Video: Rat Trap Dragster crashes at Rod Millens’ Leadfoot Festival

March 28, 2012, 2:49 am

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Ron Hope crashed his beautiful Rat Trap Dragster at last weekend’s Leadfoot Festival in New Zealand. The US native was unhurt, but it does prove dragsters aren’t great around corners.     Video: Rat Trap Dragster crashes at ...

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Photo of the Day: Lancia LC2

March 28, 2012, 3:37 pm

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Lancia LC2 – Supermodel on wheels Photo of the Day: Lancia LC2 is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars, motorcycles and gear every day. ...

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Glasius Collection of Lotus Race and Road Cars to be Auctioned at Goodwood FoS

March 28, 2012, 7:13 pm

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Coinciding with the 60th anniversary celebrations for the Lotus marque at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Bonhams will be offering the Glasius Collection of Lotus race and road cars for auction on Friday the 29th June 2012. The collection, ...

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Trailer: Madness on Wheels

March 29, 2012, 2:56 pm

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“Too much power, too much speed. It was the fastest rallying there’ll ever be.” Made by the same people who did Grand Prix: The Killer Years and Deadliest Crash, Madness on Wheels shifts the focus to rallying ...

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Photo Gallery: 2012 Longford Revival Festival

March 29, 2012, 8:04 pm

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Inspired by the Goodwood festivals, Australia’s second Longford Revival Festival was staged in rural Tasmania last weekend. Speed demonstrations along a straight section of the old Longford road circuit – famously titled ‘The Flying Mile’ – ...

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Video: Senna Interviewed by Ron Dennis After the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix

March 30, 2012, 5:11 pm

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As short as the 1990 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix was for Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, it still managed to be pretty eventful. Suzuka was playing host to the championship decider between the drivers who ...

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Photo of the Day: Silverstone, 1969 – Ferrari

March 31, 2012, 7:18 am

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Ferrari Silverstone – Hmmm I think I’ll call it an E Duct Photo of the Day: Silverstone, 1969 – Ferrari is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars, motorcycles and gear every day. ...

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My life in programmes: Dutch Grand Prix 1984

March 31, 2012, 4:30 pm

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The 1984 Dutch Grand Prix may not be the most memorable race in Formula 1’s history, but for many personal reasons it was extremely significant. Significant why? For one, in a roundabout way that race was ...

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Interview: Jacques Laffite

April 1, 2012, 4:54 pm

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We caught up with Jacques Laffite in the Formula 1 paddock, the Frenchman who had a Grand Prix career that spanned 12 years. It ended in 1986 at Brands Hatch in the British Grand Prix ...

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Photo of the Day: Brands Hatch, ’67 – Jackie Stewart Drives for Ferrari

April 2, 2012, 3:02 pm

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Brands ’67 – When JYS drove for Ferrari Photo of the Day: Brands Hatch, ’67 – Jackie Stewart Drives for Ferrari is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars, motorcycles and gear every ...

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For Sale: A Pair of Group A Mercedes 190E 2.3s

April 2, 2012, 7:13 pm

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Mercedes’ original plan when designing the 190E was to take it rallying. Audi, however, also had plans for rallying, and when their turbocharged all-wheel-drive Quattro landed on the scene plans were changed and the 190E ...

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Video: Colin McRae Tests a Jordan Formula One car

April 2, 2012, 10:53 pm

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1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae and Formula One icon Martin Brundle swap cars in this video, giving each other an insight into their chosen motorsport disciplines and some brilliant joyriding opportunities along the way. The ...

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Video: The Challengers

April 3, 2012, 2:33 pm

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“When most men are heading for their lawn chairs and cold beer..” Player’s presents a video so incredibly retro, it’s almost too good to be true – The Challengers is a wonderful snapshot of the world ...

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Video: A Close Call for Timo Rautiainen

April 4, 2012, 4:23 am

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I have great respect for rally navigators. It is the very definition of huge cojones (or possibly madness) to sit next to a mad rally driver while shouting instructions that he can barely hear as you ...

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For Sale: 453 ’289′ Shelby-AC Cobra

April 4, 2012, 3:19 pm

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One of just three right-hand-drive independent racing Cobras built, this fully-restored, thoroughly-documented, storied and magnificent 453 ’289′ Shelby-AC Cobra is available for sale at DK Engineering. Built from thin-gauge aluminium with flared rear wheel arches and cut-back ‘FIA’ doors ...

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Video: Jackie Stewart Drives the 1988 Indy 500 Winning Penske Indycar

April 5, 2012, 1:13 am

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“Very smooth. Perhaps one of the smoothest racing engines I have ever driven..” Jackie Stewart hops into Rick Mears’ 1988 Indy 500 winning Penske-Chevrolet PC 17 in this video from Jackie Stewart’s World of Speed. The footage ...

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Video: How to Clear Traffic on the Mountain in a Ford XY-GTHO

April 5, 2012, 2:25 pm

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There’s enough space.. probably. It doesn’t get much better than big V8s racing inches apart through the twists and turns, climbs and descents of Bathurst’s timeless topography. This video features Matt McGrath’s XY-GTHO tearing through the field in a ...

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Interview: Leo Sayer – part one

April 6, 2012, 3:57 pm

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Leo Sayer. Grammy winning, multi-million, platinum album-selling singer and recording artist needs little introduction, so let’s take you to the other side of Leo. He is a Formula 1 fan. No, I’ll correct that, he ...

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Jack Brabham to Take Center Stage at Motorclassica 2012

April 7, 2012, 2:25 pm

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More than 50 years since his first World Championship win, the name Jack Brabham continues to be one of the most revered in motorsports history.  The record books are littered with his achievements both as ...

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Video: Johnson drives Brock’s Holden Torana around Bathurst

April 8, 2012, 4:49 am

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A very emotional Dick Johnson drives his old mate Brock’s Holden A9X Torana around Bathurst. Via: BowdensOwn.com.au Video: Johnson drives Brock’s Holden Torana around Bathurst is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport, cars, motorcycles ...

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