Just an additionnal ressource post for the vintage freaks around here, and especially tracks and cars modders, since i've been digging some gems around lately. As an example i will go for something i've been trying to setup as a race lately, the Longford 1958 Grand Prix race.
I always start looking race event results on
https://www.racingsportscars.com/entry/Longford-1959-03-02-19209.html
They have pictures sometimes, but most importantly they do have the grid presets and results.
Then to check for the actual versions of the car being used, especially when older cars are still being used, i would go for history stories on
https://primotipo.com/2015/11/27/the-longford-trophy-1958-the-tornados-ted-gray/ or
https://primotipo.com/2018/07/05/longford-lap/
Primotipo not only offers a whole bunch of pics but also get you insights and small events that happened during races. It's useful for both tracks layouts and actual racing events. It also SOURCES ITS LINKS, which will lead you to a niche inside a niche. Cannot get nerdier. I still have no idea whatr they did to the Maserati 250F for this race but i'll find it.
Now, when it comes to 20s-70s races, Lindsay Ross pics
https://www.oldracephotos.com/shop/category30-15#Touring Cars 5 and you would get the actual racer's name on top of the liveries.
But if you're aiming at a particular one, your best shot is actually
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/1097-australian-gp-in-former-days/ also known as "the Nostalgia Forum". Meet Ray Bell there and get absolutly insane details for anything 50s 60s 70s related. You'll probably meet a whole bunch of modders there, most of you must know about it.
Surprisingly you even find actual frames of the race cars, detailed suspension works, and engine specs for races
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/222586-fred-pearse-collection-photos/?hl=+cooper++t38#entry10105492
And by then you have the whole names for drivers, cars and updates that were made on the cars, be them be mechanics or bodyworks.
Now, i think i 've been patient enough and that most of you have no idea where i'm heading, so, plot twist, it is now time to forget about all those 80s formula ones, DTMs or BTCCs, and that you guys start working on that bloody Cooper T38 i've been waiting for a whole year. It's been long enough. You can leave the douche driver model out of it still.