Groovy Retro Gear: Racing & Emotion Art Egg & Art Ball Collections

If you’d asked me what I was planning on writing about when I sat down this morning, I very much doubt that I would’ve replied with “Art eggs!” And yet here we are, because these …

Amalgam’s Stunning Lotus Gold Leaf 49B Cosworth

Made with exacting attention to detail to replicate the Lotus 49B in which Graham Hill won the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix, this stunning 1:8 scale model from Amalgam is a work of art worthy of …

Gear: Porsche 936 Junior

We know it’s only the very beginning of April, but it’s time to start thinking about your Christmas list, and how you’re going to swing this amazing Porsche 936 Junior, from Freisinger Motorsport.
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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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Stroke of genius: The racing art of Rob Ijbema

“Painting is like time travel,” says prolific Dutch artist Rob Ijbema. In a sport measured in thousandths of a second, where speed is king, it’s strange yet fitting that some traditions still exist today – …

Racing Legends: Groovy Historic Motorsport Gear

Racing Legends is a business built by people for whom motorsport is a way of life, and they’ve made it their mission to source and stock clothing and accessories for people who are passionate about …

Top Five from Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction

Held for a full week, from the 13th to the 20th of January, 2013, Barret-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction is in the process of putting over 1200 stunning and rare machines up on the auction block.
These are …

Top Five of 2012: Retro Motorsport Gear

 
The Magic Racing Car Models of Alistair Brookman
“My name is Alistair Brookman and I make 1:12 scale fully hand-built model Grand Prix Ferraris.”
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Top Five of 2012: Motorsport Art

Retro Art: Ricardo Santos

These brilliant artworks come from Ricardo Santos; Portuguese art director and graphic designer, and one of the design team responsible for the World’s Best-Designed Newspaper, jornal i, as judged by the Society for News Design in 2010.
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Gear: Vintage Racing Today DVD

“Rather than put their race cars behind museum velvet ropes, these car owners have opted to race their historic cars the way they were designed and purposed…at over 100 mph around world- famous race tracks.”
Vintage …

The Magic Racing Car Models of Alistair Brookman

“My name is Alistair Brookman and I make 1:12 scale fully hand-built model Grand Prix Ferraris.”
From the humblest beginnings can come the most extraordinary things.

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The Awesome Automotive Art of Alex Wakefield

Motorsport is a very visual, evokative thing. All bright colours, beautiful shapes and kinetic energy.
And the most compelling motorsport art gets this. It aims to capture much more than a representative image of what happened …

Retro Gear: 8380 Laboratories’ Can-Am ’73 Unbesiegt

“If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power.”

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Illustrations: Freehand technical drawings by Peter Hutton

Check out these lovely illustrations by Peter Hutton. I found them over at Megadeluxe.com where Hutton explained how he does it.
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Video: The story of Phil Hill and his love of racing photography

Phil Hill, the 1961 Formula One World Champion also happened to be a very keen photographer.  In this video, his son, Derek Hill, explains the project to compile his father’s images and stories into a …