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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Check out these great pics of Miss Hurst Golden Shifter, Linda Vaughn.
Here is what the guys at The Selvedge Yard had to say
“Linda Vaughn, the lovely, leggy, legend of the auto racing scene from …

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 …

Two of the most exciting touring cars ever to race in Australia will be back on track at Queensland’s legendary Lakeside Park over the weekend of 7-8 August in the hands of their original drivers.
Touring …

Dick Johnson Racing kicked off celebrations to mark its 30 year anniversary on Friday with a supporters lunch at the Norman Hotel in Brisbane.
Speaking to the 150 invited guests, founder Dick Johnson …

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 …

A very original Australian-delivered Nissan R32 GT-R first owned by Orbital Engine Corporation founder Ralph Sarich is one of 31 special vehicles and 29 items of automobilia in Shannons Custom & Collectable Vehicle Auction at …

I am completely addicted to Vintage Motocross.
Ever since Carl from Northside Motorcycles let me ride some bikes from his collection for a story on Motorsport Retro, I can think of nothing else.
There was only one …

Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti talk about the 1981 Indy 500.
The 65th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24, 1981. A hectic month of May was interrupted several …

One of the most exciting things about our Facebook page is that it exposes us to the many talented and interesting people that make up our community. It serves as an excellent platform for you, …

Perched on a car bonnet, in freezing weather and while operating a cine camera, might sound a strange way to begin an international race program. But that was what entertained Isle of Man residents for …

A legend of Australian touring car racing, the ‘Greens-Tuf’ Ford Mustang GT of Dick Johnson, will go under the hammer at next month’s Meguiar’s MotorEx.
After a successful run in Europe with driver Klaus Ludwig, the …

Four time world rally champion, Juha Kankkunen and his equally legendary co-driver, Nicky Grist, put in a dominant display at the Rally of Portugal Revival 2010, winning the event by over three minutes.
The championship winning …

The Le Mans 24 hours is on again next weekend with a Jaguar competing for the first time since 1993, when John Nielsen , David Coulthard and David Brabham “won” the Grand Touring Category in …

Very few of the world’s modern-day, sanitised, super-safe international race tracks command the sort of respect their tree-lined, blind-summitted, heart-in-the-mouth forbearers once did. Names such as Elkhart Lake (Road America), Mosport, Nurburgring Nordschleife, Rouen and …

Motorsport Retro is pleased to announce the launch of its new Car Event Calendar.
Happily for us, the world of vintage and historic motorsport does not exist in a time capsule, a piece of history locked …

Kevin Cogan didn’t have much luck at the Indy 500.
He was involved in the famous start crash in 1982, that took out two of the biggest names in US motor racing, Mario Andretti and AJ …