1979 BMW M1 Art Car fetches $854 000 at Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction
The 1979 BMW M1 Frank Stella “art car” just sold for $854 000 (inclusive of Buyer’s Premium) at the Bonhams Quali Lodge Auction. The car has spent the past 12 years residing at the famed …
Legendary Bikes: Barry Sheene’s Suzuki RG500 1976-77
Barry Sheene’s Suzuki 500 holds the record for the fastest motorcycle GP race ever.
On July 3, 1977 Sheene averaged 217.37 km/h to win the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps, compared with fastest MotoGP race averages of …
2011 Muscle Car Masters: Watch in Awe as the Big Cars Roar
The Australian Muscle Car Masters are back for 2011, taking over Eastern Creek International Raceway on the 4th of September and letting the big guns loose in celebration of Australia’s motorsport heritage.
The event will feature round …
Photo Gallery: Winton Festival of Speed 2011
The second annual Festival of Speed hit Winton Motor Raceway over the weekend, giving a huge field of historic racers the chance to stretch their legs out on the track.
The 2011 event featured a re-enactment …
Art: 24 Karat Ferrari 250 GTO to be unveiled at Pebble Beach
Award winning artist Dante will reveal his newest sculpture, a Ferrari 250 GTO at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California. The US debut of the sculpture will coincide with a special display of rare …
RM Auctions: 1972 Alfa Romeo 33-3 TT
They say that Alfa Romeos have soul. Passion. They are cars for people who love cars. This veteran of Le Mans and the Targa Florio, then, is surely something special.
It is a 1972 Alfa Romeo …
Martin Donnelly: The luckiest man alive (Part one)
Derek Warwick summed it up best in September 1990 at the Spanish GP at Jerez the day after his Lotus teammate Martin Donnelly’s sickening qualifying crash: “For Martin Donnelly to have survived that accident was …
Video: A tour of the Bowden Collection with Moffat, Johnson and Crompton
Enjoy this video from the team at V8Xtra who tour the Bowden Collection with Allan Moffat and Dick Johnson
The Bowden Collection features some of Australia’s most famous racing machines including the Allan Moffat’s XY GTHO …
