It’s 32 years since Kenny Leroy Roberts hit the world 500 championship, shaking it from its previous Euro-centric axis.
Roberts was 26 — a cocky, race-savvy, mentally tough twice AMA national champion from a dusty part …
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Hang on and enjoy the wonderful sounds of the BMW Procar being riven hard around the Nurburgring.
The BMW M1 Procar Championship, sometimes known simply as Procar, was a one-make auto racing series created by Jochen Neerpasch,head of BMW Motorsport GmbH. The series pitted professional drivers from the Formula One World Championship, World Sportscar Championship, European Touring Car Championship, and other international series against one another using identically modified BMW M1 sports cars.
Billed as an opportunity to see a mix of drivers from various motorsport disciplines,vthe championship served as support races for various European rounds of the 1979 Formula One season, with Formula One drivers earning automatic entry into the Procar event based on their performance in their Formula One cars. Austrian Niki Lauda won the inaugural championship. In 1980, the series held some events outside of Formula One schedule, and was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet. BMW chose not to continue the championship in 1981 to concentrate on their entrance into Formula One.
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What do you say we let Porsche Club GB Motorsport and Marketing Director Geoff Turral show us around David Piper’s Porsche 917 #10—the first 917 available to a private team.
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via: TheChicaneBlog.com
Aunger Wheels where something of a must have for the more sporting driver in 1970s Australia.
Here we have a ‘young Johnny Goss’ finding himself in the disturbing situation of his pit crew not being particularly …
In this clip Murray Walker chats to three time World Champion, Niki Lauda.
His is a fabulous story. Niki takes out a large loan to go racing and isn’t considered to have much potential by the …
Ride along with former IMSA GTP racer Rick Knoop as he pushes his big cat hard during the 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The immaculate Group 44 XJR-5, built in 1985, produces the …
An important chapter of sportscar racing came to an end on May 13th 1973 when the last ‘proper’ Targa Florio took place on the 45-mile Piccolo Madonie circuit on the Italian island of Sicily. Since …
Michel Collet likes details. Those little somethings that may seem insignificant to the untrained eye, but which, when done just right, are the difference between something ordinary and something timeless. We’re talking the headlamps on …
Check out these great pics of Miss Hurst Golden Shifter, Linda Vaughn.
Here is what the guys at The Selvedge Yard had to say
“Linda Vaughn, the lovely, leggy, legend of the auto racing scene from …
It seems that Formula 1’s two most recent World Champions have a healthy respect for the sports history.
In the clip Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton visit the world’s greatest garage containing McLaren’s F1 cars …
The World Cup is over and it’s safe to remove the earplugs – not actually inserted to drown out the Vuvuzelas, but rather the endless round of sub-standard football anthems that have become part and …
The thirst for classic Formula 1 footage is stronger than ever and there are more treats in store for fans in 2010.
Here is the official blurb from Brunswick Films about their latest production.
“A new series …
Italy’s Giacomo Agostini holds the all-time records for the greatest number of world championships and grand prix victories.
Agostini between 1965 and 1976 won 122 grands prix in the 350 and 500 cm3 classes, and 15 …
Five-time Le Mans winner and sports car legend, Derek Bell recounts the ‘Race of his life’ to AUTOSPORT’s Kevin Turner during this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The race which Derek rates as his …
Every time I see a Group B rally video, I can imagine Bernie Ecclestone on the phone trying to put an end to it. It doesn’t take a genius to recognise that the sound, spectacle …
Check out this tremendous clip from the 1948 film Once a Jolly Swagman. Given the era, the on-board footage is sensational and leaves you wanting more.
Here is the blurb about the film according to OVGuide.com
“Once …
Porsche has just released a new model, the P’6612 to celebrate its first Le Mans victory in 1970.
Here is the blurb as it appeared in Autoblog
“Some races come and go, but a handful remain inextricably …
Ron Kellogg is the owner of one of America’s largest and most important motoring photography archives.
Here is what Ron has said about these photos of Burt Munro from 1962-3 in the Jockey Journal.
Burt Munro was …
I am completely addicted to Vintage Motocross.
Ever since Carl from Northside Motorcycles let me ride some bikes from his collection for a story on Motorsport Retro, I can think of nothing else.
There was only one …
Some fabulous memories in this clip highlighting the winners of the “Great Race” from 1970 – 1979.
Here are the list of winners
1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500: Allan Moffat – Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
1971 …
Lifestyle gear for the retro motorsport enthusiast just keeps getting better and better and Speed-Couture is here to bring us the best of it!
Stocking the best of a2z RacerGear, JOCHEN 70, Nicolas Hunziker, Rosso Corsa …
I found this ripper ad on The Chicane Blog.
I’m guessing it’s from 1953 as it mentions Mike Hawthorn winning in France, which he did in ‘53 aboard a Ferrari 500.
“From Sicily to Indianapolis from Monte …
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