woman competing in Formula 1 was unheard of in the ’40s and ’50s. If any went to the races at all, they generally decorated the pits in their tight sweaters and pants, collecting admiring glances from an exclusively male-populated sport. The more adventurous of them did lap charts for...
In the late ’60s, a boyfriend introduced me to motor racing. Until then it had been all horseback riding and...
I have many memories of competing in rallies across Europe, but one that really sticks in my mind is the...
Some years ago, I opined that there will never be a woman Formula One driver and then discovered that Lorina McLaughlin reads Vintage Racecar. The issue is not skill, it is degree of upper body strength required since the arrival of ground-effect. In 1983, I saw Stirling Moss drive a...
As a follower of hyperrealism—a genre of art similar to photorealism—Henry has produced a high-definition body of work, as evidenced...
Here is Maria Teresa de Filippis at the Gasometer turn, at the end of the main straight along the harbor,...
Nardi of Torino, Italy, did not manufacture only steering wheels. They also built wonderful automobiles for use on both the street and the racetrack. I could go on for words numbering in the tens-of-thousands, but Dino Brunori has already done that in his seminal work, Enrico Nardi: A Fast Life....
Greenwood Corvettes Dear Editor, I commend you and John Zimmermann on your Greenwood article “Twisting in the Wind,” your research...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
The European Office of Vintage Racecar is supporting “Women in Motorsport” this year. In association with Historica Racewear and the British Women Racing Drivers Club (BWRDC) we have introduced the “Champion of Champions” Trophy. In addition to the Trophy, the overall winner will receive a generous prize fund of £500...
Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen, NY September 4–8, 2013...
Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR August 31–September 1, 2013...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK September 6–8, 2013...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK August 10, 2013...
Skyline Drive, Mt. Equinox, Arlington, VT August 10–11, 2013...
1 Paul Hawkins drives a 4.4-liter Ferrari to victory in the 25-lap sports car race supporting the Rhodesian Grand Prix at Bulawayo (1968). 4 Stirling Moss, driving an Aston Martin DBR2, wins the Governor’s Trophy race at Nassau in the Bahamas (1959). 5 The paved track at Marouba, New South...
Here’s a site dedicated to the technical side of Formula One, where the home page offers daily news and, not...
David Love, one of the founders of the Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) and an early driving force behind the...
Walking around the Goodwood Revival this year brought to mind the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club (BARC), which anyone was allowed to join. However, few enthusiasts could afford to, and its slogan became: “The right crowd and no crowding.” The club only admitted into the building those wearing members, or members’...
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, has announced that one of the most prized of all Ferrari road racing cars,...
The City of Corona, California, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first AAA National Championship auto race around the city’s...
John Grant was elected to succeed Stuart Rolt as Chairman of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) at the Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in October. Rolt had served the maximum nine-year term for a director, including two three-year stints as Chairman. Grant is known within motor sport for his...
• Betty Brabham, the first wife of triple F1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, has died following a brief illness...
Haynes Owners’ Workshop Manual: McLaren M23 By Ian Wagstaff The first ever publication to bear the name Haynes Owners’ Workshop...
Giuliano Cané, Italy’s vintage motor racing hero, has done it again. In September he won the 2013 Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti regularity race on the twisting roads of the famous Italian mountains—for the eighth time! Once again supported by his navigator wife Lucia Galliani, he led much of the event...
