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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Should the Cisitalia-Porsche 360 Have Changed GP Racing?
May 9, 2010 – 10:54 AM | One Comment
Should the Cisitalia-Porsche 360 Have Changed GP Racing?

The mid-engine revolution was, of course, prompted by Jack Brabham’s 1959 World Championship win at the wheel of a Cooper Formula 1 car. Shortly thereafter Cooper took the 1960 championship winning T53 car …

SIDI: 50th Anniversary 1960-2010
March 31, 2010 – 7:02 AM | No Comment
SIDI: 50th Anniversary 1960-2010

If you are a Motocross fan then you would be very familiar with the iconic Italian brand SIDI, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2010.
In 1960 SIDI commenced production as a single craftsman in …

A Genius, Rogue and more. The Secret Life of Colin Chapman
February 18, 2010 – 6:14 AM | No Comment
A Genius, Rogue and more. The Secret Life of Colin Chapman

In 1948 Colin Chapman was finishing up his education, racing cars he designed and gearing up to turn motor racing on its head.

Fever machines: Tyrrell P34 ‘six-wheeler’
November 16, 2009 – 8:45 AM | One Comment
Fever machines: Tyrrell P34 ‘six-wheeler’

Everyone has a shortlist of favourite competition cars – evocative machines that capture the imagination, stir the soul or bring back certain memories. Is it the way they look or the way they go? Invariably, …

Engine Work
October 27, 2009 – 8:24 AM | One Comment
Engine Work

One of the reasons modern motor racing can be so tedious, is that the cars are mechanically very reliable . Of course mechanical failures still do occur, but their frequency is so much less than …

The Bonneville Boss is back
October 20, 2009 – 8:58 AM | One Comment
The Bonneville Boss is back

Queensland Classic car dealer Terry Healy of Oldtimer Australia and US based Ferrari identity Tom Shaughnessy have purchased a Unique one off transporter known as the “Bonneville Boss.”
The Bonneville Boss was built by Tony Fox …

Techniques For Keeping Cars Light. Porsche Style.
June 28, 2009 – 10:18 AM | One Comment
Techniques For Keeping Cars Light. Porsche Style.

The newly opened Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen in Germany, is a magnificent edifice. The building dominates the Porscheplatz and fulfills a long held wish by Porsche to be able to show the proud history …

Dick Johnson Chats On RaceCam Bathurst 1984
October 3, 2008 – 10:49 AM | No Comment
Dick Johnson Chats On RaceCam Bathurst 1984

I love this time of year because the long weekend in October was traditionally the Bathurst 1000. Now it’s held a week later, but as a kid i never missed a race and remember being glued …

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