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Video and Photo Tribute: Tom Walkinshaw passes away
Former racer and team owner Tom Walkinshaw died yesterday at the age of 64 after a long struggle with cancer.
Walkinshaw’s career spanned the whole of the motorsport globe – both as a driver and …
Famous sports cars head for Phillip Island Classic
A 30 minute race for the world’s fastest sports cars from the 1970 and 1980 is the feature event of the 2011 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 18-20.
The race will see at …
Lotus Renault GP and Team Lotus to run the same retro livery in 2011
Not only does it appear there will be two Lotus teams on the grid in 2011, they both plan to run the famous black and gold livery from the John Player Special days!
Here is what …
Classic Ads: Thunder in the Air
The headline for this 1969 full page advertisement has real significance, given the prevailing direction of touring car racing in Australia at the time was racing along with increasing V8 powered pace.
The copy describes big …
Photo Gallery: 2010 Tasman Revival by Peter Schell
Enjoy this fabulous Photo Gallery from the 2010 Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival.
The shots were taken by Peter Schell
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Video: Roger Clark wins the 1972 RAC Rally
In 1972, Ford rally ace Roger Clark recorded a famous victory in Britain’s RAC Rally to end 12 years of Scandinavian dominance of the event. Driving by day and by night, in dire conditions, Clark …
Photo Gallery: 2010 Tasman Revival by Seth Reinhardt
Enjoy this fabulous Photo Gallery from the 2010 Lotus Sydney Tasman Revival.
The shots were taken by the very talented Seth Reinhardt
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Australia’s raciest sexagenarian at it again!
The country’s fastest sexagenarian, Jim Richards is in the box seat to add another championship to his incredible list of achievements as he fronts up to Homebush (NSW), this weekend.
Amassing 21 championships, seven Bathurst 1000 …
