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Video: Depth of Speed – British Mania
February 4, 2012 – 10:49 AM | No Comment
Video: Depth of Speed – British Mania

Owning, working on, running and racing a classic car is something special. It’s a unique experience, and usually a deep and quite meaningful relationship that grows and changes along with life. There is a connection …

Goodwood celebrates sports car racing at 2012 Festival of Speed
January 30, 2012 – 3:32 PM | No Comment
Goodwood celebrates sports car racing at 2012 Festival of Speed

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (28 June – 1 July 2012), will mark two key anniversaries, with the peak of sports car racing 40 years ago, and the launch of the exciting …

Video Documentary: 1000KM Nürburgring 1983 “The last Ringmeisters”
January 28, 2012 – 7:19 PM | One Comment
Video Documentary: 1000KM Nürburgring 1983 “The last Ringmeisters”

Qualifying for the 1983 1000km of Nürburgring and a young Stefan Bellof sets a pole-position time around the infamous Nordschleife of six minutes eleven seconds. He is five seconds ahead of second-place man Jochen Mass.

50th Anniversary of 24 hours at Daytona: 1968 – Vic Elford wins for Porsche
January 28, 2012 – 7:02 AM | No Comment
50th Anniversary of 24 hours at Daytona: 1968 – Vic Elford wins for Porsche

As a galaxy of stars get ready for the 50th running of sportscars at Daytona this weekend at the 24 Hours we celebrate the  event’s most successful marque: Porsche

Video: Motorsport – Love For Life
January 26, 2012 – 4:01 PM | One Comment
Video: Motorsport – Love For Life

Here is the latest video created by Finn Antti Kalhol. Called Love For Life, and narrated by Esther Veas, the video asks the question “Why are we prepared to sacrifice everything for love?”
The video covers …

For Sale: 1962 Lotus Seven
January 25, 2012 – 3:14 PM | No Comment
For Sale: 1962 Lotus Seven

The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972.

Paul Newman: Behind Blue Eyes
January 23, 2012 – 1:55 PM | 2 Comments
Paul Newman: Behind Blue Eyes

For a world-famous multiple award-winning actor, Paul Newman kept a low profile at the race track. He was just ‘one of the team’.

Close, But No Cigar: Ferrari 512S – 1971 24 Hours of Daytona
January 22, 2012 – 5:35 PM | 4 Comments
Close, But No Cigar: Ferrari 512S  – 1971 24 Hours of Daytona

In America in the mid-20th century carnivals and county fairs would hand out cigars as prizes for anyone who might win at the games offered on the midway.  Failure to win might elicit the response …

Gear: 8380 Laboratories’ Classic Race Car Food Chain
January 20, 2012 – 9:26 AM | No Comment
Gear: 8380 Laboratories’ Classic Race Car Food Chain

8380 Laboratories have put together a series of seriously groovy retro motorsport t-shirts based on the idea of a food chain for classic racing cars.

1985 Daytona 24hrs: The Porsche superstar show
January 16, 2012 – 4:58 PM | No Comment
1985 Daytona 24hrs: The Porsche superstar show

What do sportscar superstar Bob Wollek, Grand Prix winner Thierry Boutsen, all-round racing legend AJ Foyt and four-time Indy 500 winner have in common?
Bizzare and as random as it may sound… At the start of …

Top Five of 2011: Le Mans and Sportscar
January 13, 2012 – 9:05 AM | One Comment
Top Five of 2011: Le Mans and Sportscar

Le Mans 1983: Michael and Mario Andretti attempt to make history

In 1983, Mario Andretti – one of America’s legendary drivers – competed in the epic race for the first time since 1967. This was his …

Top Five of 2011: Videos
January 7, 2012 – 10:35 AM | One Comment
Top Five of 2011: Videos

Video: Colin McRae + MG Metro 6R4 + biggest moment ever = crazy
Watch as Colin McRae has a huge moment and goes backwards down an escape road at 80mph in his MG Metro 6R4 on the …

Video: The history of the Porsche 917/021
January 5, 2012 – 7:46 AM | 2 Comments
Video: The history of the Porsche 917/021

This stunning video tracks the history of the Porsche 917, chassis number 021.

George Waltman completes the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona solo
December 28, 2011 – 12:29 PM | 3 Comments
George Waltman completes the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona solo

George Waltman sits in his Aztec Racing Morgan Plus 4 after single handedly completing the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway.

Video: Porsche at Le Mans in the 1980s
December 17, 2011 – 9:12 PM | One Comment
Video: Porsche at Le Mans in the 1980s

Porsche is celebrating their 2014 Le Mans comeback with video  look back at the cars and drivers who made history at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Video: Porsche at Le Mans – The Early Years
December 8, 2011 – 11:08 PM | 3 Comments
Video: Porsche at Le Mans – The Early Years

No other brand celebrates its Le Mans success like Porsche.

Video: On board with Brian Redman in a Porsche 908/3.
November 27, 2011 – 7:45 AM | 2 Comments
Video: On board with Brian Redman in a Porsche 908/3.

Brian Redman laps Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Rennsport Reunion IV in a Porsche 908/3. Turn it up.

1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa to star at Gooding Scottsdale Auction
November 22, 2011 – 8:36 AM | 2 Comments
1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa to star at Gooding Scottsdale Auction

The highlight of Januarys Gooding & Company’s Scottsdale Auction will be a 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spider.

Video: Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV – Heroes
November 20, 2011 – 12:29 PM | One Comment
Video: Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV – Heroes

Here is another cracker video from Porsche, on the back of the recent Rennsport Reunion IV.
 

Tony Crampton and the Art of the Automobile
November 18, 2011 – 9:18 AM | One Comment
Tony Crampton and the Art of the Automobile

Inspired by his love of cars and motorsport, Tony Crampton has turned his artistic eye to the magic motorsport of the seventies.
He has created The Art of the Automobile, a collection of paintings that depict …