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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Nigel Mansell stars in new TVC for Moneysupermarket
September 8, 2010 – 1:21 PM | No Comment
Nigel Mansell stars in new TVC for Moneysupermarket

The ‘tache is back, as British Formula 1 hero Nigel Mansell promotes Moneysupermarket’s car insurance comparison service in their latest TV advertisement.
Nigel shows the difficulties he has haggling for the cheapest car insurance policies over …

Video: New Ayrton Senna Documentary Trailer
September 7, 2010 – 3:00 PM | No Comment
Video: New Ayrton Senna Documentary Trailer

Made with the cooperation of the Senna family and Formula 1, this Japanese trailer for the documentary film titled simply “Senna” looks outstanding. That cooperation looks like has yielded some excellent little-seen …

Dick Johnson celebrates 30 years of DJR and “The Rock”
September 6, 2010 – 2:32 PM | One Comment
Dick Johnson celebrates 30 years of DJR and “The Rock”

This year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 marks the 30 year anniversary of Dick Johnson Racing and the infamous rock incident, a tragic event which saw Dick Johnson crash into “The Rock‟ which a spectator had …

BMW M1 Procar at the Nurburgring
September 3, 2010 – 10:37 AM | No Comment
BMW M1 Procar at the Nurburgring

Hang on and enjoy the wonderful sounds of the BMW Procar being riven hard around the Nurburgring.
The BMW M1 Procar Championship, sometimes known simply as Procar, was a one-make auto racing series created by Jochen …

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

Muscle Car Masters to celebrate 50 Years of the Australian Touring Car Championship
August 24, 2010 – 8:00 AM | No Comment
Muscle Car Masters to celebrate 50 Years of the Australian Touring Car Championship

Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway will once again play host to Australia’s largest gathering of racing muscle cars from as early as the 1960s – Muscle Car Masters.
Muscle Car Masters is a celebration of …

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 …

Onboard: 1984 Jaguar XJR-5 at Monterey Motorsports Reunion
August 18, 2010 – 11:17 PM | No Comment
Onboard: 1984 Jaguar XJR-5 at Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Ride along with former IMSA GTP racer Rick Knoop as he pushes his big cat hard during the 2010 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The immaculate Group 44 XJR-5, built in 1985, produces the …

Targa Florio ’73: last of the real road races
August 16, 2010 – 10:28 AM | No Comment
Targa Florio ’73: last of the real road races

An important chapter of sportscar racing came to an end on May 13th 1973 when the last ‘proper’ Targa Florio took place on the 45-mile Piccolo Madonie circuit on the Italian island of Sicily. Since …

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 …

Sporting Tunes
August 9, 2010 – 1:51 PM | No Comment
Sporting Tunes

The World Cup is over and it’s safe to remove the earplugs – not actually inserted to drown out the Vuvuzelas, but rather the endless round of sub-standard football anthems that have become part and …

1970: Finland wins the World Cup
August 5, 2010 – 9:43 PM | No Comment
1970: Finland wins the World Cup

Imagine trying to organise a six-week rally that took 100 crews on a 16,000-mile route from London to Mexico City, via most of Europe and the Americas, and that comprised the most inhospitable and torturous …

Great Grand Prix Racing Hereos – New series coming soon
August 4, 2010 – 10:03 AM | One Comment
Great Grand Prix Racing Hereos – New series coming soon

The thirst for classic Formula 1 footage is stronger than ever and there are more treats in store for fans in 2010.
Here is the official blurb from Brunswick Films about their latest production.
“A new series …

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 …

Red and White Mini’s Return to Rallying
July 28, 2010 – 3:36 PM | No Comment
Red and White Mini’s Return to Rallying

Well it had to happen, I suppose: the words ‘Mini’ and ‘rally’ are to come into close contact for the first time since Monte Carlo in 1968, when the teeny tearaway’s reign of terror in …

Lancia Delta S4: 1000 Lakes Rally 1986
July 27, 2010 – 12:40 PM | No Comment
Lancia Delta S4: 1000 Lakes Rally 1986

Every time I see a Group B rally video, I can imagine Bernie Ecclestone on the phone trying to put an end to it. It doesn’t take a genius to recognise that the sound, spectacle …

Vintage Speedway Footage From ‘Once A Jolly Swagman’ 1948
July 26, 2010 – 2:14 PM | No Comment
Vintage Speedway Footage From ‘Once A Jolly Swagman’ 1948

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 …

Fever machines: Porsche 917/10
July 20, 2010 – 8:35 AM | No Comment
Fever machines: Porsche 917/10

Porsche’s fearsome 917 sports-racer came, saw and conquered during the first two world sportscar championship seasons of the 1970s. The 4.5-litre, flat-12 cylinder machine – later increased to five litres – was the most sophisticated …

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 …

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