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10 of the best from Autopics: Bathurst 1000 1984
July 19, 2011 | One Comment

The 1984 James Hardie Bathurst 1000 was won by Peter Brock and Larry Perkins driving a Holden Commodore for the Holden Dealer Team. It was the third consecutive victory for Brock, Perkins and HDT.
It was …

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For Slot Mods, 12 Hours Just Isn’t Enough
July 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

Slot cars are great fun. You can slide them around nicely, and it can all get extremely competitive. So when I heard about Slot Mods’ limited edition replica cars and tracks, I was looking forward …

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Bernd Schneider: “The DTM cars at that time were very impressive”
July 13, 2011 | One Comment

What do Formula 1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen, F1 race-winner Mark Webber and Indycar champion and Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti have in common? Answer: All of them have been team mates to a driver …

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Movie: Silver Dream Racer
July 11, 2011 | One Comment

Silver Dream Racer stars David Essex as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle. The hot headed Freeman is determined to race the bike …

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Impressive Porsches Line Up For Quail Lodge Sale
July 8, 2011 | No Comment

The Porsche 906 is not only one of the most beautiful racing cars that has graced circuits around the world, but also one of the more successful. Time to dive under the couch, go gold panning behind the driver’s seat, and cobble together a few extra dollars to go and buy one at Bonhams’ upcoming Quail Lodge auction.

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Video: Derek Bell drives the Porsche 956 at Goodwood 2011
July 5, 2011 | 4 Comments

Porsche racing legend, Derek Bell, talks to us about his memories of Le Mans while racing the famous Porsche 956 and 962.
We hear about some of Derek’s memorable experiences and also see on car …

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Video: Porsche to return to Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with new LMP1 car
July 1, 2011 | No Comment

 
Stuttgart. Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall …

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Video + Photos: The HSRCA’s All Historic Winter
June 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

We’re enveloped in the deepest and darkest depths of winter here in Australia, but Mr. Sun kindly managed to forget about it over the weekend, presumably cheered up by the HSRCA’s mighty showing of historic …

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One off Grand Prix winners: Lorenzo Bandini Austria 1964
June 29, 2011 | No Comment

For many people Lorenzo Bandini represented the ultimate Italian GP driver with his matinée idol good looks and shock of black hair, but he was actually born in Libya on December 21st 1935 (Libya being …

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Days of Thunder is the best racing movie of all time.
June 27, 2011 | 11 Comments

So, then, the Senna movie has gone down a storm – and rightly so. Not to put too fine a point on it, things were simply more exciting then. The circuits were bumpy, the cars …

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Video: Mazda 787B Restoration
June 24, 2011 | No Comment

Enjoy this footage of the Mazda 787B Le Mans winning car being restored.  The orange and green machine was given a makeover by Mazda’s engineers for the 20th anniversary celebrations that took place at …

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San Marino Grand Prix, Imola 1994 – The worst weekend, part four
June 23, 2011 | 3 Comments

The worldwide release of Senna – The Movie has opened up a lot of memories, and it made me dig out a story I wrote a few years ago that ended up not being published. …

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San Marino Grand Prix, Imola 1994 – The worst weekend, part three
June 22, 2011 | 3 Comments

May 1: Last year’s worldwide release of Senna – The Movie opened up a lot of memories about Ayrton Senna, in the build-up I dug out a series of stories I wrote a few years …

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Video: The Jochen Rindt Opera
June 21, 2011 | No Comment

It is not often you see an opera set in the Formula 1 pitlane of 1970, but back in 2009 the Salzburg Rallye Club and the artists’ network lawine torrèn produced an opera about the …

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San Marino Grand Prix, Imola 1994 – The worst weekend, part two
June 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

In all the drama that was that weekend at Imola in 1994, it’s all too easy to forget that we also lost the very likeable Austrian Roland Ratzenberger on April 30, the day before Senna had …