$275 000 book: The Official Ferrari Opus

Ferrari has come up with a $275,000 book, The Official Ferrari Opus, which is being termed as the most lavish and most valuable historical reference the Italian sports car manufacturer has ever produced.
The most extravagant …

Official Trailer: TT3D Closer to the Edge

TT3D Closer to the Edge looks like being a classic racing film.
Is there is a more interesting, charismatic and honest  rider (or driver) in the world than Guy Martin?  He is a throwback to the …

Video: Stirling Moss on Murray Walker’s F1 Greats

In this clip Murray Walker interviews the legendary Sir Stirling Moss.
Everybody knows he is a champion bloke, the winner of 16 Grand Prix and one of the best drivers to ever sit in a racing …

Classic Ads: Moffat and Ford 1-2 at Bathurst 1000 1977

While not exactly classic ads in design or execution, this collection of advertisements illustrate how sponsors love being associated with a winner – even if the connection is tenuous in some instances.
The 1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 …

Motorsport Retro’s VMX adventures: Heaven VMX Rd 1 – Bulahdelah

Another weekend of excellent VMX racing has left us pondering the eternal question. What bike should we buy next?
The weekend didn’t start too well for the Motorsport Retro VMX Team. For reasons I won’t go …

Derek Daly: “My life was in slow motion in that one”

Derek Daly’s Formula One career is mostly remembered for a couple of huge accidents, but who can forget how agonisingly close he came to winning at Monaco in 1982 in a Williams that had no …

Video: Group B Rallycross action

This weekend witnessed the birth of the new Global RallyCross Championship. The format is much the same as 1980’s Rallycross, but with the additional of some 70 foot jumps!
So we thought it was a good …

1970 Formula 1 illustrations

Enjoy these fabulous illustrations of the 1970 Formula 1 grid by artist Vincent Gaye.
Published by Marabout as a two part series and printed in Belgium 1970 each print is approximately 40cm x 25cm.
Via: Paul Chenard …