Any time a racing series is able to last 50 years, it's remarkable, but in the case of Volkswagen's Formula Vee series, it's extraordinary. On Jan. 26, in the shadow of Daytona International Speedway, ...

Volkswagen’s debut in motorsports officially began in Daytona, Florida, in August 1963. That’s when the first sanctioned Formula Vee race was held, launching a series that, in the beginning, was ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

For the past 50 years, a simple, little, open-wheel racing car, contrived from Volkswagen Beetle parts held together with a few lengths of welded pipe, has transported thousands of would-be-racers ...

Racing is an expensive hobby. Try buying and maintaining a Dallara race car. The chassis alone is $350,000. That’s why, in the early ’60s, the Formula Vee (or Volkswagen) came about. Having an ...

“I grew up next to the racetrack watching my dad, Ernie, racing since the early 90’s when I was still in nappies. I remember sitting in his yellow Golf that he raced in Wesbank Modifieds. When he ...

“The Nardi” has a special place in the hearts of Volkswagen motorsports fans, but few know the full story of the first-ever Formula Vee car. It all started in Florida in the mid-1950s, when Miami ...

Ask anyone at a race track why they choose to compete and you’ll likely hear an answer that will contain the words “adrenaline rush.” An Australian Formula Vee driver named Kathy Lisson got enough ...

For Formula Vee South Africa Chairman Theo Vermaak, Father’s Day reminds him where his love for racing stemmed: “I grew up next to the racetrack watching my dad Ernie racing since the early ’90s,” ...

Driving a car around a track is fun, on that we can agree. But one of the biggest obstacles facing would-be boy and girl racers is cost. It ain't cheap to go racing, and the higher you climb the ...