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It’s 32 years since Kenny Leroy Roberts hit the world 500 championship, shaking it from its previous Euro-centric axis.
Roberts was 26 — a cocky, race-savvy, mentally tough twice AMA national champion from a dusty part …
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit proudly announces Shannons Insurance as the Naming Right Sponsor for the 2010 Australian Historic Road Racing Championship at the Island September 3 – 5.
Shannons continues their commitment …
Event: Heaven VMX, The Lakes MX track , Sunday 15th August 2010.
The Motorsport Retro Kawasaki 1984 KX250 went beautifully on the weekend and I was lucky enough to win first time out!
After just completing the …
What do Max Deubel and Mike Hailwood have in common? From 1961 to ’65 both men won four successive world GP championships — Deubel in sidecars with Emil Hoerner, Hailwood in 500 GP. They were …
With some of the world’s most expensive classic cars not only on display but also racing – what more could a Motorsport Retro fan want for a weekend?
Absolutely nothing!!!!!
True classics that you …
Italy’s Giacomo Agostini holds the all-time records for the greatest number of world championships and grand prix victories.
Agostini between 1965 and 1976 won 122 grands prix in the 350 and 500 cm3 classes, and 15 …
Check out this tremendous clip from the 1948 film Once a Jolly Swagman. Given the era, the on-board footage is sensational and leaves you wanting more.
Here is the blurb about the film according to OVGuide.com
“Once …
Ron Kellogg is the owner of one of America’s largest and most important motoring photography archives.
Here is what Ron has said about these photos of Burt Munro from 1962-3 in the Jockey Journal.
Burt Munro was …
I am completely addicted to Vintage Motocross.
Ever since Carl from Northside Motorcycles let me ride some bikes from his collection for a story on Motorsport Retro, I can think of nothing else.
There was only one …
The Vintage Motocross Club of Western Australia are celebrating their 15th year with an Anniversary Scramble for its club Members. With a number of special guest riders from overseas attending, including former British scramble champions …
Another 125 photos from the best event of the year.
Photo Gallery Part 1 here
Photo Gallery Part 2 here
Here is another 100 cracker shots from Graham Dalley
Photo Gallery Part 1 here
Photo Gallery Part 3 here
What can I say that hasn’t already been said time and time again regarding The Goodwood Festival of Speed? It is simply the best event of its kind anywhere in the world today. It draws …
I know where I would like to be this weekend, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio in the good old US of A.
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is America’s grandest celebration of motorcycling …
The 2010 Silverstone Classic (23-25 July) will be the best yet, with more racing, more classic cars, more live music and more to see and do both on and off-track for the whole …
The Spirit of Goodwood was really on display in the Cathedral Paddock today, where entrant Peter Champion has successfully fixed the Holden VH Commodore that he crashed yesterday. The car won Bathurst in …
A driver has blacked out and crashed a Honda Civic Type R Mugen into members of the public at the inaugural Moving Motor Show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010.
The vehicle,was …
Seventeen years ago, back in 1993 Charles the Earl of March hosted the 1st Goodwood Festival of Speed in his back garden, the grounds Goodwood house. It was a laid back affair with a selection …
Australia’s premier vintage and classic dirt bike event was held on the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend, 11-14 June 2010 at Green Park, Conondale, Queensland.
The event is unique in that it is not a race, …
The Crawford River Classic was again staged at the fabulous Jim Pomeroy designed grass track at Buledelah on 26-27th June.
I was unable to make it to for the Saurday CRC trophy events, but I was …
