Legends: King Kenny Roberts
August 30, 2010 – 11:38 AM | No Comment

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 …

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Legends: King Kenny Roberts
August 30, 2010 – 11:38 AM | No Comment
Legends: King Kenny Roberts

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 …

David Piper’s Porsche 917
August 27, 2010 – 1:39 PM | One Comment
David Piper’s Porsche 917

What do you say we let Porsche Club GB Motorsport and Marketing Director Geoff Turral show us around David Piper’s Porsche 917 #10—the first 917 available to a private team.
Harlo
via: TheChicaneBlog.com

Murray Walker interviews Niki Lauda on F1 Greats
August 23, 2010 – 9:30 AM | No Comment
Murray Walker interviews Niki Lauda on F1 Greats

In this clip Murray Walker chats to three time World Champion, Niki Lauda.
His is a fabulous story. Niki takes out a large loan to go racing and isn’t considered to have much potential by the …

Miss Hurst Golden Shifter
August 13, 2010 – 10:32 AM | No Comment
Miss Hurst Golden Shifter

Check out these great pics of Miss Hurst Golden Shifter, Linda Vaughn.
Here is what the guys at The Selvedge Yard had to say
“Linda Vaughn, the lovely, leggy, legend of the auto racing scene from …

Legends: Max Deubel
August 12, 2010 – 7:51 AM | No Comment
Legends: Max Deubel

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 …

Jenson and Lewis discuss Senna’s legendary 1988 McLaren MP4-4
August 11, 2010 – 8:15 AM | No Comment
Jenson and Lewis discuss Senna’s legendary 1988 McLaren MP4-4

It seems that Formula 1’s two most recent World Champions have a healthy respect for the sports history.
In the clip Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton visit  the world’s greatest garage containing McLaren’s F1 cars …

Dick Johnson Racing kicks off 30th anniversary celebrations
August 4, 2010 – 9:18 AM | No Comment
Dick Johnson Racing kicks off 30th anniversary celebrations

Dick Johnson Racing kicked off celebrations to mark its 30 year anniversary on Friday with a supporters lunch at the Norman Hotel in Brisbane.
Speaking to the 150 invited guests, founder Dick Johnson …

Legends: Giacomo Agostini
August 3, 2010 – 10:19 AM | No Comment
Legends: Giacomo Agostini

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 …

Video interview: Derek Bell – the race of my life
July 31, 2010 – 9:24 AM | No Comment
Video interview: Derek Bell – the race of my life

Five-time Le Mans winner and sports car legend, Derek Bell recounts the ‘Race of his life’ to AUTOSPORT’s Kevin Turner during  this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The race which Derek rates as his …

Images of Burt Munro on the World’s Fastest Indian
July 22, 2010 – 9:06 AM | One Comment
Images of Burt Munro on the World’s Fastest Indian

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 …

Video: Bathurst 1000 winners of the 1970s
July 15, 2010 – 8:11 AM | No Comment
Video: Bathurst 1000 winners of the 1970s

Some fabulous memories in this clip highlighting the winners of the “Great Race” from 1970 – 1979.
Here are the list of winners
1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500:  Allan Moffat  – Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
1971 …

The Indy 500’s most controversial race? Unser vs Andretti 1981
July 6, 2010 – 9:32 PM | No Comment
The Indy 500’s most controversial race? Unser vs Andretti 1981

Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti talk about the 1981 Indy 500.
The 65th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24, 1981. A hectic month of May was interrupted several …

Tasman Series Photo Gallery 2: 1967-1969
July 4, 2010 – 10:03 AM | No Comment
Tasman Series Photo Gallery 2: 1967-1969

Here is another set of fabulous images from the Tasman Series from 1967 – 1969 by photographer Brian McInerney.
They are special, because this is the first time they have been published in …

Retro Dude: Dan Šenkeřík
June 30, 2010 – 9:28 AM | No Comment
Retro Dude: Dan Šenkeřík

One of the most exciting things about our Facebook page is that it exposes us to the many talented and interesting people that make up our community. It serves as an excellent platform for you, …

Hammond meets Moss and they discuss cheating death
June 20, 2010 – 4:11 PM | No Comment
Hammond meets Moss and they discuss cheating death

Check this little teaser video: Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond and motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss share the same life-altering experience – they had their lives changed forever by terrible car accidents.
The pair …

Ride for your life – A Documentary about Grand Prix racer Mike Duff
June 19, 2010 – 11:31 AM | No Comment
Ride for your life – A Documentary about Grand Prix racer Mike Duff

Canadian born, Mike Duff was an excellent Grand Prix motorcycle racer of the 1960’s who won three Grand Prix in the 125cc and 250cc classes.
Ride for Your Life is a short documentary …

1957 Townsend Typhoon MK 2: The Purple People Eater
June 17, 2010 – 8:13 AM | No Comment
1957 Townsend Typhoon MK 2: The Purple People Eater

Inspiration comes in many forms, for Owen E. Gibson it resembled an over-sized crumpled potato chip and had a tree growing out of its hood.
Owen E. Gibson is a lifelong racing and hot rod …

Juha Kankkunen wins the Rally of Portugal Revival 2010 with ASM Motorsport
June 12, 2010 – 10:18 AM | No Comment
Juha Kankkunen wins the Rally of Portugal Revival 2010 with ASM Motorsport

Four time world rally champion, Juha Kankkunen and his equally legendary co-driver, Nicky Grist, put in a dominant display at the Rally of Portugal Revival 2010, winning the event by over three minutes.
The championship winning …

Scheckter’s spin causes massive pile up at British Grand Prix 1973
June 8, 2010 – 11:54 PM | One Comment
Scheckter’s spin causes massive pile up at British Grand Prix 1973

Jody Scheckter spins during the first lap of the British Grand Prix and the ensuing eleven car pile-up goes down in history as one of Formula Ones biggest crashes.
Brabham driver Andrea de Adamich from Italy, …

You were there: 24 hours of Le Mans 1988
June 6, 2010 – 4:58 PM | 2 Comments
You were there: 24 hours of Le Mans 1988

The Le Mans 24 hours is on again next weekend with a Jaguar competing for the first time since 1993, when John Nielsen , David Coulthard and David Brabham “won” the Grand Touring Category in …

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