Unadilla Retro Motocross National

The latest round of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship was billed as a “Retro” event. The legendary track at the Unadilla Valley Sports Center played host to a celebration 40 years of …

Honda NSR500

Following on from the great feedback to the Honda RC166 story, here are wonderful photographs of Freddie Spencer’s World Championship winning 1985 NSR 500.
Why did Honda create the V4 NSR500 when Spencer had won Honda’s …

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 …

Australian Story – Sir Jack Brabham

Don’t miss this one. On Monday 17th August at 8pm ABC-TV will broadcast another fantastic episode of Australian Story
“The upcoming  program When We Were Racers is about one of the all time legends of world …

Photo Flashback: Bonneville Speed Week

The legendary Bonneville Speed Week ends today for another year. The “track” is, of course, not a  track at all, but rather the famous Bonneville Salt Flats, a 412 square km salt flat in Utah, …

For Sale: 1965 Brabham BT16 F2

The Classic Throttle Shop currently has this little beauty for sale.
Brabham Chassis No F2-8-65 was bought directly from the factory at Byfleet in the UK by John Coombes Racing. The John Coombes F2 racing team …

Roaring ‘40s’ celebrated at Historic Sandown

The 40th birthday of some of the greatest nameplates in motoring and motorsport will be celebrated at this year’s Historic Sandown from November 6-8.
Melbourne’s major annual historic race meeting will mark the 40th anniversary of …

BK Motorart

Barry Knight at BK Motorart art produces incredible acrylic on canvas artwork inspired by classic racing cars of yesteryear.
His focus is on classic motorsport machinery from 1950-1990 and he has captured some of the world’s …