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Le Mans: What Goes Around, Comes Around
In 1967, Dan Gurney won the Le Mans 24 Hours with AJ Foyt, and they started a tradition that remains to this day. This weekend the Gurney name is back at Le Mans
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Gunnar Nilsson Memories: Part One
There are some guys who are quickly forgotten. Gunnar Nilsson could well be one of those. But he shouldn’t be. One Grand Prix win 35 years ago doesn’t do him justice. His work for cancer …
For Sale: Freddie Spencer’s 1983 NS500 & 1985 NSR250
These two championship-winning motorcycles, from Freddie Spencer’s 1983 500cc and 1985 250cc championship seasons, are up for sale as a pair over at RMD Motors.
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Photo Gallery: Exclusive Shots from the Set of Rush
Ron Howard’s Rush, which tells the tale of James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda’s (Daniel Brühl) championship battle during the 1976 Formula One season, recently wrapped filming in Snetterton, England. Howard and his team are …
Video: Janet Guthrie: Paving the Way
“Not everybody can drive race cars. It takes a peculiar sort of person.”
The 1977 Indianapolis 500 added volumes to the event’s bursting history books. Tom Sneva broke the 200 mile per hour barrier, A. J. Foyt …
Video: Graham Hill Wins The 1966 Indy 500
“I was nervous about doing the 500 and suddenly had second thoughts of why are you bothering to cross the Atlantic for this.. demolition derby that they seem to constantly show on television?” – Jackie …
Interview Part One: Rubens Barrichello – Still a Rookie
Ten minutes will always turn into 40 with Rubens Barrichello. It’s tough in this business to not have favourites, but Rubens is one of mine. He, like just a handful of others, has not changed …
Murray Walker’s Tribute to James Hunt
”James was a very special sort of person. He didn’t think the way other people do. He certainly didn’t act the way other people do. And he was always a very exciting, stimulating and fun; …
Video: Tom Sneva breaks 200mph at Indy
A little over 65 years from the Indy 500′s inception and just fifteen years after Parnelli Jones broke the 150 mile per hour barrier, Tom Sneva became the first driver to nail its four ferocious corners fast …
Retro Motorsport Art: Stuart Row
Our never-ending search for excellent retro car art has most recently turned up Australian photographer Stuart Row and his unique Photoshop-manipulated vehicle portraits.
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Tribute to Carroll Shelby
Ernie Nagamatsu’s moving tribute to a wonderful friend; Carroll Shelby.
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Indy 500: Fast, Faster, Fastest: Arie Luyendyk
As the drivers build up for this year’s Indianapolis 500 Pole Day, let’s check out a guy that set the fastest qualifying speed ever at Indy – only to start 20th. And that’s not the …
Video Documentary: Kevin Schwantz – World Champion 1993
Kevin Schwantz – 1993 Motorcycle World Champion and one of the sport’s most exciting, hardworking and loved riders.
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Video: Britten V1000 Racing Motorcycle
The Britten V1000 is a hand-built racing motorcycle built and designed John Britten and his mates, mostly in his home in New Zealand. Exotic, innovative and stunning, it went on to win around the world, …
Video: SENNA – 1991 German Drivers’ Briefing
“The best decision is my decision.”
During practice for the 1991 German Grand Prix, Érik Comas went into the tyre wall at the second chicane, ending up on his roof and scattering tyres – some from his …
