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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BMW M1 Procar at the Nurburgring
September 3, 2010 – 10:37 AM | No Comment
BMW M1 Procar at the Nurburgring

Hang on and enjoy the wonderful sounds of the BMW Procar being riven hard around the Nurburgring.
The BMW M1 Procar Championship, sometimes known simply as Procar, was a one-make auto racing series created by Jochen …

David Piper’s Porsche 917
August 27, 2010 – 1:39 PM | One Comment
David Piper’s Porsche 917

What do you say we let Porsche Club GB Motorsport and Marketing Director Geoff Turral show us around David Piper’s Porsche 917 #10—the first 917 available to a private team.
Harlo
via: TheChicaneBlog.com

Classic Ads: Wheel Appeal
August 26, 2010 – 7:32 AM | No Comment
Classic Ads: Wheel Appeal

Aunger Wheels where something of a must have for the more sporting driver in 1970s Australia.
Here we have a ‘young Johnny Goss’ finding himself in the disturbing situation of his pit crew not being particularly …

Murray Walker interviews Niki Lauda on F1 Greats
August 23, 2010 – 9:30 AM | No Comment
Murray Walker interviews Niki Lauda on F1 Greats

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 …

Onboard: 1984 Jaguar XJR-5 at Monterey Motorsports Reunion
August 18, 2010 – 11:17 PM | No Comment
Onboard: 1984 Jaguar XJR-5 at Monterey Motorsports Reunion

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 …

Second “Original” to join New Zealand F5000 series
August 18, 2010 – 10:29 PM | One Comment
Second “Original” to join New Zealand F5000 series

A second category original – Reg Cook – is set to join New Zealand’s world-leading MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series this season
Cook, now 63, raced a Lola T300 to second place in the local Gold …

Targa Florio ’73: last of the real road races
August 16, 2010 – 10:28 AM | No Comment
Targa Florio ’73: last of the real road races

An important chapter of sportscar racing came to an end on May 13th 1973 when the last ‘proper’ Targa Florio took place on the 45-mile Piccolo Madonie circuit on the Italian island of Sicily. Since …

Jenson and Lewis discuss Senna’s legendary 1988 McLaren MP4-4
August 11, 2010 – 8:15 AM | No Comment
Jenson and Lewis discuss Senna’s legendary 1988 McLaren MP4-4

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 …

Great Grand Prix Racing Hereos – New series coming soon
August 4, 2010 – 10:03 AM | One Comment
Great Grand Prix Racing Hereos – New series coming soon

The thirst for classic Formula 1 footage is stronger than ever and there are more treats in store for fans in 2010.
Here is the official blurb from Brunswick Films about their latest production.
“A new series …

Dick Johnson Racing kicks off 30th anniversary celebrations
August 4, 2010 – 9:18 AM | No Comment
Dick Johnson Racing kicks off 30th anniversary celebrations

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 …

Video interview: Derek Bell – the race of my life
July 31, 2010 – 9:24 AM | No Comment
Video interview: Derek Bell – the race of my life

Five-time Le Mans winner and sports car legend, Derek Bell recounts the ‘Race of his life’ to AUTOSPORT’s Kevin Turner during  this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The race which Derek rates as his …

Red and White Mini’s Return to Rallying
July 28, 2010 – 3:36 PM | No Comment
Red and White Mini’s Return to Rallying

Well it had to happen, I suppose: the words ‘Mini’ and ‘rally’ are to come into close contact for the first time since Monte Carlo in 1968, when the teeny tearaway’s reign of terror in …

Lancia Delta S4: 1000 Lakes Rally 1986
July 27, 2010 – 12:40 PM | No Comment
Lancia Delta S4: 1000 Lakes Rally 1986

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 …

Porsche Design P’6612: Tribute To Porsche’s 1970 Le Mans Victory
July 23, 2010 – 10:33 AM | No Comment
Porsche Design P’6612: Tribute To Porsche’s 1970 Le Mans Victory

Porsche has just released a new model, the P’6612 to celebrate its first Le Mans victory in 1970.
Here is the blurb as it appeared in Autoblog
“Some races come and go, but a handful remain inextricably …

Ex Dick Johnson “Greens Tuf” Ford Mustang for sale at Motorex
July 22, 2010 – 8:37 AM | No Comment
Ex Dick Johnson “Greens Tuf” Ford Mustang for sale at Motorex

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 …

Fever machines: Porsche 917/10
July 20, 2010 – 8:35 AM | No Comment
Fever machines: Porsche 917/10

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 …

Video: Bathurst 1000 winners of the 1970s
July 15, 2010 – 8:11 AM | No Comment
Video: Bathurst 1000 winners of the 1970s

Some fabulous memories in this clip highlighting the winners of the “Great Race” from 1970 – 1979.
Here are the list of winners
1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500:  Allan Moffat  – Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
1971 …

Classic Ads: Champions Power the winners
July 9, 2010 – 1:17 PM | No Comment
Classic Ads: Champions Power the winners

I found this ripper ad on The Chicane Blog.
I’m guessing it’s from 1953 as it mentions Mike Hawthorn winning in France, which he did in ‘53 aboard a Ferrari 500.
“From Sicily to Indianapolis from Monte …

The Indy 500’s most controversial race? Unser vs Andretti 1981
July 6, 2010 – 9:32 PM | No Comment
The Indy 500’s most controversial race? Unser vs Andretti 1981

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 …

Video: Richard Attwood drives the 1970 Le Mans winning Porsche at Goodwood Festival of Speed
July 5, 2010 – 1:40 PM | 2 Comments
Video: Richard Attwood drives the 1970 Le Mans winning Porsche at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Onboard and in-car views of Richard Attwood, as he climbs the Goodwood hill in the Porsche 917K with which he won the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Afterwards, Richard shares his thoughts on …

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