While many racecar drivers have earned the title of “living legend,” there are very, very few that can also lay...
Brian Redman is well-known as one of the most successful and versatile sports car drivers of the late ’60s and early ’70s. Late in 1971, Redman joined a veritable “Dream Team” of drivers racing the soon-to-be dominant Ferrari 312P sports car. Redman spoke with Casey Annis about what made the...
With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori and Ted Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar...
There isn’t much Karl Kainhofer hasn’t done in over 50 years of involvement in motorsports, from motorcycle racing in Austria...
Mike Jiggle speaks with the Australian legend about his long career, his tough guy approach and the red underpants that enpowered him to become the 1980 Formula One World Champion. Your father enjoyed a reasonable motor racing career. Was it, therefore, inevitable that you became involved in the sport? Become...
The history of American sports car racing is rife with talented individuals that raced at the highest levels of national...
Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams In observance of Carroll Shelby’s recent passing, VR is presenting an edited combination of the interviews...
Australian racer Warwick Brown has had a racing career marked by extreme highs and lows. His career highlights are marked by several F5000 championships, and center-seat Can-Am wins, but a vicious accident early in his career broke his stride, while another later on may have cut his career prematurely short....
Haskell Wexler is an Oscar-winning cinematographer, taking home the coveted golden trophies for his work on Who’s Afraid of Virginia...
Bob Bondurant’s racing career has had many diverse facets including stints in small-bore production cars, big bangers such as the...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian industries of aerospace and racecar design were at the forefront of a new wave of industrial design. Avro Aviation engineer James C. Floyd had come up with the CF 105 Avro Arrow, a 1500-mph delta-winged fighter aircraft, and Bill Sadler had...
Jim Stokes is a boyish-looking 49 and has spent the better part of his life among some of the finest...
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with professional race car driver, Max Hanratty. As part of the Fast MD...
You cannot pigeonhole Hugh Dibley as a pilot or a racecar driver, as he has been a racecar constructor as well. As a pilot, he developed procedures to make air travel safer and as economical as possible for the airlines for which he flew. As a racecar driver, he has...
Bobby Rahal is one of the most well-rounded individuals to take part in motorsport. His reputation for using his brain...
Frank Williams started out like so many racers, with little more than his desire to go racing. Over nearly half...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford and Atlantic, then won the Tasman Series down under before tackling British F3 during perhaps its best season ever. A single season of F1 peaked his career, before a Mexican...
Tony Parella They say there is no greater zealot, than a recent convert. Though he came to the sport fairly...
We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Zimmermann’s interview with David Hobbs as he was preparing to turn his...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active drag racer, Simpson went on to race in various road racing categories before moving on to USAC racing and eventually the Indianapolis 500. While Simpson often demonstrated great speed and...
Eldon Rasmussen Eldon Rasmussen was the second Canadian (after Billy Foster) to race in the Indianapolis 500 in the modern...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54 with a “Double-Bubble” Zagato roof. Highlights of Chassis No. 2155 One of 20 Zagato-bodied A6G/54 Berlinettas Likely the only A6G/54 with a “Double-Bubble” Zagato roof Raced in the 1956 Mille...
To the rest of the world he’s Paul Newman the renowned actor. In the world of racing, he’s Paul Newman,...
Vic Edelbrock In the late 1930s, Vic Edelbrock Senior started up his automotive business in a small way, in a small garage on Los Angeles’ 3rd and La Brea. He did tune-ups and general auto repair, and on the side, he raced various cars at the dry lakebeds just east...
Englishman Andy Wallace is one of only eight drivers ever to post at least one victory in each of endurance...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his...
Initially, Jean-Pierre Jabouille made his mark in France’s national Formula Three racing in 1968. Not only did he race, but he also maintained his own car and earned enough money to move continually forward to the next meetings. At the time, a certain François Cevert was dominating the French F3...
