Gallery: Luscious Liveries

Ever since corporate sponsorship arrived in motorsport in the 1960s, certain brand names and their colour schemes have taken on a certain synonymity. Everybody has a favourite livery or paint job – one that stirs …

Jammin’ Jimmy – Psyche-out 101 Part II

In part one of our story on ‘70s motocross icon Jammin’ Jimmy Weinert, we learned that the tall New Yorker successfully employed calculated psyche-out tactics to blunt the arrogance of the all-dominant European riders, who …

Ford Escort – Rally Legend

Ask a cross-section of rally fans to name their favourite rally car of all time and one name is guaranteed to crop up more often than any other: the Ford Escort.

The Blue Oval’s ubiquitous family …

Dick Johnson and the rock 1980

The Australian public sat glued to their TV screens as Dick Johnson explained the bizarre circumstances which saw him crash out the lead of the James Hardie Bathurst 1000. “I just couldn’t believe my bloody …

Ayrton Senna: First Formula 1 tests 1983

Here is some rare footage of Ayrton Senna taking part in his first three Formula 1 tests in 1983 before deciding on what team he should drive for the following year.
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Legends: Graeme Crosby

Of all the riders to emerge from the primordial swamp of Superbike racing in the 1970s, none was more flamboyant, spectacular and brilliant than Graeme Crosby.
For someone lucky enough to witness Kiwi Croz at his …

Legendary racing cars: Porsche 956/962

In the spring of 1982, Porsche unleashed the Group C-spec 956 on the World Sportscar Championship. Its debut race, the Silverstone six hours in May, marked the start of something very big for the German …

Psyche-out 101 with Jammin’ Jimmy – Part 1

One of the great characters of the burgeoning American motocross scene in the early ‘70s was Mitchell Nelson Weinert – better known as Jammin’ Jimmy Weinert.
The Jammer can lay claim to several milestones including being …