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1985 Daytona 24hrs: The Porsche superstar show
What do sportscar superstar Bob Wollek, Grand Prix winner Thierry Boutsen, all-round racing legend AJ Foyt and four-time Indy 500 winner have in common? Bizzare and as random as it may sound… At the...
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Legends: Wayne Gardner
In 1988, Swan Breweries showcased leading Australian sports people in television advertisements, with the catchline: “they said you’d never make it”. In a first for Australian motorcycling, reigning...
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Photos: WRC World Champion Juha Kankkunen’s Car Collection
This is the stunning car collection of Juha Kankkunen, winner of 23 world rallies and four drivers’ world championships and the only man to become world champion with three different manufacturers....
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Gear: Tasman Series Calendar 2012
In late 1961 a group of drivers including Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, and John Surtees took to the sunny circuits of Australia and New Zealand in the past season’s Formula One cars to go racing while...
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Saltarelli Ducati Collection offered at RM Auctions Monaco sale
A highlight of the 2012 RM Auctions Monaco sale is the incredible Saltarelli Ducati Collection. One of the largest private collections of Ducati motorcycles ever to be offered at auction, the...
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Gear: 8380 Laboratories’ Classic Race Car Food Chain
8380 Laboratories have put together a series of seriously groovy retro motorsport t-shirts based on the idea of a food chain for classic racing cars. The food chain has three links thus far and 8380...
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Close, But No Cigar: Ferrari 512S – 1971 24 Hours of Daytona
In America in the mid-20th century carnivals and county fairs would hand out cigars as prizes for anyone who might win at the games offered on the midway. Failure to win might elicit the response...
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Paul Newman: Behind Blue Eyes
For a world-famous multiple award-winning actor, Paul Newman kept a low profile at the race track. He was just ‘one of the team’. Paul Newman was one of those guys that’s hard to describe. You see him...
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2012 HBBB to Open with Golden Era Celebration
Jeff Leisk, Charlie Williams, Ivan Mauger and a nigh-unbeatable collection of Honda’s magic machinery will head to Broadford this coming April for the 2012 Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza. The event will...
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Best of the Cahier Archive: Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello, affectionately known as Rubinho, is the the most experienced driver in Formula 1 history, thanks to 322 starts with Jordan, Stewart, Ferrari, Honda, Brawn and Williams. The...
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Amon and his Batmobile Star at the New Zealand Festival of Motorsport
24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Formula One star Chris Amon is in the midst of a reunion with his 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’. The pair are among an impressive line-up of drivers and machines present...
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Video: How to start a 1990 Formula 1 car
When you wake up in the morning, and jump into your car for work, you put the key in, and go. Not so with a Formula 1 car. If you thought a modern F1 car was complex – it is. To be fair though Formula...
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For Sale: 1962 Lotus Seven
The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972. It was designed by Lotus founder Colin Chapman and has been considered the...
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Mal Campbell and Honda RC 30 Reunite at Island Classic
Aussie motorcycle racing legend Malcolm Campbell will be reunited with Honda’s RC30, on which he won two Australian Superbike championships, this coming weekend at Phillip Island for the International...
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Video: Motorsport – Love For Life
Here is the latest video created by Finn Antti Kalhol. Called Love For Life, and narrated by Esther Veas, the video asks the question “Why are we prepared to sacrifice everything for love?” The video...
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For Sale: Ayrton Senna’s Helmet and Race Suit
Silverstone Auctions’ upcoming Race Retro sale will present automobilia collectors with an incredibly rare opportunity to own a pair of artifacts from the Formula One legend – one of Ayrton Senna’s...
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50th Anniversary of 24 hours at Daytona: 1968 – Vic Elford wins for Porsche
As a galaxy of stars get ready for the 50th running of sportscars at Daytona this weekend at the 24 Hours we celebrate the event’s most successful marque: Porsche There are two things that are great...
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Video Documentary: 1000KM Nürburgring 1983 “The last Ringmeisters”
Qualifying for the 1983 1000km of Nürburgring and a young Stefan Bellof sets a pole-position time around the infamous Nordschleife of six minutes eleven seconds. He is five seconds ahead of...
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Video Documentary: Jim Clark – The Quiet Champion
“People would not understand that you could be frightened. Well, it’s all part of it. If there was nothing to be frightened of there, and nothing, and no limit, any silly bugger could get in a motor...
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The history of Daytona Beach and NASCAR
For around six weeks, Daytona Beach, Florida is taken over by motorsport, its history growing by the year The first event at Daytona International Speedway is the Rolex 24 Hours which celebrated its...
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