It’s off to Wigram in 1972 for today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST, where Teddy Pilette guides his McLaren M10B around the drums marking the loop and out onto Wigram’s wide open track heading for Bomb Bay. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the fantastic pic!
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When a dog randomly wanders onto a race track or, say, a live really stage, things probably aren’t going to turn out to well for it. Not this lucky little bloke, however. Given he can hear the Lancer EVO banging and roaring in the distances, this dog that found himself on a rally stage in […]
To celebrate the life of the great Chris Amon we asked Terry Marshall to select a bunch of his favourite pics of the Kiwi racing legend.
Just after I scheduled today’s BLAST FROM THE PAST to go up today I learnt of Chris Amon’s passing, making Kieran’s fantastic painting even more appropriate as we lost the last of the three kiwi legends who filled the top two steps at the 1966 race. Chris Amon was not only a racing legend, however, he […]
This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – Long Road to Victory. Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: In the early 60’s Ford wanted to win the most prestigious road race – the Le Mans 24 hours. Ferrari had a stranglehold on the event, so […]
This week we head to Baypark in 1972 for our BLAST FROM THE PAST, where Rod Coppins’ E49 Charger holds of a determined Patrick Smith in his Phase 3 GTHO Falcon during the Castrol GTX championship race.
It’s off to Wigram in 1974 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST, and the Lady Wigram Trophy race where Graeme Lawrence pounds his Lola T332 over the bump around #7 hanger towards the loop. As always, thanks to Terry Marshall for the awesome pic!
What if Formula 1 cars had keys? Stephen Goldasz takes a look at some of the possibilities dreamt up by CarKeys.co.uk! When a Formula 1 driver goes racing, they will take several items with them to their car, including a helmet and water bottle. But one thing they never carry on them is a car key. […]
Last weekend saw the second round of the North Island Endurance series at Hampton Downs. As usual, our favourite grumpy photographer – Terry Marshall – was there to capture all the action!
These days Britain is one of the dominant forces in motorsport but it wasn’t always that way. Carfection takes a look at how it all began.
