Quite simply, cars raced by Dick Seaman are few and far between. The British driver was active in our sport...
It could have all ended so differently, this confluence of seemingly random events that culminated that cold Valentine’s Day in...
From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the Cobras and Ford GT40s (Marks I, II and IV) all over the world, Phil Remington stood on the leading edge of racing technology for some seven decades until his peaceful passing from...
Due to the lead time it takes to print and distribute any given magazine, I sit here today, writing this...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around cars. The day I turned 17, the first thing I did was to go and buy my driving license—it’s what you did back then. You put your money on the...
Without doubt the greatest racing car is one I’ve not driven. I’ll explain later. It’s my hero’s, Jim Clark’s Lotus...
Vintage Racecar recently published a letter from John Wright who is a nine of racing anecdotes. John told how one...
Bugatti entered a team of four, 8-cylinder Type 30s for the 1922 French Grand Prix at Strasbourg. Clothed in an aerodynamic body, these new Bugattis quickly earned the nickname “Le Cigar.” It was a successful debut for the car, as from 18 starters only four cars finished the race with...
The 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium took place at Spa-Francorchamps on July 10-11, 1949. During the race,...
This month’s Hidden Treasure comes to us courtesy of Gertrude Schmedley of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Schmedley found me via the internet...
Gildred & Friend Dear Casey, I very much enjoyed the article about Ted Gildred. I learned some things about my friend that I didn’t know. His experiences with Juan Fangio in Argentina reminded me of my own. I spent most of 1968 in South America shooting movies; the most time...
1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Palm Beach International Raceway, West Palm Beach, FL January 24–25, 2013...
Sydney Motorsports Park, Australia November 23–25, 2012...
St. Georges Barracks, Upper Arncott, Bicester, UK December 1, 2012...
Team Lotus: My View from the Pit Wall By Peter Warr Author Warr was nothing if not Colin Chapman’s right-hand man, and like the talk regularly heard of tales being “saved for the book,” this is that book. Although most of it was written before Warr’s untimely 2010 death, the...
The broadly experienced Bill McGuire, whose several careers in the automotive world include consultancy, troubleshooting, education, negotiations and, of course,...
RM Auctions has announced the consignment of one of history’s most important racing Ferraris, the 1953 340/375 MM Pinin Farina...
Mantua, Italy, has a new Tazio Nuvolari Museum. After being evicted from its previous location by the town council in 2008—the museum’s contents were stored in vaults for years and then moved briefly to a temporary display area—the museum that pays homage to one of the greatest racing drivers of...
Phil Remington, universally recognized as one of racing’s finest craftsmen, has passed away at the age of 92. Remington left...
George Waltman, an MG enthusiast who first began racing his TC in the late 1940s, and later also competed in...
Pete Brock, stylist for the Corvette Sting Ray, designer of the Cobra Daytona Coupe, founder of BRE and a multi-disciplined Renaissance Man in his spare time, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with its Phil Hill Award at the organization’s annual banquet in Daytona Beach prior to the...
A special added feature of Silverstone’s April 21-21 VSCC Spring Start meeting will be a recreation of the historic Commander...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
It’s all change for the Mille Miglia Commemoration and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. The Mille Miglia has been brought in-house and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti has come under new management, after being resurrected on a number of occasions by different organizers. For the last five years, a consortium...
Formula Vee celebrated its 50th birthday at Daytona in late January, with a parade of classic Formula Vee and Formula...
• Plans are proceeding for the re-paving and re-opening of the historic road course at Thompson International Speedway in Thompson,...
THIS IS OLD news to you, but as I write, we mountain folk are still buzzing about February’s Great Manhunt and Shootout. That burning cabin you saw on TV was about half an hour by road from us in Big Bear—fewer than six miles in a direct line over the...
