When you look at any listing of Lotus competition cars built from the first Lotus VI of 1952 through to...
One spring day in 1961, two boys gazed enraptured through a light post-and-rail fence at a fantastic motor race that...
“I have often categorized Mosport as the most exciting and challenging track of all,”says Bob Tullius. “In fact it is my personal favorite. Having won six out of the seven times that I raced there may have something to do with the affection for the place however!” In Tullius’s extensive...
The famed Ford GT40 appears to be one of the most talked about and sought-after cars in the automotive world...
The Bugatti T57C “tank” had won the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans driven by Jean-Pierre Wimille/Pierre Veyron and had...
The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation in motorsport. John had much in common with the contemporaries and friends who founded Lola, Mallock, Chevron and other icons of what many consider a golden age. Eric Broadley, Arthur Mallock and...
My greatest racecar is not a car I actually drove, but it represents a missed opportunity I had to get...
One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer diversity of...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner at Sebring in 1964 was the works Ferrari 275P (0812) of Mike Parkes/Umberto Maglioli, shown here leading the NART Ferrari 250 GTO (3767) of Ed Cantrell/Don Yenko/Harry Heuer that finished...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965. The great Jim Clark guiding the works Lotus 25 around this...
I live in Texas. That means I’m supposed to be a barbeque snob. It also means that when invited to...
Dietrich MGTC…in Motion Dear Editor, I’d like to add something to Mark Brinker’s article on the Dietrich MGTC (January 2015). I was lucky enough to win some 8-mm film from the Suzy Dietrich auction a few years ago. One of the reels has footage from 1952 SCCA Giants Despair Hill...
2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). 3 Jimmy Vasser drives...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Sebring Int’l Raceway, Sebring, FL December 4–7, 2014...
Sandown Park, Springvale, Victoria, Australia November 8–9, 2014...
Silverstone, Northants, UK November 1–2, 2014...
Eighty-Four Hours of Endurance Daytona/Sebring/Watkins Glen 1970-1971 By Michael Keyser This book captures the battle fought between Ferrari, Porsche and Alfa Romeo for the World Endurance Championship during the 1970 and 1971 seasons. The weapons those factories created for this fight—Ferrari’s 512S, Porsche’s 917 and Alfa Romeo’s T33/3—remain among the...
Seems unfathomable that we have never looked at this site (forgive us, Ferrari fans), but better late than never, and...
