The Bruce and Denny show wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun without their M6 and M8 McLarens. These beasts were the fastest of an insanely fast bunch, and they dominated the Can Am series …

The classic car meeting of the South of France returns for 2011 – the Dix Mille Tours du Castellet will be back with 600 cars lining up on seven grids over the 7th, 8th and …

This car competed at the 1999 Goodwood Festival of Speed. It is completely sorted and race ready. The engine, trans, induction system, and electronics were just rebuilt and have less than an hour …

American legend and two time Grand Prix winner,  Peter Revson “talks to parents” about the Aurora Monte Carlo AFX race set.
“You just can’t get any closer to real racing”

Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the thirteenth anniversary of its renowned motorcar auction at the sunny Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley with resounding success.
A world record for any Porsche sold at auction was achieved …

Porsche’s fearsome 917 sports-racer came, saw and conquered during the first two world sportscar championship seasons of the 1970s. The 4.5-litre, flat-12 cylinder machine – later increased to five litres – was the most sophisticated …

Click here to watch this wonderful documentary about Kiwi motor-racing legends Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, and Chris Amon.
Shot on a shoestring budget, but beautifully directed by one time amateur racer John Milligan, the doco uses …

I have just been sent a copy of Road Racing- Drivers of the 60s and 70s by Linda Weldon and it’s a cracker.
Linda was clearly more interested in capturing the personalities and expressions of the …

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 …

Happy new year! We are still in holiday mode, so here is some classic video from 1966.
The film shows highlights from the last race of the first season of Can-Am, 1966. The race was held …

Despite its beige image, Toyota has been involved in just about every conceivable category of motorsport on earth.
In these mainly Australian based photos there are some great reminders of Toyota’s diverse racing machinery.
There are classic …

Pay attention Can-Am fans: here’s a superb film from the inaugural event in the Canadian-American Challenge for Group 7 monsters.
History was made on September 11 1966 at the fearsome, undulating road course of Mont Tremblant …

Art. No other word better sums up this staggeringly beautiful recreation of the McLaren M1 C Can-Am car.
It is built by German firm LMP Engineering to demonstrate the potential of 3D-CAD hybrid modeling software in …

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 …

I just found this footage of a Can Am race at Road America from 1967 and it’s completely awesome!
I love the idea of Can Am and wonder why there isn’t anything like it today. These …