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Excursion: Heaven VMX Vintage Motocross Bulahdelah April 18

Its called Heaven VMX for a very good reason, because racing vintage dirt bikes around an immaculately prepared natural terrain grass track, certainly makes you feel like you have left the earth for a better …

Classic Team Lotus Festival 20th June 2010

The Classic Team Lotus Festival at Snetterton presents a unique opportunity to see Team Lotus racing cars spanning more than fifty historic years of history all in the same place at one time, …

Jim Clark wins the French Grand Prix 1965

Check out the lovely footage of the 1965 French Grand Prix at the Circuit Louis Rosier at Clermont Ferrand.

Tom Phillis Remembered: World 125cc Champion 1961

It started with a letter. A personal but well-argued letter written late in 1959 by an Australian racer to the founder a Japanese motorcycle company.
The rider was Tom Phillis, then a private entrant on the …

1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” for Auction

RM Auctions upcoming Sporting Classics at Monaco on Saturday, May 1, 2010, will feature this glorious 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage”
It’s one serious machine and the price estimate is €2.400.000-€2.600.000.
Here is the official blurb from …

SIDI: 50th Anniversary 1960-2010

If you are a Motocross fan then you would be very familiar with the iconic Italian brand SIDI, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2010.
In 1960 SIDI commenced production as a single craftsman in …

Classic Rallying Video: The 60s, 70s and 80s

Rally fans will really love this tribute to the kings of sideways action.
The video takes us from the production based late 1950s cars thought to the epic flame spitting Group B monsters of the 1980s.
Just …

Australian Double At The ‘Ring

The full 22.8km Nurburgring is daunting. Throw in rain and mist and it’s scary. But forty years ago, it was the venue when, for the first time, two Australian recorded Grand Prix victories at the …