Rally history

Unique among world rally championship events, Rally Sweden offers the only chance for the world’s top drivers to show off their extraordinary talents entirely on snow and ice. Threading powerful rally cars along …

At the 1 minute mark in this video you go on board with Walter Röhrl. Watch the co driver, Walter is driving so fast that the poor bloke can’t call a single note, he’s …

The 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix at Autodromo do Estoril offered up a wealth of entertainment for fans, both on and off the circuit.
Nigel Mansell won the race in his Williams-Renault, giving him his ninth victory from …

Ride onboard with Johnny Herbert in the Mazda the 787B, as he laps Le Mans for the first time in 20 years.
Herbert famously drove a massive final stint and steered the rotary powered Mazda to …

Enjoy this full noise onboard run as Richard Attwood climbs the Goodwood hill in the Porsche 917K.
The famous number 23 machine is the car with which he and Hans Hermann won the 1970 24 …

I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again: the 80s were awesome. Racing drivers were legendary figures that duelled fearlessly with each other, the rears of the flame-spewing monsters that they drove hanging out …

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 …

The 37th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours features on most sportscar racing fans’ list of ‘greatest-ever races’ around the legendary La Sarthe venue – and for several good reasons.

This three part clip features a short interview and then a full on-board lap of the Isle of Man track with commentary from Joey Dunlop, the master of the Isle of Man.

Year: 1984
Driver: Derek Bell
Circuit: Old Nurburgring
Country: Germany
Car: Rothmans Porsche 956

Year: 1983
Driver: Ari Vatanen
Circuit: RAC Rally
Country: England
Car: Opel Manta 400

This is a great little clip from a 1973 Castrol film featuring three-time British Touring Car Champion and Australian legend, Frank Gardner.
Here he talks about what it takes to finesse a huge 1350kg, seven litre, …

Year: 1963
Driver: Jim Clark
Circuit: Oulton Park
Country: England
Car: Team Lotus 25
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Year: 1986
Driver: Johnny Dumfries
Circuit: Adelaide
Country: Australia
Car: JPS Team Lotus 98T

Year: 1978
Driver: Didier Pironi
Circuit: Watkins Glen
Country: USA
Car: Elf Team Tyrrell- Ford 008

Just how in the zone must Walter Rohrl have been in this video of him on the way to third place during the Rally Of Portugal in 1985!
Rohrl won two World Rally Championships: the first in …

This is some classic race cam footage of Glenn Seton slithering around during a storm, on slicks, in his Peter Jackson Nissan Skyline at Bathurst in 1987.
There is something magical about Bathurst. Somehow the race …

Here is some dramatic on board footage of Frenchman Patrick Depailler during practice for the 1973 Long Beach Grand Prix.
He goes out hard from the pits and then really pushes during the second lap. It’s great …

There is nothing quite like the 24 hours of Le Mans.
Having been to the race in both 1993 and 2000 I just cant get enough of the history and excitement that surrounds this awesome event.
Standing …

After writing the last couple of posts about Jaguar and then Bathurst it reminded me of Jaguar’s famous win in the 1985 “Great Race”.
Back in the days of the International  Group A Touring Car formula, Australian fans could watch their local V8 Holden …