Alwin Springer, whose name is synonymous with Porsche's decades-long racing heritage, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2025 Phil Hill Award. The 2019 award recipient, RRDC President Bobby Rahal, made the presentation at the annual RRDC members’ dinner on January 21 prior to the 64th running...

Ex-Formula 1 driver and racecar constructor Howden Ganley is the epitome of New Zealand’s "She’ll be right" stereotype: laidback, competent, adaptable. Everybody, however, has a breaking point: McLaren’s fraught Formula 1 debut of May 1966 was his."I did Monaco with them – then resigned," he says. "I couldn’t see where...

Champaign, IL -- Vintage Motorsport magazine is fortunate to count Pete Lyons and his Fast Lines column among our regular contributors and motorsports history content, so we’re happy to report that Lyons’ newest book -- Shadow: The Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery -- will be available in early...

The Vintage Motorsport 2019 Nov-Dec issue kicks off with The Mirage Vanished!the amazing 7-page Salon story of why Mario and Michael Andretti's Mirage M12 was banned at Le Mans in 1982, just before the green flag!And in “Prepping a Legend,” you'll read about the effort it takes to maintain and...

Elkhart Lake, WI -- Well known as one of the largest vintage racing gatherings in the United States, entries for the July 18-21 WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman presented by HAWK have already surpassed 400 cars for races in 11 different groups subdivided into several sub-classes. Photo: Les Tension...

One of the greatest motorsports photographers of the 20th century has left us. This time, no magic was involved.Pete BiroPete Biro was born in Oakland in 1933. An uncle gave him his first camera. In high school, he worked for a guy who performed magic on the side. So began...

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti and legendary driver and constructor Bruce McLaren are the newest inductees into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. They were voted into the prestigious pantheon by a panel of auto racing journalists, participants and historians.Franchitti (at left, above)...

After an exhaustive restoration process, Team Penske has unveiled one of the most unique pieces of its history, a customized 1972 International Fleetstar truck known in the racing circles as "The Blue Hilton." The truck was one of the first known enclosed transporters used for racing purposes. It served the...

Some laughs, some nostalgia, some great moments and loads of cool photos – that's the holiday offering for race fans wanting to read and learn this month.Pete Biro's masterful montage of the Can-Am series ("Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out with North America's Greatest Race Series 1966-74", available on Amazon.com) captures...

Above image by Pierre MunsonSummer is in full swing and this year hundreds of vintage racers will make the journey to Elkhart Lake, Wis. to celebrate the beauty and performance of some of the world's greatest racecars and sportscars, July 14-17 at Road America for the WeatherTech International Challenge with...