Photography by Kristina Cilia. Words by Amanda Quick. Ah, the Velocity Invitational. Birthed in 2019 and flourishing to the glorious...
Vintage Car Racing
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Article and photos by Bill Wagenblatt ([email protected]) The second Velocity Invitational event was held October 14 to 16 at Weathertech...
The 2022 Classic Sports Racing Group Charity Challenge took place at Sonoma Raceway from September 30 – October 2. This 19th annual CSRG event featured over 200 historic race cars in nine different race groups competing at the 12 turn, 2.52 mile road course nestled against the Sonoma hills just...
As the south of England radiated in the warm rays of the early autumn sun, the historic Goodwood Circuit received...
Images courtesy of Glen Smale, Peugeot Motorsport, and Archives Terre Blanche/Photononstop On 26-27 May 1923, the first Le Mans 24...
Held for a second year at historic Weathertech Raceway, Laguna Seca, the 2022 Velocity Invitational is poised to offer the finest combination of vintage racing and luxury lifestyle in North America. From hearing the distinctive wail of a 1950s Ferrari Testa Rossa to the cork pulled on an aged Napa...
Seventy years ago, the first Carrera Panamericana Road Race was held and since those original races held from 1950 to...
Moving to a late August date over the late summer Bank Holiday, the Silverstone Classic delivered yet another incredible weekend...
Over the last few weeks, I have assembled a gallery of images from the 2022 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Images incorporating a visible driver’s face, a three-wheeling Porsche or Camaro, light with character, and even a foggy day helped me to pick this group. Many closed-car images were shot in...
Ms. Ellen Bareley curated the Le Mans Legends Heritage Display. This display contained close to fifty cars, all with Le...
By Kristina Cilia and Rex McAfee Imagine a 1960s Ferrari 250 GTO carefully lit in a museum, or maybe a...
The 2022 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is being held at the WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway this year. For the first time this year, the event started with on-track action Wednesday August 17th and ends Saturday, August 20th leaving Sunday open for those wishing to attend Pebble Beach Concours. On Sunday...
Held once a year on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula, “Holy Week,” as referred to by some, gives car enthusiasts the...
100 years ago, the small French automobile company Chenard & Wacker, a manufacturer of Paris taxis defeated, Bentley, Bugatti, Delage,...
It’s that time of year in the Pacific Northwest when the weather is just right for vintage racing. July 4th weekend, 2022 turned out to have the best of everything. Friday: sunny and hot; Saturday: overcast and cool; Sunday: rain. For a variety of racing conditions, it doesn’t get any...
Four long years since the fall of the last chequered flag at the Le Mans Classic, Europe’s premier historic racing...
The largest festival of motorsport and car culture in the world, served up a four day extravaganza of the most...
16th Masters Historic Festival The Masters Historic European season made its second visit to UK soil, for the 16th running of the Masters Historic Festival – the premier historic racing event on the Kent circuit. Alongside the customary Masters Racing Legends, for 70s and 80s Formula One cars, Masters Sports...
Motorsports, for better or for worse, 80% of the time need to be run at dedicated facilities built precisely to...
After 14 hours in the car, we arrived at Road Atlanta. The red Clay of Georgia was once again caressing...
The principality nestled amongst the mountains that line the southeastern coast of France is a name that’s known worldwide. Monaco. Synonymous with motorsport, and much less defined by motor racing, than defining motor racing itself (the parameters of a steering rack on a modern F1 car are designed around the...
Despite its long and storied history, the Abarth Osella PA1 is still formidable as a vintage racer. The result of...
All Content © 2022 Rex McAfee, [email protected] Under clear blue skies with a coastal breeze from nearby Monterey Bay, the...
Pacific Raceways has been the home track of SOVREN since the club was formed in the late 1980s. The vintage club racing season begins each year with the Spring Sprints held in April. Those of us who are motorsports fans and racers—but not rain fans—have lamented the absence of a...
It seemed a long time coming…whilst only a fortnight since the Masters Historic Racing series brought a weekend of historic...
Photos and words by Dennis Gray A week after running WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway, the SVRA drivers, crews, and cars...
Driving into Monterey’s Laguna Seca on Thursday, the weather did not look good. A cold rain was accented by an even more frigid wind. Still, the paddock was filling with cars, mostly covered with polyethylene sheets. With the rain, not many drivers took advantage of the track for testing. But...
Back to its traditional Spring running, the 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach brought West Coast race fans all...
Growing up, Donington Park was my local circuit, the first place I ever really experienced motorsport first hand, the sights,...
At the entrance to Goodwood Motor Circuit, the towering blue Goodwood flags rippled gently in the calm breeze of an April morning and the crisp spring air carrying the remnants of morning frost departed under the warming rays of light from an emergent sun. Whilst the forecast of an overwhelmingly...