In this clip Murray Walker interviews the legendary Sir Stirling Moss.
Everybody knows he is a champion bloke, the winner of 16 Grand Prix and one of the best drivers to ever sit in a racing …

While not exactly classic ads in design or execution, this collection of advertisements illustrate how sponsors love being associated with a winner – even if the connection is tenuous in some instances.
The 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 …

Derek Daly’s Formula One career is mostly remembered for a couple of huge accidents, but who can forget how agonisingly close he came to winning at Monaco in 1982 in a Williams that had no …

The first Australian Grand Prix that counted for the FIA Formula 1 World Championship was held on the streets of Adelaide on November 3, 1985
The new street circuit in Adelaide, South Australia was a …

Today’s feature gallery contains images of the legendary Gilles Villeneuve
So much has been written and said about Villeneuve, but for me Jody Scheckter summed it up pretty well when he delivered this eulogy:
“I will miss …

Jeff Ward
After winning the 1985 and 1987 250cc Supercross Championship (and 20 Supercross main events) in a career which spanned well over a decade, Jeff Ward chose to go car racing upon retiring from the …

Legendary names like Brock, Moffat and Johnson have broken the lap record at the famous Mount Panorama circuit , but the unofficial title now belongs to Jenson Button.
Button is now the fastest-ever man …

For those of you who can’t get enough of Steve McQueen, now some you can splash some of his coolness on everyday.
“Steve McQueen, the  Hollywood icon and the bearer of the King of Cool title, …

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears knows a thing or two about the skills of oval racing, and the psyche that racing drivers need to be at the top of their game.
Since he hung up …

Andy Hallbery tipped me off to this fabulous web TV show hosted by Peter Windsor called The Flying Lap.
Most of the episodes cover the latest happenings in Formula 1, but in this clip Peter talks …

What happens when one of the best drivers in the world meets one of the most beautiful coupes of all times? Sideways action!
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Kel Carruthers’ winning ride on a Benelli four to secure the 1969 world 250 championship on the treacherous streets of Opatija (in the old Yugoslavia) was the most dramatic title-clincher of Australia’s ten successful world …

I came across this great piece written by Kenneth Rudeen, which originally appeared in Sports Illustrated back in 1961. It’s the story of Jack Brabham and the impact he made by taking the first rear …

For many people Innes Ireland was the archetypal Scottish gentleman, although technically speaking he was born in Yorkshire, his family moving back north of the border when he was young. He seemed to be a …

I had forgotten about this series of TV commercials from Shell Australia. This ad called “sock”, captured two racers who have the gift of the gab, Barry Sheene and Aussie V8 legend, Dick Johnson.
Both men …