Articles tagged with: 1960s
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 …
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.
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Elfin Heritage Centre
Its been over 50 years since Garie Cooper designed and built his first Elfin racing car in a small workshop near Adelaide, South Australia. Now enthusiasts have a place to visit and celebrate the heritage …
Honda RC166
Here is a series of fantastic photographs of a truly beautiful machine. The Honda RC166.
The statistics tell you everything you need to know about how great this bike was. In the hands of Mike Hailwood …
Jaguar XJ13
The Jaguar XJ13 was a mid-engined prototype first mooted in 1960 with a view to competing at Le Mans.
Construction began in 1965, with the first car running in 1966, however the founder of Jaguar, Sir …
Martin Brundle drives Jim Clark’s Lotus 49
Silverstone celebrated its 60th Anniversary as a motor racing Circuit in 2008. As part of these celebrations, organisers brought together grand prix cars from the past six decades and Martin Brundle got to drive them …
