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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Check out these beautiful artworks by Nicolas Cancelier. I’m a real fan of his work, as it really captures the essence of the eras represented and the styles are so varied.
Here is a some background …
Have a listen to this remarkable little tune.
It’s a song called “The Champions” and is sung by the 1972 World Championship winning crew from John Player Team Lotus.
The record was produced to celebrate Emerson Fittipaldi’s …
Greg Pretty was one of the most versatile riders of his generation, and hugely respected by his peers.
Aussie race legend Greg Pretty lost his life in a terrible head-on accident on January 16, 2010 aboard …
Today is your last chance to score a couple of Live2Race T shirts.
Simply add a comment to any story on MotorSportRetro.com or on our Facebook page and you are in the draw.
The team at Live2Race …
Thundering across the dry flats comes a Porsche lover’s wet dream come true, expelling a tree of dust.
It’s a spectacular cavalcade of horsepower. A stunning pairing of power and beauty. And it’s all to borrow …
As NASCAR’s Sprint Cup daredevils get ready for this weekend’s season-opener, the Daytona 500 at the fearsome Florida Speedway, it’s worth wallowing in a bit of stock car nostalgia.
The blue-riband 500 has been the most …
The Dakar rally is probably the most gruelling and dangerous motor race in the world. Motorcycles, cars, quad bikes and trucks compete, not so much with each other, but with the race itself, to survive …
Here are some video snippets from a documentary called Trans Am 1970.
The 1970 Trans Am series is regarded by most racing enthusiasts as the high water mark of American road racing.
Six full factory teams prepared …
A rare wet afternoon has given me a respite from the heat and humidity to do some more searching in my large and almost uncatalogued photo collection and I found these gems taken in the …
Here is a full length video of the season opening Argentine 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix from 1982.
The opening parts of the video are arguably the best bits with some good interviews with Sheene, Croz and …
This is a fascinating and very well written account of the politics behind the extraordinary Auto Union and Mercedes ” Silver Arrows ” grand prix cars of the 1930s.
Eberhard Reuss is a German motor sport …
The first video is a touching account of Lorenzo Bandinis fatal race at Monaco in 1967. The clip, which is in Italian with subtitles, features moving interviews with Bandini, his wife and Mother.
Bandini was hired …
As a hard-nosed newspaper reporter would probably note, Marco Lucchinelli was ‘one of the more colourful characters’ to win a world 500cc championship. A blindingly quick rider of the 70s and 80s with a particular …
I have just placed an order for what looks like a mega book. Go Faster- The graphic design of racing cars is written by Sven Voelker and features 144 full colour pages of some of …
Bill Wagenblatt, who publishes the always excellent Track Thoughts just sent me this amazing photo CD from the 2009 Monterey Historics. To be honest I was just expecting a CD with a whole load of …
1964 was the first season of the famous Tasman Series for 2.5 litre Formula One Cars.
The trip to the super fast 4.5 mile Longford circuit in Tasmania hosted an impressive entry list of cars and …
It impresses me that Porsche seemingly gets the Internet.
This is the latest piece on their YouTube Channel, this time promoting the Porsche Museum.
It features some great historical racing footage of Le Mans and Sportscar racing, …
Make no mistake, Finland has produced more motorsport world champions per capita than any nation on earth. When you think rallying, names of champions easily come to mind, guys like Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Timo …
Check out this delightful Vauxhall film, recording Pentti Airikkala’s first year in the Vauxhall Chevette HS. The film serves as a great reminder why this driver was so popular with fans, particularly in Britain. The …
Ciggies and motorcycling were a marketers perfect match. Two dangerous and potentially deadly products harmoniously appealing to the risk taking, cool hunting youth in all of us.
Marlboro was the king of motorsport cigarette brands having …
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