Articles in Touring Cars
How Many Historic Racers Does It Take to Fill Silverstone Circuit?
Images: Graham Dalley
Marking the 50th anniversary of Jim Clark’s first world drivers’ title, the 2013 Silverstone Classic is set to break the event’s current record of 1104 historic sports and racing car entries in an absolute …
LH SL/R 5000: Torana the Not So Great
“Bags, you must be a bloody genius to sell that sh**. And we’re going to do something about it.” Alex Cunningham
Thought at the time to be the last all-Australian Holden, the LH SL/R 5000 Torana …
Photo Gallery: Godzilla – Nissan Skyline GT-R Group A
Check these great shots from the guys at Speedhunters of Godzilla, the 1992 Bathurst 1000 winning Nissan Skyline GTR Group A Touring Car
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Photo Gallery: Alfaholics GTA-R
The crew from Alfaholics transformed a humble 1968 Alfa 1300 GT Junior, into this gorgeous Alfaholics GTA-R.
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Rockin’ Retro Design: 8380 Laboratories’ ATCC ’85 Unbesiegt & Konig S1 Unbesiegt
From Lotus Formula 1 cars to monstrous Group C Porsches to Australia’s finest touring car champions; the iconic John Player livery has adorned many of the greatest machines in motorsport.
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Exclusive: Alessandro Nannini on what Kubica faces
Some people simply don’t understand the phrase, “No, you can’t do that.” Alex Zanardi, Alessandro Nannini and Robert Kubica are just some of those people. All three suffered potentially career-ending injuries, yet successfully climbed back …
Studebakers and The Great Race: Potential Unfulfilled
Conrod Straight. Even today it stretches the longest legs in Australian V8s, providing ample room and even a little downhill push to reach top speed.
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1966 Bathurst 500: How Mini Tamed The Mountain
The Mountain. It’s a compelling, evocative and powerful name for a place which has forged the legend of some of the greatest machines, drivers and events in Australian motorsport history.
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Photo Gallery: Phillip Island Classic
With over four hundred historic sports and racing cars taking over the grounds of Victoria’s iconic Phillip Island circuit for a massive weekend of historic motorsport, the Phillip Island Classic is one of the world’s …
Allan Moffat’s ‘Cologne’ RS3100: Australia’s Wildest V6 Capri
It’s one thing to be a born racer, with talented toes, fast fingers and the guts, determination and drive to put them to good use on the track.
It’s another thing all together to secure and …
Photo Gallery: Top Gear Festival Sydney
We’ve been to many, many events at Sydney Motorsport Park over the years, but never have we seen it as packed with action, stars and spectators as it was this weekend for Top Gear Festival …
Lex Davison and the Fearsome Holman-Moody 427 Ford Galaxie
“The big bitch nearly killed me!”
They don’t make ‘em like they used to! Following a massive stack in the ’64 Sandown International Six Hour, Lex Davison was not thrilled with the long-form handling characteristics of …
10 motorcycle racers who were also brilliant on four wheels
1. John Surtees 1934-
Uniquely in motorsport, ‘Il Grande John’, as he was affectionately known by the Italian tifosi, won world titles on two and four wheels. He added to his seven bike crowns – four …
Why Fire is a Racing Driver’s Biggest Fear
Photo by Steven Tee, thanks to LAT Photographic – www.latphoto.co.uk
Racing is all about speed, action, excitement and, sometimes, incident. Sadly all of those go hand-in-hand with fire, but no day passes by without positive steps to improve motorsport …
Mercedes Benz 220SE Fintail In Competition
Three-car 220SE works team at the 1963 Acropolis Rally, which it dominated in the early 1960s. Image: Mercedes-Benz Classic
In this edition of our series of stories from the Shannons Club, we take a look at a …
