Weekend of a Champion
1971. The Principality of Monaco. Formula 1. Team Tyrrell. Cosworth DFV. Jackie Stewart.
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Sunshine, Classics and the MSV Historic Masters Festival
The weather gods smiled on us last Sunday for a day at Brands Hatch to watch the second day of the MSV Masters Historic Festival. The forecast rain and storms waited until we were already back home and on a sec... Read More...
Action-Packed Nostalgics at Donington Historics
It was very warm sitting in the queue, more than warm in fact. An old car with marginal ventilation is not a good place to be in a heat wave, less so when you are stationary and there isn’t a breath of airflow.... Read More...
Japanese Prince Conquers the Race Tracks
We recently dived into the short but glorious history of the Prince Motor Company, and told the story of these upmarket Japanese saloons from the fifties and sixties. There’s more though. We promised to return ... Read More...
Tony’s 308 on Steroids
The revs soar as the clutch is brutally side-stepped, and the rear wheels chirp and scramble frantically for traction. The rear fishtails a little until the tyres finally bite and we lunge forward before being ... Read More...
Straight-6 is Undiluted Audible Ecstasy
Different engine configurations have their own signature soundtracks. If I say V8, you'll immediately have that typical off-beat US burble resonating in your head. If I say Flat-6, you'll hear the gruff and agg... Read More...
Travelling Sideways Through the Seventies
Travelling sideways at rather ridiculous speeds and seemingly at the very limit of control, while navigating narrow roads or even mere tracks covered by loose gravel or snow and ice, and just to add to the exci... Read More...
Single-Model Series do not Count Towards Motorsports History
Let's just try to agree when one can say that a given car model has a motorsport history. Real motorsport history.
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50 Years with Baja Bugs: The Beetle’s Exotic Cousin
The legendary Baja 1000 will take place in Mexico again in mid-November, and it’s claimed that VW buggies still take part – they won the first Baja in 1967.
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