What is TheVintageRacer.com? 

In late 2001, I was given the honor of taking over as Webmaster for The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing’s website (www.emmr.org).  EMMR is an outstanding organization, deeply committed to the preservation of all forms of motor racing history.  When redesigning the EMMR site, I had many new ideas, but wanted to keep the EMMR site as businesslike as possible.  So, “TheVintageRacer.com” was created as a sister site to the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing’s website.  I saw it as a way to use my skills and abilities to give something back to the sport that has been so much a part of my life and to help promote EMMR and it’s objectives. 

Simply put, TVR is in a magazine type format, also dedicated to the preservation of all types of motor racing history.  To achieve this, TVR has two main goals.  First, to provide a non-commercial presence on the Internet where anyone who shares an interest in motor racing history can share his or her knowledge with others with the same interests.  Secondly, everything submitted to TVR will be permanently preserved in a digital format and placed in The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing’s library for posterity.

I am neither a professional historian nor collector (but, I’m working on it!), but have been a life long fan of most types of racing.  Very little of what you’ll find in TVR came from my own meager collection of memorabilia.  95% of the materials in this website have been submitted or loaned to TVR by others. Little by little, others continue to contribute their knowledge, articles, interviews, photos and other materials and to date, the response has been excellent.

To get involved with TVR, you don’t need to be a professional photographer, writer or historian.  All you need is to share the same passion for the history of motor racing.  If you’d like to become a contributor of photos, stories, interviews or other materials to TVR, please feel free to e-mail me at

Warmest Regards,
Dave Zortman
Editor - TVR