Article Archive for August 2014
JPS Girls- Photo of the Day
The pits at the 1975 British Grand Prix. Ronnie Peterson is nowhere in sight, but that JPS Lotus 72E doesn’t look lonely.
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Calsonic Nissan Skyline GTR: Getting to Know Godzilla
Nissan Skyline GTRs entered 29 races in the All Japan Touring Car Championship from 1990 to 1993. And won all of them.
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MSR Shop: (We Want to Go to the) Kobayashi School of Driving
Image: The Motorsport Retro Store
Ever since he spent an entire Japanese Grand Prix bombing down the inside of absolutely everyone at Suzuka, Kamui Kobayashi’s been well up our list of most entertaining Formula 1 drivers. And since …
Fog, Fun and Ferocious Racing: Preparing for the Classic Daytona 24 Hours
Image: Louis Galanos thanks to HSR
The HSR’s 2014 Classic 24 Hours at Daytona is set for this November 12 – 16, and we can’t wait. To get in the mood, let’s head back to 1975 with …
10 Things we learnt at the 2014 Monterey Pre-Reunion
Monterey Car Week is on most car enthusiasts’ bucket lists. Some go for the car shows, some go for the auctions, some go for the racing. At Motorsport Retro, we went for the racing… starting with …
My other car’s a Ford RS200 – Video
It’s a part of Group B legend, and one of the greatest rally cars ever built – but what’s it really like to own and rally a real-deal Ford RS200?
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The story of the Connew F1 Team
If remembered at all, motorsports fans recall Sunday, August 13 1972 as the date Emerson Fittipaldi won the Austrian Grand Prix, and in doing so all but clinched his first Formula One World Drivers’ Championship. …
The Winningest Ferrari 333 SP
Photography by Darin Schnabel, thanks to RM Auctions
This 333 SP is the only Ferrari to win both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, and at RM Auctions’ upcoming Monterey Sale, you …