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I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and handle extremely well. These qualities are uppermost for any racing...
I’ve had a fortunate car life. I’ve owned a wide range of cars, enjoying various shows, events and the pleasure of driving or restoring some special vehicles. But as the...
If you’re a fan of yachting, as well as racecars, then your interest may have recently been piqued with the grand unveiling of two high-end yachts from two well-known racing...
As you might imagine, a lot of disparate items stream into my email inbox. In addition to the usual barrage of emails related to articles and magazines and letters to...
For all its color and commotion, which I do enjoy, I also like vintage racing for the moments of quiet reflection it offers. It’s Monday after the Monterey Historics, and...
At the end of the 19th century the De Dion-Bouton Company of France was famous for its advanced internal combustion engine. Sold throughout the world as a stationary engine it...
1965 Shelby GT350R When Ford introduced the first Mustang to the American public in 1964, the company knew it had a winner, and orders came in a rush on the...
Subscriber-exclusive Photo Gallery from the VSCC’s Jan 1, 2020, New Years Day meeting in Hawkedon, Suffolk, UK. No Subscription? You’re missing out Any Text Here Get Started Already a Member?...
I was 19-years old and working nights at a Shell service station in San Jose, California, with my friend Jim Jett, when a tiny, roundish car rolled in that looked...
T’s Corner Intro Welcome to my little corner within the vast and ever-expanding supercars.net universe, aptly named “T’s Corner”. You may already know me via the website as a regular...
This year, it will be celebrated the 79th edition of the Belgian Grand Prix, one of the most traditional and beloved races on the F1 calendar. Although the circuit of...
Cars just keep getting bigger. It’s something we’ve come to quietly accept over the decades, with the understanding that along with this, comes improvements to performance, refinement, tech and safety....
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2014 was held August 14-17 at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. A field of 550 vintage race cars ranged from...
It hardly seems credible, but the 13th Goodwood Revival Meeting has just taken place and it was as good as ever. It is all credit to Lord March, who was...
Tony Griffiths. Photo: Kary Jiggle No Subscription? You’re missing out Any Text Here Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula based on engine size and weight was abandoned in 1928.In...
Where I live I often see an Alvis TA 14 “woodie,” the owner’s sole car. It has no catalytic converter and “economy” is not a word you associate with its...
Studebaker was an innovative company. In the pre-war years, it built some of the finest and most elegant art deco cars of the period. Unlike many other independent brands, Studebaker...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the famous quote by George Bernard Shaw, “We learn from history...
Seems hard to believe, but this issue marks the 7th anniversary of Vintage Racecar Journal. What started as a seemingly delusional, one-man, Don Quixote–style obsession out of the back bedroom...
Automobile manufacturers have long used racing as a tool for both exploring new technologies and advancing marketing agendas, and one of the richest of these competition records belongs to Jaguar....
1936 Mercedes-Benz W25K The W25K’s failure when put to the test led to abandoned races and an overhaul of racing-car design at Mercedes. Nineteen thirty-five was an excellent Grand Prix...
Whether it is the FA Cup, Ryder Cup, America’s Cup, Webb Ellis Cup or the Ashes, Britain is famous around the globe for its iconic and inspirational sporting trophies. British...
Lots of car buffs have fantasized about designing and/or building their own four-wheeler at one time or another. Fewer have had the courage and stamina to actually follow their dream...
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, which was first run in 1911 and is...
Generation 7, Littler Birds:1977-1979 This next generation of Thunderbirds resulted from conditions outside the company’s control. Lee Iacocca was in charge at Ford, and he saw the Thunderbird as too...
As I laid the magazine back down on my desk, I looked across the room and had to laugh. I had just read an interesting news story in “AutoWeek” about...
Now here is a man of his word—and it cost him dearly. In 1961, Innes agreed to drive for Formula One team UDT-Laystall run by Ken Gregory and Alfred Moss,...
By now, everyone who wants to see Rush has done so and formed their own opinion. There is no point in writing a critique, but the movie left some loose...
The 2016 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance was staged April 29-30 at the Pinehurst Resort and Golf Club in North Carolina. The 4th annual event on the fairways of the historic golf...
Having driven and built many racing cars in my time, the first car that comes to mind is the Ford Sierra Cosworth hatchback I drove in three Willhire 24-hour races....
2010 Concorso Italiano – Gallery 5 Main 2010 Concorso Italiano Coverage In its 25th year, Concorso Italiano had the largest display of the 2010 Monterey Weekend. Two fairways at the Laguna...
Photography by Chuck Andersen. The Fanatec GT World Challenge America championship took place at the Sebring International Raceway for rounds three and four of the 2024 season, with a scoring...
