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RACV Motorclassica 2011 ready to kick off in style
October 20, 2011 | No Comment

Today, with Tour Classica winding its way through Melbourne’s city streets, RACV Motorclassica finally starts with a bang and a cough of smoke from the exhaust.
For those heading to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne …

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Driven by Desire: The Desiré Wilson story
September 21, 2011 | No Comment

Motorsport is full of incredible stories, amazing people, and impossible events. Desiré Wilson’s story has to rank among the most powerful and unique of them all.

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$275 000 book: The Official Ferrari Opus
March 31, 2011 | 5 Comments

Ferrari has come up with a $275,000 book, The Official Ferrari Opus, which is being termed as the most lavish and most valuable historical reference the Italian sports car manufacturer has ever produced.
The most extravagant …

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Book Review: Legendary Race Cars
November 11, 2010 | No Comment

Let me preface this review by saying that I’m not a fan of Greatest Hits albums. Usually when I like a band, I dive headlong into their catalog; collecting all the LPs, digging …

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An Age of Superheroes: A tale of Grand Prix racing’s golden era 1988-1993
September 6, 2010 | No Comment

I have just visited Hell for Leather Magazine and read a great excerpt from Mat Oxley’s new book “An Age of Superheroes”
The book tells the tale of Grand Prix racing’s golden era, 1988-1993, …

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Book Review: Road Racing- Drivers of the 60s and 70s
May 8, 2010 | No Comment

I have just been sent a copy of Road Racing- Drivers of the 60s and 70s by Linda Weldon and it’s a cracker.
Linda was clearly more interested in capturing the personalities and expressions of the …

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Book Review: Hitler’s Motor Racing Battles -The Silver Arrows under the Swastika
February 8, 2010 | No Comment

This is a fascinating and very well written account of the politics behind the extraordinary Auto Union and Mercedes ” Silver Arrows ” grand prix cars of the 1930s.
Eberhard Reuss is a German motor sport …

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Go Faster: The graphic design of racing cars
February 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

I have just placed an order for what looks like a mega book. Go Faster- The graphic design of racing cars is written by Sven Voelker and features 144 full colour pages of some of …

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Book Review: The Toleman Story – Last Romantics in Formula 1
December 10, 2009 | One Comment

I have just received details of what looks like a great read, The Toleman story – Last Romantics in Formula 1, by Christopher Hilton.
Here is the official blurb from Veloce Publishing
“Small, unfashionable, short of money …

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Book Review: Porsche Rennsport
December 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

I have just laid my eyes on a copy of Porsche Rennsport – The Definitive Photographic Record of Porsche Racing Sports Cars, 1949-2004.
Quite simply, if you are a Porsche fan this book is a must …