There is something very special about a Bugatti, and this example is very special indeed. Highly original, this race winner...
Donington devotee John Bailie is researching, designing and editing a book, planned for launch later this year, which focusses on...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Parnelli Jones’ 1963 Indianapolis 500 victory. That win, from pole position, turned out to be his only one although at least three others slipped from his grasp through various misfortunes. In his rookie year of 1961, he was leading when debris opened a...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931...
Almost 20 years after his death, Ayrton Senna is more active than ever. Through his foundation, which he and his...
It was my father, Reg Parnell, who first went to Donington Park in 1934. Living near Derby it wasn’t too far for him to travel. While at this first meeting, purely as a spectator, I think he became intoxicated with the sights, smells and aura of motor racing, so much...
My greatest racecar has to be the D-Type Jaguar. Of course, when I drove my greatest racecar it was fairly...
We are seeing some quite extraordinary prices paid for certain cars, and some people have recalled the late 1980s when...
In 1935, Maserati designed an all-independent suspension and the first V8-powered Grand Prix car, the V8RI. Lined up to drive the first example at the V8RI’s debut was the skilled Frenchman, Philippe Etancelin. This painting by Robert Hooper is an original watercolor of the V8RI debut at the Grand Prix...
At the Prescott Closed Meeting in 1939, a Bugatti T59 assaults the hillclimb course. Note the dual rear wheels for...
If there are so many of us desperately searching for our old racing cars, why in the heck are we...
RIP Vintage Racing Dear Editor: Interesting editorial in the latest issue. I wasn’t in VARA at the beginning but I have run all the Monterey Historics from 1975 until Steve’s last one a few years ago. And I have run with CSRG many of those years. In the sport’s earliest...
1 Patrick Tambay drives a Ferrari 126C2 to victory in the Grand Prix of San Marino in Imola, Italy (1983)....
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK February 23, 2012...
Palm Beach Int’l Raceway, West Palm Beach, FL February 14–17, 2013...
Daytona Int’l Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL January 26, 2013...
Hampton Downs Raceway Park, NZ January 18–20 & 25–27, 2013...
A Living History of Virginia International Raceway By William J. King The opening installment of this ultimately four-part saga to...
The subject of this month’s VR Profile, Bugatti, is one of the legendary names of automotive history, and this link will take you to the official company site’s history section. There you can either learn about, or refresh your knowledge of, this great French marque. As the page opens, beneath...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will celebrate its 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at...
Grand Prix Masters and the World Sportscar Masters series have both been given new names and become fully sanctioned FIA...
The largest collection of Aston Martin racing cars ever to gather on a single track will meet at Brands Hatch July 6-7 to mark the British brand’s centenary. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Aston Martin, and more than a hundred of the marque’s racing cars,...
Vintage Racecar and Historica Racewear, in association with the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club (BWRDC), have introduced the “Champion of...
South African racing legend Dave Charlton, who started 11 World Championship Grands Prix from 1967-1975, has died at the age...
The historic Brooklands motor racing circuit echoed to the sounds of the past on February 16, when a group of Talbots and other historic cars celebrated the 100th anniversary of the occasion in 1913 when Percy Lambert became the first person in the world ever to travel 100 miles in...
One of the legendary 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix cars raced by five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio will be...
The Royal Automobile Club has awarded the historic Segrave Trophy to John Surtees OBE. Speaking at the award ceremony, RAC...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and Skip Barber were enshrined during a March 2 dinner in Las Vegas for their contributions to SCCA racing. Shelby, more widely known as winner of the 1959 Le Mans 24...