If you’ve been reading the editorials written by Casey Annis for a long time, you might already know of me. As his eldest daughter, I’ve had a couple of mentions...
As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented history. As such, we scour the globe (and the Internet) looking not just...
John Michael Hawthorn was a Yorkshire lad of 24 with hardly any top-level motor racing experience when he drove the race of his life and beat the 1950, 1951 and...
Stirling Moss Speaks – Those Who Made An Impact On Me I have been asked a number of times who had the most influence on my career, the way I...
Whether you work on your own cars or not, at some juncture in your life you inevitably have to pick up a tool to fettle something on your car. Whether...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he speaks of his early life with fondness, growing up in...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human history. In the early days of human civilization, some club-wielding,...
The latest in the ‘Models of the Marque’ series showcases the Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn. Launched in 1949, it marked a profound change for Rolls-Royce, reflecting the realities of the post-war...
Subscriber Photo Gallery from the October 11–14, 2018, Motorclassica concours and show, held in Melbourne, Australia. Robert McHugh polishes his 1941 Cadillac Series 62 Deluxe prior to the show opening....
On Sunday, May 26th, 1974, Johnny Rutherford won the 58th running of the Indianapolis 500-mile automobile race before a crowd estimated at 275,000 spectators at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in...
I suppose the first question one has to ask is how one defines greatness in a racing car. One of the most enjoyable racing cars I ever drove was the...
Ferrari SN: 18139 started life as a 365 GT4/BB. It was delivered to Chinetti’s 1970s NART shop in Connecticut – a place I would visit a lot were time travel...
The Worst Way to Ruin a Lamborghini Espada If you have no taste, if you hate yourself and hate Lamborghini, then this is the car for you. This hot rod...
I have an old friend that works in law enforcement. I’m not talking about the local PD. Serious law enforcement, and that’s all I can say about that. He scares...
Motor Racing History – 3.5-litre Naturally-Aspirated Engines, Active Suspension and Electronic Driver Aids 1989 was another McLaren year but this time the championship was won by Alain Prost. With turbos...
By Art Evans | Photographs as credited Frank Arciero was one of that small group that included John von Neumann, John Edgar and Tony Paravanno who were responsible for bringing...
What could be more refreshing on a warm, Saturday afternoon than opening up the fridge? Recently, I had the opportunity to do just that. “Boring” you say, “a refrigerator, is...
Automobiles Peugeot Armand Peugeot was born on 26 March 1849 in Herimoncourt, in eastern France. He was the son of Emile Peugeot and Jean Pierre. . Since 1810, the family...
Which sub-one-liter competition engine has the most international road racing victories of all time? OSCA? Bandini? Crosley? Abarth? Nardi? Moretti? The answer is not so obvious. It’s none of the...
By Art Evans | Photos as credited All of us have lost one of the dominant figures of the post-WWII automotive era, and I have lost a dear friend. After...
My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best at what he put his mind to. It was an...
Photo: Peter Collins In 1922 the Maserati brothers, Alfieri and Ernesto, began to work closely with the Diatto Company after the presentation of the latter’s Tipo 20 car at the...
The Story of the Porsche 911 – A Timeline Porsche Prepares To Evolve Beyond The 356 By the early 1960’s, with the commercial success of the 356 (in all of...
Blisteringly fast, sometimes unforgiving and exclusively blue, the Mark I Ford Focus RS is a sublime analog sports car disguised as a boy-racer-ish hot hatchback. In the two decades since...
In 2007 I attended the Press Day prior to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. You can be a passenger in a drive up the hill, but there was the new...
Racing History – Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races The Initial Races So was heralded the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup races. Many races have been held under the Vanderbilt Cup banner...
By Stephen Mitchell Stephen Mitchell at the wheel of the Ferrari 250 GT/L not too long after purchasing it. No Subscription? You’re missing out Any Text Here Get Started Already...
As a tribute to the Ford GT supercar, the prototype vehicle that gave life to the program more than a half-century ago, Ford is introducing the 2022 Ford GT ’64...
This is my 50th article for Vintage Road & Racecar. I didn’t realize it until my editor sent me a thank you card and the keys to a 2019 Ferrari 488...
The Die Silberpfeile Cars We waited again. Then they came. Far away in the distance we heard an angry, deep-throated roaring – as someone once remarked, like hungry lions impatient for...
Like a flawlessly cut gemstone, the latest iteration—is it the seventh?—of Porsche’s ageless 911 looks perfect to my eye. They’ve finally gotten those antediluvian lines right. So maybe they can...
