I always dread Mondays. How is it that in the two short days that you and everyone else is out...
You may have looked at this month’s cover car and said, “That’s not vintage!” You might also have looked at...
In the end of May, I had the good fortune to make my way up to the Wine Country Classic at Sears Point Raceway. This is always a real treat – great weather, a wonderful rolling track nestled in the hills of Northern California’s famed Napa Valley, and of course,...
Even after almost 40 years of following Formula One, I’m amazed that there are still aspects of the sport that...
In early April, I made my way to Las Vegas for the inaugural Champ car Vegas Grand Prix. This new...
You’ve certainly heard many of us here at Vintage Racecar lament the fact that today’s racecar drivers seem to be so homogenized and politically correct, as to be seemingly devoid of any kind of real character or personality. Perhaps even worse, however, so many of today’s drivers seem to combine...
This month’s Racecar Profile is really interesting to me because I think it typifies the diversity and general accessibility of...
As you will have read in last month’s Vintage Racecar news, the automotive world lost one of its last remaining...
Can you hear that creaking sound? That’s the sound of me opening Pandora’s Box once again. At the risk of alienating oh, maybe 95% of our readership—I’m going to go out on a limb here and state that, in my opinion, Formula Ford drivers are among the best drivers in...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Seventeen years ago, I started this magazine, in no small part, because I was finding it increasingly...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re...
On February 20, the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team launched its new challenger, the C37, for the 2018 Formula 1 championship. Frédéric Vasseur, Team Prinicpal, commented, “I am very much looking forward to the 2018 season, and to seeing Marcus (Ericsson) and Charles (Leclerc) on track. We have put lots...
Is it really March already? The “Ides of March” didn’t bode well for old Julius Caesar, but for those of...
This past weekend saw the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and an exciting showdown between the...
A couple of weeks ago, you may recall I bared my soul to you with the admission that I drove my Alfa Romeo so little that I had to have the carbs rebuilt, in order to get it running again (Neglectful Owner). Shame…I know. But one detail I didn’t think...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting...
I’d like to talk with you for a moment about Regularity. Relax. This conversation has nothing to do with Metamucel, fiber or the consumption of prunes. Believe it or not, it has to do with the growth and long-term sustainability of historic racing. I just got back from a wonderful...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
Casey Annis / Editor I was very interested to read James Beckett’s profile last month on the Martini F3 car,...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting little bit of Lotus trivia recently. Apparently, tucked away in some dusty corner of their Hethel shops was a fireproof case that contained 28 rolls of old microfilm. When they...
You hold in your hands, the 225th issue of VR! Seems hard to believe that we’ve been doing this, month...
As you’ll see on page 38, this issue marks the launch of yet another new column. One of my goals,...
Just as we went to press last month, we heard the tragic news of Dan Wheldon’s fatal accident in the season-ending Indycar race at Las Vegas. While I didn’t know Wheldon—or even follow his career very closely—I found his death profoundly saddening. Not to sound callous, but I was a...
As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent...
Many magazine editors waste their monthly column space, by summarizing the content in that issue. What’s the point of that?...
Back in August, Ed McDonough and I drove from Southern California to Bonneville, Utah (some 700 miles, one way), to take part in the annual Bonneville Speedweek. Now, you probably think I’m nuts (and you’re right) but I enjoy these road trips – in a masochistic, male-bonding sort of way....
I recently had the good fortune to spend a couple of weeks in England on business this past February. Now,...
I read a statistic the other day that totally floored me. In the United States, less than 10% of the...
In honor of its 75th anniversary this year, we’ve partnered with Jaguar to bring you this special issue commemorating the famed British marque’s long and illustrious racing history. Within these pages you’ll read of Jaguar’s virtual dominance of Le Mans in the ’50s, its triumphant return to La Sarthe in...
