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A Minor Hero

The Monte Carlo Rally seldom fails to bring about a barrage of memories of the Swinging Sixties and the Mini-Cooper S.  After all, it was the performances of the cheeky little cars in the hands …

Tim Richmond

Live fast and die young in a nice pair of shorts – Tim Richmond in the 1980s

The 80s truly were a bodacious time. Hammer pants abounded, Ahnold and Sly were at their finest and Tim Richmond was tearing up the NASCAR circuit door to door with Dale Earnhardt. Tim Richmond perfectly …

Mick Doohan shares his winning secrets

It was an extraordinary gathering, almost pre-ordained. About 12 hours after the news of Mick Doohan’s retirement broke in Australia on 10 December, 1999, a group of people was engaging in what Doohan had done …

Editors picks: Top Ten Feature Stories of 2009

It has been a fantastic and fun filled year for us at Motorsport Retro and I have really enjoyed the tales from our team of great writers. Here are a selection of my favourites, in …

Goodbye you crazy Swedes

This week sees another motor manufacturer succumb to the 21st Century –the unique Swedish marque, Saab.  With General Motors having to bail out its European operations, the time has come for the defiantly, definitive Scandinavian …

The Return of the Half-Tonners?

It might just be me, of course, but there’s something rather familiar-looking about Formula One as we hunker down for the brave new world of 2010.  The big boys have, whether for reasons of fiscal …

Long forgotten: The crazy experimental bikes Elf built

You know that feeling, when your pride and joy is sitting in the garage, tuned and tweaked to perfection. Just the way you want it. And yet you are already thinking of things that can …

1989 Aussie bike GP remembered

It is hard to believe that it is 20 years since the very first FIM-sanctioned Australian Grand Prix captured the imagination of the Aussie public and the admiration of the entire GP paddock. When I …