Historic Racing News

Combining work with a personal passion is a goal for many – and achieved by a relative few. Harvey Stanley is one of that small number. By day he works…

Covid, carnets and now fuel costs have all made the logistics of going historic racing more challenging. But this branch of the sport is proving to be very resilient. Back…

A full season of historic racing in 2022 It's been a tough two years for historics but at last, there is a lot to look forward to this season Finding…

I will in a coming issue elaborate  more fully on my experience of the Porsche Group C celebration and demonstration at the 79th Goodwood Members’ Meeting but for now I…

Few things shout about the arrival of spring quite like the return of blooming daffodils and Goodwood’s Members’ Meeting, and the recent 79th edition set the bar high for all…

The daffodils along the track bankings may have been past their prime but the 79th Goodwood Members’ Meeting was as bright and breezy as any I can remember. It helps…

A one-off 8-litre Bentley that was built to break a Brooklands lap record it still holds — 87 years later — is up for sale. Priced at £4.5m, Chassis BH1…

Only in America could a saloon car measuring 15 feet long and five feet eight inches wide be called ‘compact’, but that was the designation given to the Ford Falcon…

The Vintage Sports-Car Club’s annual visit to Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire is always a rather special event, but this year’s meeting will hold an even greater significance to me as…

Goodwood Members' Meeting, April 9-10 There is no historic race meeting quite like the Goodwood Members’ Meeting. This year will be the 79th edition of the popular event, which continues…

What's it about Bentleys gets into the blood? I’m talking of proper Bentleys, of course – those built under the auspices of Walter Owen himself up to 1930. A 1930s…

You may feel the need to bring some earplugs to the 79th Members’ Meeting in April. The Goodwood season bursts into life with a grid of shrieking V10-engined grand prix…

Skoda Motorsport may now be a big name in rallying, but it’s far from a recent department, and to celebrate its 120th anniversary (yes, you read that right) it has…

A five-year search has culminated in the discovery of the original body buck for the first BRM V16, whereabouts unknown for 70 years since the first body-former George Grey fell…

January is a funny old time for us at the Vintage Sports-Car Club. While a lot of clubs are still a few months away from their first events of the…

Dario Franchitti MBE (for services to motor racing) is an American idol whose heart remains firmly in his native Scotland where he is a patron of the Jim Clark Museum…

The international motor sport scene might be drawing to close, but there was still plenty of racing to be seen up and down the UK