Articles tagged with: 1970s
The subject of the noise of an F1 car has been in the press a lot of late. The planned introduction of a V6 for 2014 has moved Bernie to threaten to sue the FIA …
Silver Dream Racer stars David Essex as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle. The hot headed Freeman is determined to race the bike …
Every now and then, we like to get a little sophisticated in our appreciation of the golden years of motorsport. And it’s easy enough to do – motorsport has inspired artists to produce some truly …
The Porsche 906 is not only one of the most beautiful racing cars that has graced circuits around the world, but also one of the more successful. Time to dive under the couch, go gold panning behind the driver’s seat, and cobble together a few extra dollars to go and buy one at Bonhams’ upcoming Quail Lodge auction.
Racing is high adventure. And this alone is enough to account for racing’s incredible popularity.
A perfectly groomed track and blue skys greeted the Motorsport Retro team when we arrived up at the The Lakes Motocross track on the weekend of June 25-26.
I was joined by the flying Johnny Sport …
This RT-1 Ralt is probably the most original and the quickest RT-1 in the world. The car has only had three owners:1976-1977 Bruce Allison, who raced in the Stuyvesant series in NZ with quite some …
We’re enveloped in the deepest and darkest depths of winter here in Australia, but Mr. Sun kindly managed to forget about it over the weekend, presumably cheered up by the HSRCA’s mighty showing of historic …
Bonhams European Motoring Department are delighted to announce the addition of a new single marque motoring auction to their European calendar, entitled Power by BMW. The auction will incorporate all that is …
Austrian ace Dieter Quester made a return to the European Touring Car Championship in 1977 and dominated proceedings by taking the title and five wins.
It was Quester’s third ETCC Championship, following his his triumphs in …
Here are some great photos from Derek Hanbidge’s trip to the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. Sammy has a massive private collection of totally functional motorcycles all housed in a multi room Museum which …
It is not often you see an opera set in the Formula 1 pitlane of 1970, but back in 2009 the Salzburg Rallye Club and the artists’ network lawine torrèn produced an opera about the …
D’Aubreby in the groove as Collins’ click trick slips.
Frenchman Patrick D’Aubreby took a well judged Monza win on a wet but drying track after pole-man Steve Hartley exited from the lead with a flat and …
On June 4th Heinz from JOCHEN70, along with a bunch of like minded automotive enthusiasts gathered in Chino Hills, California. They were there to celebrate Le Mans and the one person most responsible …
Forty years ago this coming weekend (June 12 to be exact) the iconic Porsche 917 sports racer – which gave the Stuttgart manufacturer its maiden overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans –made …