This is a great little video featuring interviews with Gordon Johncock and Rick Mears about their battle for the 1982 Indy 500.
The 1982 race was memorable for several reasons. Firstly in practice Gordon Smiley had …
US online video site Hulu has just made “On Any Sunday”, Bruce Brown’s famous 1971 documentary about motorcycle racing, available for free online. However its only available to those that live in the States. For those without a US ISP you can get the movie on DVD here
For those unfamiliar with “On Any Sunday”, its universally regarded as the greatest motorcycling movie of all time. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for best Documentary Feature in 1972.
Director Bruce Brown brought his unique style, honed on the 1966 iconic surf movie “The Endless Summer” to the project. The result was some incredible on board footage and an atmosphere so intoxicating that thousands of kids across the world rushed out and bought bikes. In short it did for motorcycle racing what “The Endless Summer” did for surfing.
The movie features superstar Steve McQueen, dirt tracker, Mert Lawwill and off-road legend Malcolm Smith to name a few.
In the clip above US dirt track legend Mert Lawwill transforms from well mannered family man to heroic flat-track racer by swapping his suit fora set of racing leathers.
How come nothing comes close 38 years down the track?
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Who better to talk about the best way to crash than Barry Sheene. It seems Barry loved a good stack and in this video he discusses the best techniques with Wayne Gardner.
Ever the realist, Barry …
The newly opened Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen in Germany, is a magnificent edifice. The building dominates the Porscheplatz and fulfills a long held wish by Porsche to be able to show the proud history …
I know I’m probably alone on this one, but I just love advertising.
And I’m particularly fond of some of the fun print ads that appeared in US motocross magazine like Dirt Bike and Motocross Action …
You don’t see this type of thing much these days.
F1 Drivers hanging out with each other and having a chat and a laugh about racing.
Back in 1982 Nelson Piquet is driving for Brabham as the current world champ. Chilean racer Eliseo Salazar is a back marker who clearly should have gotten out of the way.
The result is a crash …
