VM often celebrates the performances of legendary drivers around the world, but in the story “Smaller Heroes,” the two most famous Ford Pinto road-race cars are featured, along with a touching story by “Barn Find” author Tom Cotter about the man who races these historic IMSA RS series cars.



As this is Vintage Motorsport’s 40th Anniversary in publishing The Journal of Motor Racing History, we look back to the decade of the 1980s, and what we were up to, one of the first magazines to embrace the new technology of desktop publishing and the Apple Macintosh computer. We were groundbreakers! Read all about it!



Our UK editor Steve Havelock visits a great vintage shop in West Sussex, Vintage Bentley, who work their very best to improve the breed known as prewar Bentleys. Bentley Boys, indeed!

Most wannabe vintage racers or experienced vintage racers know the importance of a good driving school, so we’ve included a special section on Accelerating Your Driving Skills, a complete section on all the performance driving schools around the country. Find one near you to go faster, safer!D. Randy Riggs are here as well, along with all the auction scene action from Scottsdale by John L. Stein.