As much as our rose-tinted retro spectacles like to believe that motorsports was better in the old days, domination has been a regular occurrence in racing’s 120-year existence. On YouTube, you can find Shell’s fantastic half-hour documentary on the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix. It’s a delightful trip back in time...

For the 2024 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a trio of privately-run Porsche 963s prepare to take on their factory brethren and the rest of the Hypercar field, and it’s not for the first time. From the pages of the June/July issue of Vintage Motorsport, Gary Watkins...

We’ve assembled an eclectic mix of machinery for RACER magazine’s annual Great Cars Issue. And, yes, we admit that for at least one of them our editorial brain trust’s definition of “great” is highly subjective, to say the least.That would be the Group C Lancia LC2, a prototype sports car...

Peter Falk very much prefers to stand behind his team rather than in the spotlight. “I’ve always said that I don’t count at all but my team has to be good. And that’s the most important thing,” said the former racing director and engineer who worked for Porsche AG for...

The Jan/Feb 2022 Vintage Motorsport issue is in the mail to subscribers and if you are a subscriber, thank you! It’s also headed to newsstands at Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide. If you’re not a subscriber, you can go to VintageMotorsport.com/Subscribe or call 877-425-4103. Single copies can be purchased at...

Woodland Hills, CA -- IndyCar race winner and Indianapolis 500 veteran John Paul Jr., considered one of the most gifted and versatile drivers of his generation, died Tuesday (Dec. 29) after a 20-year battle with Huntington’s Disease. He was 60.Photo: Marshall Pruett ArchivePaul, a native of Muncie, Ind., made seven...

CART IndyCar Series and Formula 1 veteran Stefan Johansson, who manages a number of current NTT IndyCar Series drivers, joins The Week In IndyCar podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics in the listener-driven Q&A show.Episode time stamps:Show openStefan on driver contracts and iRacing (starts at 2m42s)Driving 1000hp Indy...

Almost exactly a year after smashing the EV record at Pikes Peak, Volkswagen’s ID.R broke another barrier by setting a new EV benchmark around the Nurburgring-Nordschleife.With Romain Dumas at the wheel, the Volkswagen averaged 128.6mph around the 12.9-mile, 144-turn layout and sliced more than 40s off the EV record set...

Archie Urciuoli, an SCCA racer in the 1950s and '60s, a former marine, and head of a private investment and consulting firm, was named the 2017 recipient of the RRDC Bob Akin Award. He was presented the award at the annual Road Racing Drivers Club members' dinner on Jan. 24,...

Porsche's 962 became IMSA's most identifiable GTP car in the 1980s. The mass-produced, turn-key prototype gave professional drivers and journeymen equal chances to find Victory Lane, and with a variety of memorable liveries and teams to promote, IMSA capitalized on the 962's arrival in 1984 to grow the GTP brand.Before...