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Aston Martin Owners Club 60th St. John Horsfall Race Meeting Silverstone 22nd May

Before I go any further I’d just like to say that The Aston Martin Owners Club are a lovely bunch of friendly enthusiasts. All the drivers and mechanics I spoke to, and there was a …

'69 24 hours of Le Mans

Le Mans ’69: 100-yard humdinger

The 37th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours features on most sportscar racing fans’ list of ‘greatest-ever races’ around the legendary La Sarthe venue – and for several good reasons.

Scheckter’s spin causes massive pile up at British Grand Prix 1973

Jody Scheckter spins during the first lap of the British Grand Prix and the ensuing eleven car pile-up goes down in history as one of Formula Ones biggest crashes.
Brabham driver Andrea de Adamich from Italy, …

You were there: 24 hours of Le Mans 1988

The Le Mans 24 hours is on again next weekend with a Jaguar competing for the first time since 1993, when John Nielsen , David Coulthard and David Brabham “won” the Grand Touring Category in …

Race Report and Photos: HSCC Silverstone International Trophy 15-16th May

The HSCC celebrated the heritage of the International Trophy over the weekend of the 15th and 16th of May by naming the event after the Trophy. The thirteen race programme attracted a massive 540 entries. …

Flat Out: HD TV series about Historic Grand Prix Racing

The guys from Mito Media, Alex King and Matt Barlow have just released a teaser about their new HD TV series called Flat Out.
The teaser video features footage from the 2010 Grand Prix de Monaco …

Richards to debut new GT3 RS at Cootha Classic

Racing legend Jim Richards plans to debut his brand new $337,000 Porsche GT3 RS at this month’s Cootha Classic sponsored by Shannons at Brisbane’s iconic Mount Coot-tha this weekend, May 29-30.
The seven time Bathurst and eight …

Classic circuits: Brands Hatch

Very few of the world’s modern-day, sanitised, super-safe international race tracks command the sort of respect their tree-lined, blind-summitted, heart-in-the-mouth forbearers once did. Names such as Elkhart Lake (Road America), Mosport, Nurburgring Nordschleife, Rouen and …