We also explore the amazing career of driver John Morton, who started as a broom sweep for Team Shelby, won four championships in BRE Datsuns, raced dragsters and sprint cars, Can-Am monsters, wild GTP machines, and today, some of motorsport’s most revered historic race cars.



In our Road Stir series, “Barn Find Hunter” Tom Cotter takes out a 1st gen 340hp ’62 Corvette, a sports car that made it easier than ever to go road racing, especially if certain options were selected. He called it a “religious experience.”



John Paul Jr. tells us about his favorite race, the 1982 12 Hours of Sebring, where his Porsche 935 suffered from a dropped cylinder and other maladies, yet he and his father managed to win the grueling event because of a great crew effort, his sensitive throttle foot and much perseverance.



Vintage racing events that recently waved the green flag include SVRA’s Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival and VSCDA’s Blackhawk Classic, so read all about the great turnouts and racing that took place.