OK sports car fans. Put on your post-war, European history caps. What 1950s coachbuilt aluminum-bodied, twin-cam, two- and three-liter exotic sports car set speed records, raced and showed in the...
FORMULA ONE & TWO AT REIMS, 1958 | It could never happen now. Ian Burgess was a works Cooper driver but he had to borrow Cyril AtkinsÕ Cooper T-43 for...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from SOVREN’s Sept. 5–6, 2020, Columbia River Classic races at Portland International Raceway. Del Mackenzie’s 1965 Ford Mustang in turn 2 Buzz Dyer’s 1970 AMC Javelin...
Many will believe my greatest racecar will be the Ferrari 156 “sharknose,” since featuring in my film and DVD of the late 1990s, La Passione. As a romantic young boy...
When car companies build futuristic concepts for tomorrow, they are usually exotic cars with sporty, low-profile bodies, and technologically advanced interiors. Show cars are often built around improbable dreams of...
Regular readers of this column will know that I delight in the obscure, so imagine my joy when at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed, I finally came face to...
I drove the McLaren F1 with the Alfa Romeo engine. It had the same problem that the Alfa Tipo 33 had…weight. With that car, we could have done well even...
I am sure there are people out there that never have seen a Pagani Huayra in real life yet, but this amazing model from Horatio Pagani was introduced back in...
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by the number of his countrymen you could count on the...
Mercedes W125 Car: Mercedes W125 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line Supercharged / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 94 mm X 102 mm / Year: 1937 / Capacity: 5,660 cc /...
I worked as the chief engineer at Lola (1969–1981) during one of their most productive and interesting periods. The number of fascinating incidents that happened during that period is endless....
Racing lays down rich strata of history with every passing season, but even though their glory days mostly lie four decades in the past, Carroll Shelby and his Cobras are...
Fifty years ago, petrolheads woke one morning to discover that their life had changed, their horizons had widened. Suddenly there was the Jaguar E-Type, the most beautiful car in the...
Pete Lyons Something is missing. Look around the race tracks, the city streets, the holiday hotspots … see what isn’t there? Elegant, vivid little cars that used to be all...
The Ford Bronco is the product of legendary talent, from the teams who won the Baja 1000 to the collectors who restore them today. But there’s one legend in the...
In March 1971, the Lamborghini Miura SV, being the last evolution of the highly successful P400 project, made its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show’s Lamborghini stand. In the...
Under most circumstances, I run a mile from making predictions. At an early age, I noticed that all bookmakers lived in a big house and drove a big car, while...
Mario Andretti at speed in his Ferrari 312B with flat-12 engine. Andretti was the race favorite having won the opening round of the Formula One season in South Africa just...
Charles Kettering, one time head of research at General Motors, once said: “People are very open-minded about new things – so long as they are exactly like the old ones.”...
Photo: Roger Dixon I’ve always said that the greatest racecar I’ve ever driven was the Alan Mann Mustang, registration DPK 7B. Andrew Cowan and I won the Touring Car class...
40th Annual Edition. Held 4-8th of February, 2015 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France. Organisers report 119,000 visitors, 500 vehicles in a space covering 46,000 square meters,...
I have to confess to you that I am the worst classic car owner. Trust me, I take no pride in this, but I’ve sadly had to come to terms...
Photo: Peter Collins Things were bad. There had been difficulties before for Lancia, but on both occasions the good guys had ridden over the hill to save the damsel in...
At the end of last year, I moved from Chichester to Oxford or, to put it in terms even the most geographically challenged reader will understand, from Goodwood to Silverstone...
The 1929 Lincoln Aero Phaeton, by LeBaron, was one of the earliest American vehicles to employ a tailfin. Priced at a towering $7,400, it sold poorly and was not cataloged...
Photo: Bob Jackson In 1962, I was Jim Hall’s mechanic. There are many stories I could tell about the five years I worked for him; this is one of the more...
Subscriber only Photo Gallery from the Oct. 6–7, 2018 CSRG Charity Challenge at Sears Point Raceway. Chris Locke – 1976 Lotus 77 Chris Longstaffe – 1967 MG BGT Huffaker MGB...
You hold in your hands, the 225th issue of VR! Seems hard to believe that we’ve been doing this, month in and month out, for 20 years…that’s like 175, in...
Photo Gallery from the June 7–8, 2018, London City Concours held in the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company. A mud stained 1932 Lagonda 2.0 Litre `Low Chassis` Little &...
Driving in to the office the other morning, I was listening to a comedian on the radio. His name is Adam Corolla and much to my pleasant surprise he was...
