Exclusive: Sir Jackie Stewart Previews the FIA Formula 1™ World Championship 60th Anniversary Celebrations
March 8, 2010 – 6:46 AM | No Comment

Sir Jackie, you’re a regular visitor to Bahrain and its Grand Prix but this year it’s the venue of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the world championship.  How special does that make this year’s event …

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Motorsport Art by Nicolas Cancelier
February 23, 2010 – 7:34 AM | No Comment
Motorsport Art by Nicolas Cancelier

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 …

Go Faster: The graphic design of racing cars
February 3, 2010 – 9:03 AM | One Comment
Go Faster: The graphic design of racing cars

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 …

Tim Beaumont Designs: Retro bike racing art
January 18, 2010 – 10:33 PM | No Comment
Tim Beaumont Designs: Retro bike racing art

Art is a very personal thing and provokes different emotions and responses in each of us. Inspired by 70s flat track heroes like Gene Romero, Kenny Roberts and Rex Beauchamp, these works by British artist …

Retro Legends Stand Up – Art From Exciting Figures
January 15, 2010 – 8:14 AM | No Comment
Retro Legends Stand Up – Art From Exciting Figures

For Gabriel Petit de Meurville, much like for ourselves, the history of motor racing is an inspiration. Luckily for us, this inspiration has led him to create some truly awesome artworks in the form of …

The Linear Edge – The Raggedy Edge Gone Zen
January 9, 2010 – 9:07 AM | 3 Comments
The Linear Edge – The Raggedy Edge Gone Zen

There is something Zen about the search for the perfect line. The perfect line is a minimalist thing, graceful, flowing, smooth and perpetual. Achieving it is almost a form of meditation in which the car, …

Michael and Graham Turner Motorsport Art
October 30, 2009 – 10:04 AM | No Comment
Michael and Graham Turner Motorsport Art

Michael Turner has been producing paintings, prints and cards since 1963. Today he is one of the worlds best known and highly respected Motorsport artists.
His son Graham Turner’s paintings have been published alongside those of …

Retro lifestyle apparel from RACE RALLY ROAD
October 23, 2009 – 10:59 AM | No Comment
Retro lifestyle apparel from RACE RALLY ROAD

RACE RALLY ROAD (R3) this month launched its new website – www.racerallyroad.com which features a collection of lifestyle apparel for sports motoring enthusiasts.
Designed and produced with driving passion in Australia, R3 offers motoring fanatics the …

Team Green vs the Bumblebee
September 7, 2009 – 2:53 PM | 4 Comments
Team Green vs the Bumblebee

Ever wondered how racing Kawasaki’s ended up green, or where Yamaha’s “bumblebee” graphics came from?
Well I have found the answer!  A long time Kawasaki and race team employee named Steve Johnson shed some light on …

Lovely Logos
August 27, 2009 – 8:33 AM | 5 Comments
Lovely Logos

Following on from the fever generated by the “Luscious Liveries” article, I have raided our UK based car writer Henry Hope-Frost’s Facebook page and found some lovely logos!
There are some very evocative designs in the …

Mad Dogs and Englishmen
August 26, 2009 – 8:12 AM | No Comment
Mad Dogs and Englishmen

For the first time in 70 years Brooklands, the world’s first permanent racing venue, resounded to the throb of competition engines this weekend.  Well, less of a throb and more of a whir.
Your correspondent was …

BK Motorart
August 13, 2009 – 5:21 AM | No Comment
BK Motorart

Barry Knight at BK Motorart art produces incredible acrylic on canvas artowork inspired by classic racing cars of yesteryear.
His focus is on classic motorsport machinery from 1950-1990 and has captured some of the worlds most …

Old school 70s motorcycle arcade games
August 7, 2009 – 1:29 PM | 2 Comments
Old school 70s motorcycle arcade games

I’m a huge big fan of retro arcade games and they simply don’t get any cooler than these two electro mechanical 70s arcade machines.
Kevin Keinert has restored Sega Moto Champ and Bally Hill Climb to …

Castrol Six Hour Official Program 1975
July 28, 2009 – 10:03 AM | 3 Comments
Castrol Six Hour Official Program 1975

The design of the official program from the 1975 Castrol Six Hour Production Race “…was branded an acid trip from the more conservative sections of the Willoughby District Motor Cycle Club ” according to a …

Classic Motorsport Ads
July 15, 2009 – 8:58 AM | No Comment
Classic Motorsport Ads

Win on Sunday. Sell on Monday. Of course that’s a good start, but which car manufacturer or supplier has done the best job marketing its motorsport associations?
Adclassix.com specialises in original classic car ads and have just …

Uli Ehret Motorsport Art
July 8, 2009 – 1:48 PM | No Comment
Uli Ehret Motorsport Art

I’m a big fan of these glorious water colour paintings from German artist Uli Ehret.
Uli and his team are big fans of Le Mans, so lots of his work is naturally of Sportscars. However there …

Vintage Auto Posters
February 7, 2009 – 4:40 PM | No Comment
Vintage Auto Posters

Authentic automotive posters are a fantastic addition to any office or workshop.
However its often difficult to be sure you have purchased an original in a world full of reproductions on eBay.
If you want to be sure …

Legends of American Motocross
December 5, 2008 – 9:24 PM | No Comment
Legends of American Motocross

Thanks to the guys at digitalphotography.tv you can now buy prints and posters of 1970s Legends of US Motocross.
The top photos is of 1982 500cc world champion Brad Lackey on a Kawasaki during an AMA motocross race in …

Metmania!
December 1, 2008 – 7:30 AM | No Comment
Metmania!

You just have to love the Japanese!
Metmania.com is devoted to the construction of Historic Formula 1 cars and helmets made out of paper!
Fancy a Brabham BT44, a Lotus 79 or perhaps a McLaren Ford M23? There …

Tim Layzell Automotive Art
November 14, 2008 – 10:29 AM | No Comment
Tim Layzell Automotive Art

I really love this work from young British artist Tim Layzell
Tim was born into a family with a passionate interest in historic motor sport.  While still in the pram he was taken to Vintage Sports …

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