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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Michel Collet: sculpteur de performances
August 15, 2010 – 11:12 AM | One Comment
Michel Collet: sculpteur de performances

Michel Collet likes details. Those little somethings that may seem insignificant to the untrained eye, but which, when done just right, are the difference between something ordinary and something timeless. We’re talking the headlamps on …

Retro Dude: Dan Šenkeřík
June 30, 2010 – 9:28 AM | No Comment
Retro Dude: Dan Šenkeřík

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, …

Custom Motorcyle Art
May 29, 2010 – 3:58 PM | No Comment
Custom Motorcyle Art

Take a look at this wonderful work by artist Gaston Vanzet from CustomMotorcycleArt.com.
Here is what Gaston has to say about  his art and how his passion was first ignited.
“It takes many weeks of careful …

Retro Dude: Alberto Ponno
May 15, 2010 – 10:30 AM | No Comment
Retro Dude: Alberto Ponno

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, …

Sports Illustrated’s Racing Covers
April 30, 2010 – 3:37 PM | No Comment
Sports Illustrated’s Racing Covers

As a non-traditional sports fan, I’ve always thought Sports Illustrated had a difficult relationship with sports that aren’t Football, Baseball, Basketball. But these covers from the 50s and 60s show that auto …

Riders & Villains: digitally illustrated motorcycle prints
April 20, 2010 – 9:09 AM | No Comment
Riders & Villains: digitally illustrated motorcycle prints

What a lusty set of prints. Slick, stylized vectors emphasizing clean lines, sparingly filled cool colours on a subtly textured background – it’s great design which manages to feel simultaneously both vintage and modern.
Individually each …

Nicolas Hunziker Apparel
April 12, 2010 – 8:18 AM | 3 Comments
Nicolas Hunziker Apparel

I’m a huge fan of the work by fourth generation artist Nicolas Hunziker. His artwork has to some of the most spectacular and evocative in the Automotive art space.
His original painting may be out of …

Insane Vintage Hill Climb Images from Jeff Decker
March 22, 2010 – 12:57 PM | One Comment
Insane Vintage Hill Climb Images from Jeff Decker

Check out these immensely impressive vintage motorcycle hill climb images from the 30s via Jeff Decker.

Retro Moto Sketches
March 15, 2010 – 8:20 PM | One Comment
Retro Moto Sketches

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a modern dirt bike, but with the look of a classic machine from the 70s or 80s?
Well Oberdan Bezzi has been thinking about it, …

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 | 2 Comments
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 world’s 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 Kawasakis 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 artwork inspired by classic racing cars of yesteryear.
His focus is on classic motorsport machinery from 1950-1990 and he has captured some of the world’s …

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