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Video: Sir Stirling Moss talks about the Porsche 718 RS 61 and the Targa Florio
August 1, 2011 – 10:19 AM | No Comment
Video: Sir Stirling Moss talks about the Porsche 718 RS 61 and the Targa Florio

Watch this interview with legendary driver Sir Stirling Moss as he recounts his experiences of driving the Porsche 718 RS 61 at the Targa Florio.
The interview was captured at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of …

Perfect Technique, Heart, Resistance, Intelligence – Targa Florio Returns
July 27, 2011 – 10:48 AM | 2 Comments
Perfect Technique, Heart, Resistance, Intelligence – Targa Florio Returns

“You need to have a perfect technique, heart, resistance, intelligence”
Piero Taruffi
Six minutes and eleven seconds for the Nordschleife by Stefan Bellof in a 956. Thirty three minutes and thirty six seconds, or a 79.890 …

Video: Porsche “Rolling Museum” at the 2011 Phillip Island Classic
May 10, 2011 – 9:01 AM | No Comment
Video: Porsche “Rolling Museum” at the 2011 Phillip Island Classic

Klaus Bischof, Director of the Porsche “Rolling Museum” in Stuttgart, talks about the special cars from the Museum which ran at the  2011 Phillip Island Classic. Biscof explains their development, evolution and the …

For Sale: 1970 Porsche 908/3
April 22, 2011 – 11:21 AM | 2 Comments
For Sale: 1970 Porsche 908/3

In a period of almost 20 years, Porsche had worked itself up the motor sport ladder.
From the early 1950s the Stuttgart based company slowly progressed through sports car racing with increasingly sophisticated racers, …

Targa Florio ’73: last of the real road races
August 16, 2010 – 10:28 AM | 3 Comments
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 …

Vic Elford Alfa Romeo 33TT3 Targa Florio 1972
February 9, 2009 – 10:31 AM | 6 Comments
Vic Elford Alfa Romeo 33TT3 Targa Florio 1972

The thing I love most about racing from years past, particularly the 60s and 70s is that the drivers drove so many different machines in a single season.
It allowed drivers to show how talented they were and not be …