Articles by Rich Fowler
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King Kenny Roberts was reunited with his 1980 Yamaha YZR500 at the recent US Moto GP event. The three time World Champion did some demonstration laps to celebrate Yamaha’s 50 years in Grand Prix racing. …
The American Le Mans Series today announced its association with the Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) as the new “Heritage Series” for the 2012 season and beyond. The URC will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars …
The 2011 Australian Muscle Car Masters annual Father’s Day celebration is a unique showcase of Australia’s rich racing heritage.
Mark Pryor captured these fantastic photos from the 2011 event at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway.
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The Motorsport Retro Facebook page has grown into a wonderful community over the last few years. It’s full of good people brought together by their shared love of classic cars and retro motorsport, and it’s a great place …
Rush the latest racing film about the 1976 Formula 1 season, being shot by Ron Howard, was on hand at the Nurburgring for the Historic Formula One event.
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This video concludes with one for the scariest onboard laps I have ever seen. Tiff Needell see saws at the wheel like a madman in an effort to tame the ill handling Jaguar XJR15.
The XJR-15 …
This video explores the history of BMW M racing from 1972 to 2009 and looks at BMW’s success in Formula 1 , Touring Car and Sports Car racing.
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Back in the early 1990s Barry Sheene and Dick Johnson became household names in Australia, thanks to a series of TV commericals for Shell.
In this interview, Andrew Denton talks to them about shooting the commercials, …
Five years ago this week Australia lost motor racing legend Peter Brock when he hit a tree driving in the Targa West Rally.
Peter Brock, otherwise known as “Peter Perfect”, “The King of the Mountain” or …
An unprecedented gathering of Porsche historic and modern race cars from around the world, and many of the famous drivers who piloted them to victory, will descend on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for …
The 2011 Chelsea AutoLegends lived up to its billing as ‘London’s biggest show on wheels’. Staged on Sunday 4 September at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the capital’s premier automotive-themed festival hosted …
Honda is set to release these 10 fantastic black and white images of their most famous racers.
The photos cover pretty much the whole of Honda’s remarkable 62 years in motorcycle Grand Prix racing, focusing …
Motorcycling Australia’s (MA) 2011 Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza (HBBB) was a huge success with 3000 motorcycle enthusiasts attending the 2011 event over the Easter weekend at the State Motorcycle Complex at Broadford.
Nearly 750 …
The cars and stars of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and Le Mans Series will be out in force for this weekend’s Chelsea AutoLegends in central London on Sunday, September 4, just a week …
One of the things that sets rallying apart from other forms of motorsport is that you get to see cars flying through the air. It no doubt takes a brave person to keep their foot …