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Best of 2010: Top 5 Moto Grand Prix stories

1. Retro Marlboro Motorcycle Racing Stickers
Ciggies and motorcycling were a marketers perfect match. Two dangerous and potentially deadly products harmoniously appealing to the risk taking, cool hunting youth in all of us. Read …

Best of 2010: Top 5 Le Mans and Sportscar stories

1. Ignazio Giunti: The avoidable crash
This has to be one of the most ridiculous and completely avoidable crashes I have ever seen. The tragic part is that it claimed the life of popular …

Vanity Fair photographs Ralph Lauren’s Garage

What can you say about Ralph’s garage?
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Best of 2010: Top 5 Rally stories

1. Paris-Dakar 1986: dial 959
Almost a quarter of a century ago – Porsche turned up in the desert with a trio of hi-tech supercars in the shape of 911-based, twin turbocharged, four-wheel-drive 959s. Read more

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Best of 2010: Top 5 Formula 1 stories

1. Video: Jackie Stewart on Murray Walker’s F1 Greats
This segment of Murray Walker’s F1 Greats follows Jackie Stewart’s Formula One career, with insights from Jackie on his most memorable races and key events and turning …

Classic Ads: Thunder in the Air

The headline for this 1969 full page advertisement has real significance, given the prevailing direction of touring car racing in Australia at the time was racing along with increasing V8 powered pace.
The copy describes big …

Classic Ads: Stirling Moss Wins on BP

Here we have a very early 60’s magazine advertisement for BP – featuring a fresh-faced Stirling Moss.
The International 100 was the headline event on an extremely hot summer day in late January 1961. This being …

For Sale: Fiat 682 Ferrari Factory Transporter

I bet you thought your toter-home tow rig was as good as it could get. You’ve got the tools, the clean floor, a lcd tv and comfortable bed. Compared to this open-air spartan antique, it’s …