If there are so many of us desperately searching for our old racing cars, why in the heck are we...
Then. I must have called the guy dozens of times, year after year for more than a decade. It was...
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t nearly enough of Harry Miller’s fabulous racing machines to go around. How then does a semi-retired dump truck driver come to own two Millers? Mike Guffey loves stuff. He loves...
These are days of confusion. As I write this, there are either three days left in the Millennium or, depending...
Manfred von Brauchitsch Biography He was called die Pechvogel, the unlucky bird. He was known more for the races that he lost...
As a racer and attorney, I am frequently asked by my fellow racers to provide legal advice about car transactions they are contemplating, or about a deal that is now having problems. In recent years, the contracts for vintage, collectible, race and exotic cars have certainly become more complex, as...
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father,...
A friend phoned saying he had been offered a CTG, and the vendor claimed it had been designed by Len...
The new Bentley Continental has been such a success that there is to be a four-door model, the Flying Spur. Fine, except that it may be made in Germany along with other Volkswagen products. Some British newspapers have gone into shock! Horror! So far as I am concerned, Bentley ceased...
Have you ever stopped to add up all of the different driver nationalities in motor racing and perhaps spotted a...
Sex, infidelity, theft, intrigue, a lightly raced car, a tragic airplane crash and a pack of lifelong friends…some famous, some...
Every job has its drawbacks and its drudgeries. While writing for VR is a passion that all of our staff share, we all carry a heavy heart and a certain sense of dread when it comes to obituaries. Very sadly, for the 13 years that we have been in publication,...
The car hobby has many tropes, but one of the more common — and perhaps most accurate — is that...
It’s often said that one of the best aspects of historic racing is the people you meet. Having been around...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in British hillclimbs in the immediate postwar era. Issigonis had resurrected his Austin-powered Lightweight Special, a single-seater with a monocoque and rubber suspension, while Cooper was developing his 500-cc cars. Issigonis...
If you examine the incredible growth in participation and popularity of historic racing over the past couple of decades, one...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher On the Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I have written about a venerable British icon—Jaguar—that...
Then. In a tiny village of 100 houses in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium, lives a man grinning from ear...
Magazines are a funny thing. You hold in your hand the August issue, but you’re likely reading it in July and I’m writing this column in May! Go figure. It’s no wonder I can’t keep straight what month it is…not to mention what day it is! On the 8th of...
The lunacy of automotive collecting has no bounds. My personal journey has taken me from Italian coach-builts to vintage racecars...
One of the things to particularly love about ladies, is their ability to “multi-task,” something most men are not very...
Home tracks – every racer has one. For some, it may be the track nearest to where you live. For others, it may be the track you started racing at or the track where you perform the best. For most people, it’s likely to be the track where you’ve spent...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the...
Vittorio Jano Biography Born on April 22, 1891 as Viktor János in San Giorgio Canavese to Hungarian immigrants, Vittorio Jano was the son of the Technical Director at one of Turin’s two arsenals. At 18, after completing instruction at the Instituto Professionale Operaio in Turin he took a job as...
In this month’s issue, you’ll find a very revealing interview with Robert Daley, who—in addition to being a renowned photographer...
The world of Formula One enjoyed a jolt of much needed excitement during the recent Spanish Grand Prix, when young Max Verstappen became the youngest driver to ever win a Grand Prix—at the tender age of 18. Verstappen can now add this F1 landmark to another he earned last year...
