Racing Vintage Cars logo T-shirts
After a great many requests, official Racing Vintage Cars Tee-shirts are now available from RacingVintageCars.com! Featured in classic black or white in sizes of men’s Medium, Large, XL and XXL....
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The First 200+ mph Qualifier at Indy
A 200 mph qualifying lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was for 68 years thought to be impossible – until it wasn’t -- when in May 1978 it was achieved by driver Tom Sneva in...
When Indy Cars Changed Forever
By 1963, A.J. Watson was itchy. Generally re-garded as the most experienced, most successful designer/builder of Indianapolis-type racecars in the USA, Watson had reluctantly concluded that the reign of his renowned front-engine roadster racecars was...
The Indy Roadster that Challenged the British Invasion
By the early 1960s, new rear-engine racecar designs from Europe made our once proud USA Indy roadsters look aged and even slightly inefficient. By contrast, British open wheel racecars such as Lotus models were strikingly...
When the Indy 500 Changed Forever
From 1955 to 1963, the name “A.J. Watson” signified a mastery of Indy Car design and development that set a new bar for the finest and fastest Indy Cars of the “roadster” era. The superior...
Air|Water: On Four Wheels, But in Full Flight!
The Air|Water extravaganza – which is not a trade show, or a race event, or a concours ‘d Elegance, or conference, or an auction – is a little bit of all of those – with...
MALLOY: Beyond The Speed Limit
MALLOY takes you on an odyssey of racing, racecars of every kind and variety, rare racing memorabilia, on-track duals, business wins and near-misses, and above all — relentless determination....
From Willow to the Waterfront: VARA Goes Coastal
If you're a race fan and aren’t living under a rock, you’re no doubt aware that the 2025 Long Beach Grand Prix recently celebrated its 50th year, on April 11–13, 2025. Now well established as...
The Car That Launched the Long Beach Grand Prix
On a nippy morning in Long Beach California in late winter of 1975, Dan Gurney and Bobby Unser readied themselves to take a ride in a particular car, at a very special place. The car:...
ROAR of the TITANS
Celebrating the illustrious 50th anniversary of the now-legendary Long Beach Grand Prix, the likes of modern Indy Cars from teams that include Penske, Gnassi, Arrow McLaren and other luminaries...