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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Indy 500 1983: Sneva’s last-gasp success
March 11, 2010 – 11:28 AM | No Comment
Indy 500 1983: Sneva’s last-gasp success

Watch this video of the last 10 laps of the 1983 Indianapolis 500 and you’ll quickly realise why the climax to America’s biggest race that May is remembered as one of the best.
The 67th running …

Sir Stirling Moss Falls Three Stories Down Elevator Shaft
March 10, 2010 – 3:28 PM | No Comment
Sir Stirling Moss Falls Three Stories Down Elevator Shaft

Formula One legend Sir Stirling Moss has been injured after falling three stories down a lift shaft in his London home over the weekend.
After calling the lift to his floor, Moss stepped into empty space …

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

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 …

Chad McQueen talks about being on the set of Le Mans
March 7, 2010 – 8:35 AM | No Comment
Chad McQueen talks about being on the set of Le Mans

Here a couple of lovely videos featuring Chad McQueen talking about being on the set of Le Mans with his Dad, Steve,  in 1970.
In the first video, Chad talks about sitting on his Dad’s lap …

Fangio to drive Maserati 250F at 2010 Formula 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
March 6, 2010 – 11:46 AM | No Comment
Fangio to drive Maserati 250F at 2010 Formula 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Manama, 4th March 2010: Juan Manuel Fangio II, nephew of five-time Formula 1™ world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, will take to the track at the wheel of a Maserati 250F as the world’s biggest annual …

Bahrain F1 opener brings together F1 champions
March 5, 2010 – 9:56 AM | No Comment
Bahrain F1 opener brings together F1 champions

All but two surviving F1 champions have been confirmed to be in attendance of this year’s Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix weekend running from the 12th to the 14th of March.

American legend Mario Andretti to celebrate 60 years of Formula 1™ in Bahrain
March 4, 2010 – 3:50 PM | No Comment
American legend Mario Andretti to celebrate 60 years of Formula 1™ in Bahrain

Manama, 28th February 2010: American motor racing legend Mario Andretti will play a starring role in the Kingdom of Bahrain as the 2010 FIA Formula 1™ World Championship season starts at the Gulf Air Bahrain …

Retro Martini Racing Gear
March 3, 2010 – 9:00 AM | No Comment
Retro Martini Racing Gear

Maxpart Racing has created  officially licensed replicas of the evocative Martini Racing gear of the 1970s.
Star of the range is the uber retro light blue jacket, famously worn by Argentinian legend Carlos Reutemann. The jacket …

Bahrain’s 60th anniversary of Formula 1™ event ‘Will Never Be Repeated’
March 1, 2010 – 12:22 PM | No Comment
Bahrain’s 60th anniversary of Formula 1™ event ‘Will Never Be Repeated’

Manama, 26th February 2010: Behind the scenes preparations are underway to make the forthcoming Formula 1™Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix not only the start of one of the most-anticipated seasons in years, but also to …

Ignazio Giunti: The avoidable crash
February 28, 2010 – 11:29 AM | No Comment
Ignazio Giunti: The avoidable crash

This has to be one of the most ridiculous and completely avoidable crashes I have ever seen. The tragic part is that it claimed the life of popular Italian driver Ignazio Giunti
Giunti, from Rome, made …

Legends line up for Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport
February 27, 2010 – 10:08 AM | No Comment
Legends line up for Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport

Australian motor racing legends headed by triple World Champion Sir Jack Brabham are turning out in force to celebrate Australia’s greatest classic motorsport festival at Phillip Island over the March 19-21 weekend.
Multiple Australian open wheeler, …

Dick Johnson’s Ford Mustang
February 25, 2010 – 6:23 AM | One Comment
Dick Johnson’s Ford Mustang

In 1984 Dick Johnson was in a bit of trouble. The new Group A racing rules were coming the following year and Ford Australia was not at all interested in helping him racing their local …

Dan Gurney to be featured at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
February 21, 2010 – 7:27 AM | One Comment
Dan Gurney to be featured at Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion enters a new dawn of historic racing by honoring one of the true legends of motorsports- Dan Gurney – the Cars He Built, the Cars He Drove – August 12-15 …

Major National motoring event for Echuca-Moama!
February 16, 2010 – 10:17 AM | No Comment
Major National motoring event for Echuca-Moama!

A major national event for all motoring enthusiasts designed ultimately to attract up to 5,000 vehicles and their owners from around Australia, will be staged in the rapidly-growing Murray River border town of Echuca-Moama.
CARnival, which …

Daytona 500 1979 – fight to the finish
February 12, 2010 – 11:50 AM | No Comment
Daytona 500 1979 – fight to the finish

As NASCAR’s Sprint Cup daredevils get ready for this weekend’s season-opener, the Daytona 500 at the fearsome Florida Speedway, it’s worth wallowing in a bit of stock car nostalgia.
The blue-riband 500 has been the most …

Documentary: Trans Am 1970
February 11, 2010 – 9:49 AM | No Comment
Documentary: Trans Am 1970

Here are some video snippets from a documentary called Trans Am 1970.
The 1970 Trans Am series is regarded by most racing enthusiasts as the high water mark of American road racing.
Six full factory teams prepared …

You were there: Silverstone and Brands, 1960s
February 10, 2010 – 12:17 PM | No Comment
You were there: Silverstone and Brands, 1960s

A rare wet afternoon has given me a respite from the heat and humidity to do some more searching in my large and almost uncatalogued photo collection and I found these gems taken in the …

Brock-buster Torana A9X stars at Top Gear Live
February 8, 2010 – 5:52 PM | No Comment
Brock-buster Torana A9X stars at Top Gear Live

The famous Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Torana A9X in which the late Peter Brock and Jim Richards delivered the most crushing of all Bathurst victories will be one of the stars of the 2010 Top …

Lorenzo Bandini: Monaco 1967
February 6, 2010 – 10:30 AM | 2 Comments
Lorenzo Bandini: Monaco 1967

The first video is a touching account of Lorenzo Bandinis fatal race at Monaco in 1967. The clip, which is in Italian with subtitles, features moving interviews with Bandini, his wife and Mother.
Bandini was hired …

AUTOSPORT International – the insider’s view
February 5, 2010 – 10:23 AM | 2 Comments
AUTOSPORT International – the insider’s view

January’s AUTOSPORT International show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham is the ultimate Christmas/New Year hangover cure for race fans of all ages and tastes. Organised for the past 20 years by the world’s …

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