Peter Molloy Honoured

One of Peter Molloy’s first bosses told him: “as long as your arse points towards the ground you won’t make a mechanic”. Thankfully for the subsequent history of Australian motor racing, Molloy ignored him.
Otherwise, we …

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 …

2009 Shannons Eastern Creek Classic

The 2009 Shannons Eastern Creek Classic is on next weekend August 22 & 23rd and will features over 1,800 veteran, vintage and classic cars, motorcycles, commercial and military vehicles on display and performing parade laps.
Saturday …

Marty Smith Replica 1975 Honda RC125

Vintage Factory are building jaw dropping replicas of US Motocross legend Marty Smiths Honda RC 125.

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 …

Biggest crash in NASCAR history.

In 1960 a sportsman race at the Daytona Speedway went down in history as the race that featured “the most fantastic pile up in auto racing history”.
From a field of 68 starters, 37 cars were …

Ferrari 330 P4 1967

$12.3 million ($7.25m euro) Australian dollars. That is how much one punter forked out for this amazing 1967 Ferrari 330 P4.

1982 Kawasaki SR500

Dave Thorpe raced this beautiful factory Kawasaki during his first full season of Grand Prix Motocross racing in 1982. Arguably one of the most unique looking motocorss models of all time, the green machine stood …