When our European Editor Ed McDonough heard that Maurice Trintignant was to appear at the Monaco Historics in late May,...
Tom Kendall may be best remembered for his dominant 1997 championship season in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series when he set...
Back in the 1960s, if you raced or rallied an Austin Mini Cooper, you would have met and probably been defeated by Bill Brack. Bill started off ice racing his Mini and then purchased a Mini Cooper from Gord Brown who was a salesman at the British car dealership Ensign...
Someone once said that Indy car drivers would be lost if they had to turn right as well as left....
Vern Schuppan The motor racing career of Australian Vern Schuppan has been written up extensively over the years. Born in...
Photo: Tom Schultz Affable and friendly are two words often used to describe Harry Heuer, but on the track he was a fierce competitor for the six years he was active in semi-pro and professional racing—especially with the Meister Brauser team of which he was the organizing power from 1959...
Jean-Pierre BeltoisePhoto: Thierry Lesparre Over a period of years, VR’s Mike Jiggle and Ed McDonough have had the opportunity to interview...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
Peter Bryant’s colorful career spans nearly three decades of motorsport and includes time spent working in Formula One, sports car and Indy cars. However Bryant is perhaps best remembered for his time in the Can-Am, where he designed the famous Titanium Ti22 that proved tantalizingly fast in the early ’70s....
Our European editor, Ed McDonough, had the great fortune to spend the better part of a week with the great...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while John was on a brief visit to Australia. John Sprinzel What brings you to Australia, John? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Tony Southgate began his lengthy career in motorsports by joining Lola Cars in the early days of that venerable marque’s...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his...
While best known in current racing circles as the Director of CART’s Indy Lights Series, Roger Bailey has had a long and colorful career in motorsport that includes working as a mechanic for teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Cooper. John R. Wright sat down with Bailey during the CART Toronto...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived a life dominated by motorsport. Whether going to pre-war races with his father, racing himself in F2 or leading the BRM race organization, Tim Parnell has played an integral role...
Rick Hall Photo: Kary Jiggle If you look around many of the historic racing paddocks today, especially those series that...
Casey Annis speaks with historic racer and founder of The Masters Series, Ron Maydon, about why he chose to start...
Jim Stokes is a boyish-looking 49 and has spent the better part of his life among some of the finest racing machinery ever built. The Jim Stokes Workshops have had a following among the knowledgeable for some years, but have retained a rather low profile. This has begun to change...
This past summer Dennis Gray had the opportunity to interview his longtime friend Giddings. Sadly, this would prove to be...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
Martin OgilviePhoto: Ogilvie Collection Martin Ogilvie is a rare example of someone who knew all along what he wanted to be when he grew up, and who managed to make his mark in the upper echelons of motor sports with a single organization over a dozen years. That vocation was...
A new event in the British racing calendar took place in July 1973, the Avon Motor Tour of Britain. The...
In August 2000, we first ran Ed McDonough’s interview with Maurice Trintignant, as tribute to this wonderful man’s life story,...
Bill Milliken has had an interesting life. As an engineer in both the aviation industry and later consultant to the automotive industry, pilot, racecar driver, road course designer, etc., he’s done much in the world of technology. Born in Old Town, Maine, in 1911, Bill was at the forefront of...
Lorina Boughton McLaughlin was the first woman to ever win the “Man of the Meeting” Award given regularly by BP...
Tom Wheatcroft is a man with a lot of energy and drive. Though in his seventies, he still goes to...
Reg Hillary, 96-years of age as of this writing, is as sharp and lively as someone half his age. He’s also participated in many forms of motorsport, from Speedway Bikes to Daimler Dart sports cars to driving in, and winning, the first Shell Oil-sponsored cross-Canada Rally, the 4,000-mile Shell 4000,...
