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A Historic Racing Warrior: Nissan R90CK For Sale

Image: RMD Fully race ready and presented with a huge collection of spares, this Nissan R90CK is one of the last greats of Group C racing and a workhorse historic racer which can take it to the Sauber...

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Learning to Soar with Dan Gurney

  Talk Spa, Nurburgring and racing with all four wheels off the ground with Dan Gurney in episode 2 of Dan Gurney: All American Racer. The relaxed chatting atmosphere of this video from RACER is a...

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Keeping It Clean (And Classy): The Classic Motorsport Art of Arthur Schening

Images: Arthur Schening Drawing inspiration from the racing cars of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Arthur Schening’s motorsport art is stunning, classy, and well worth your time. Schening’s work represents...

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The Incredible Goodwood Night Race

I do quite a lot of day-to-day driving in a 1948 MG TC. It’s a brilliant little car, and perfectly capable of handling Sydney’s traffic. Except that if I stay out too late and Mr. Sun dips behind the...

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For sale: Arrows A3 Formula 1 Car (1980)

Image: RMD Riccardo Patrese’s ride for the 1980 and 1981 Formula 1 seasons and responsible for Arrows’ best ever race results, this A3, chassis #3, is up for sale at RMD. In it, Patrese claimed second...

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Remembering That We Race for Fun, at the Varano Circuit

Cool classic and vintage bikes, a great atmosphere and good friends. What more can you ask for in life? Relax, enjoy a beverage and spend a few minutes bike spotting and soaking in the atmosphere at...

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Still Sideways at 60 years and 60 Horsepower

Jeff Zwart teaches us that even a car with just 60 horsepower at best can hang it out with the best of ‘em. Now in its 60s, Jeff’s little 356 is still showing us why the 356 was a car that got going...

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Enjoy a Few Moments with the Winningest Ferrari Ever

“If they said you could take one with you, this would be it. This just checks every box.” Looking at documentation from over fifty races that it ran in, this absolutely stunning Ferrari 625/250 TRC...

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Valiant R & S Series: Potent ’60s Pentastars!

Image thanks to the Shannons Club, via Autopics In an age when the Australian Touring Car Championship was being decided by a single race each year, Valiant Hemi Pacers and R/T Chargers took it to the...

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Go For a Ride in Steve McQueen’s Jaguar XKSS

Spend a few minutes with the most exciting Jaguar ever made – one which the King of Cool enjoyed so much, it saw him get his license suspended twice. The Jaguar XKSS is a street version of the...

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How Well Do You Know Your Nissan Heritage Engine Notes?

From the magnificent bark of the Mazda 767B to the cavernous burble of a Ford GT40, distinctive engine notes have excited and comforted motorsport fans throughout the decades. We like to think we have...

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2014 Spa Classic Mega Gallery and Report

Images © Marcel Hundscheid/Speed-O-Graphica.com The 4th edition of the Spa Classic, held from May 16th until May 18th, was the best so far. More than 15,000 spectators enjoyed the participation of 8...

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Jaguar Wants To Build You a Brand New 1963 ‘Lightweight’ E-Type

They’re only doing six of them, but each will be a perfect production of the original Lightweight E-type racer from 1963 using an original chassis. Back in 1963 Jaguar started work building 18 special...

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Video: Colin McRae – master behind the wheel

Reactions quicker than the speed of thought. One of the top voted comments attached to this clip exclaims: “that whole video just looked like a massive crash that somehow never happened” – a statement...

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Video: Dan Gurney – A Different Era

Dan Gurney on fixing his own car, pushing it to the grid himself at Monaco, living in a motor home, and doing it all his own way. The next episode of Racer’s All American Racer is terrific – primarily...

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Video: Amazing sights and sounds at the Monaco Historique

Surreal visuals as historic machines from as far back as 60 years blast through the hallowed halls of Monaco. Take a look at this brilliant recap of the 2014 Monaco Historique through the eyes of...

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Best of the Cahier Archive: Bruce McLaren

The absolute best of the incredible Bruce McLaren. This week marks 44 short years since Bruce McLaren lost his life whilst racing CanAm. The unbelievably talented New Zealand native was just 32 years...

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80 years later – The Birth of the Silver Arrows

In 1934, a motor racing icon was born. That icon was the Silver Arrows of Mercedes Benz, which first appeared at the Nurburgring on June 3rd, 1934. The cars were named W25, and the rumor was that the...

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Video: How the fearsome reputation of the Isle of Man TT was earned

Yep, he’s about to ride straight through that huge fireball. When it comes to motor sport events with fearsome Isle of Man TT is unrivaled. The idea of this video is to cram as many reasons as to why...

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Caught on video: 10 unforgettable things that happened at the Canadian GP

In just a few short days the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix will be upon us. These are ten occasions on which the Canadian Grand Prix knocked our socks off. The 2014 Canadian Grand Prix will be held this...

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