You wouldn’t need all the fingers of one hand to count the number of men who could beat Juan Manuel...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. I think someone already used that as an opening, but it really does apply to my time in Germany from April 1967 to July 1968. I was a young Second Lieutenant in the Army assigned to the 97thEngineer...
In 2015, it was announced that the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur would hold a street Grand Prix for GT3...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing...
A shortish, miserable-looking man with a square moustache strutted into the room, his face non-committal, his uniform vaguely operatic. He had come to see what he had got for his money. He stopped in front of the silver racing car and scowled. A man in a business suit described the...
The Paddock at Watkins Glen in 1954 is filled with a representative sampling of the caars being raced, including Jaguar...
In the three-liter class, one of sports racing’s most competitive, Britain’s Aston Martin fancied its chances in international racing from...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from 2.5 liters to 1.5 liters for the 1961 season, many constructors thought the changes would never be implemented and that the “lack of power” from smaller engines would not be...
Nearly 50 years ago I stood on the bank at Mulsanne Corner and watched the bright French sun flash on...
Today the name Rahal is synonymous with motor racing. Bobby Rahal has entered the history books as a top Indianapolis...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road racing championship last month it was coming off its most successful season yet, with 11 races producing nine different winners, but the schedule for 1960 would feature only five races,...
Huffaker Engineering has been more successful, over a longer period of time, and in more forms of motorsport, than any...
Rush hour, Monterey-style – the start of Sunday’s Trans-Am finale. When an actor or a musician becomes a mega-star –...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement of a new American constructor preparing to contest the Formula One World Championship in 2010 and subsequently landing a spot on the official FIA entry list, came a resurgence of...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started...
March 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of what many feel is the greatest endurance road race in history – the 1970 Sebring 12-hour. Yes, there have been many great 12- and 24-hour races over the years, some with more historical significance. But none can match the 1970 Sebring for...
Dan Gurney has a serious conversation with Cosworth founder Keith Duckworth. Photo: Ed McDonough Collection The 1968 season was a...
He was known as “the Silver Fox,” “the Racing Grandfather,” and “Merle the Magician.” These nicknames might indicate a gentlemanly...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour I could find to the Le Mans 24 Hours, via a rickety old plane and a bus. It proved to be one of the most remarkable races in the event’s...
For some, motor racing is an inevitability. It is a passion that they are born with and it is just...
You’ll probably get stopped at some point and have to pay off the cops. You will almost certainly have to...
Al Stein’s Valvoline Twin Special Hanging on the wall of an auto body repair shop in Berkeley, California, is an aluminum body panel, still with the original paint scheme and the words “Valvoline Twin Special” lettered on one side. It is all that remains of Al Stein’s dream car. Stein...
In honor of this [December 2006] being our 100th issue, we reproduce here on the following pages some selections from...
There were no rally cars, as such, during the sport’s first 50 years or so, just the bog standard daily...
To me, and all of us who knew him and worked with him at Shelby American, Dave MacDonald was much more than just another racing driver. He was a friend and an intensely committed individual who strove for excellence in everything he did. He was an extremely quiet person who...
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an...
The J. Frank Harrison story Given today’s racing environment with its multi-million-dollar corporate budgets, it can be hard to imagine...
The inaugural 1966 Trans-Am season turned out to be a great success for the S.C.C.A, and for American road racing in general. The season featured lots of close racing, recognizable cars and a host of great drivers including A.J. Foyt, Richard Petty, Jerry Titus and even a young up-and-comer named...
