“I started in SCCA in a freaking Ford Pinto. My very first race, I drive it into a lake.”Lyn St James, Sarah Fisher and Linda Vaughn have all been hugely influential figures within motorsport. But even icons have to start somewhere, as St James relates in her conversation with Tony...

There are few things more nauseating in life than injustice, and while there are far more important iniquities in the world that have greater bearing on people’s lives than anything inside our motorsports bubble, there are too many times when the matrix goes awry, the picture is distorted and drivers,...

Different issues of Vintage Motorsport have appeal for different reasons, for me the fact I’ve been around the sport for so many years now I can find something that trips my memory switch.July/August 2014 (which I recently “re-discovered” and got to spend time with) holds special appeal and is an...

Lime Rock Park will continue a cherished tradition on Memorial Day weekend when it hosts the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli.The track played a key role in the “golden years” of Trans Am, showcasing Detroit’s Big Three manufacturers and a roster of world-class drivers from 1967 through 1972. Back...

The first time it rolled through the pits and Mario Andretti got a glimpse of it, he put his head down and declared: “We haven’t got a chance.” Bobby Unser was rendered speechless -- no easy feat -- and stood with his mouth agape.A.J. Foyt made a backhanded reference to...

The iconic 1976 Tyrrell P34 Formula 1 six-wheeler. Photo: Ron and Brian KimballAs we continue our 50% off back issue sale, we are showcasing a few prime examples of the issues available. Today's choice is the 2016 Mar/Apr Issue. Grabbing our attention immediately is the incredible 1976 Tyrrell P34 Formula...

Above: 1971 Indianapolis 500 polesitter Peter Revson's McLaren M16.Eldon Palmer, an Indianapolis-area car dealer and businessman who crashed the pace car into the photographers stand at the start of the 1971 Indianapolis 500, has died in Indianapolis after a sudden illness. He was 87.Palmer paced the Indy 500 field in...

Produced by motorsports photographer Gordon Jolley, this featurette offers a tour of the paddock area at the Road Atlanta Can-Am race weekend of July 9, 1972, and includes interviews with leading drivers of the period like Denny Hulme, Peter Revson, George Follmer, and Francois Cevert.

Some good and significant books have been delivered to RACER offices in the past couple of months. The first of these is one that came out last year but somehow passed us by, and we’re very pleased to correct that.The First American Grand Prix – The Savannah Auto Races 1908-’11...

America’s Peter Revson was killed in a Formula 1 testing accident 40 years ago. Handsome, intelligent and from a moneyed family, he had it all – and for 13 years had to battle those very same “advantages.” Only after two Formula 1 grand prix victories, a Can-Am championship, a pole...