St. John “Jock” Horsfall was a keen racer before the war. He also help change the course of WWII and ensure the Allies of a very important victory. He was also legally blind and just might have been the inspiration for James Bond… The XCAR crew take a look at Jock’s remarkable life and racing […]
Category: Motorsport
Toyota racing New Zealand last week launched its new car for the Toyota Racing Series – the FT50. The FT50 has been designed and constructed by Tatuus in Italy to meet current FIA safety standards with front and rear impact crash structures, driver cockpit head protection and wheel tethers to secure the suspension to the […]
We head over to the world of single seaters with HUGE wings for this week’s BLAST – namely the legendary Jochen Rindt in a Lotus 49T at the NZIGP in Pukekohe in 1969. Many thanks to Terry Marshall!
Once again Terry Marshall brings us pics of the latest round of the South Island Endurance Racing Driver’s Club ASKO Endurance Series, this time from Timaru. Read a report of the round by clicking here.
Nick from XCAR has a crack at racing in the Radical SR1 Cup at Brands Hatch and finds out that nothing can truly prepare you for your first race!
We stay with the mighty OSCA series again for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST – this time from Levels at Timaru. It is the 1975/6 season and Laurie Bruce’s ’67 TransAm Mustang leads Clyde Collins’ V8 Cortina. Our favourite part of this pic? It’s gotta be the cheeky Mustang badge proudly displayed on the grille of […]
Alex and Drew from XCAR head off for a bit of gymkhana training in the latest video from XCAR! Not quite Ken Block, but we all gotta start somewhere!
This week’s BLAST is a mighty one indeed – it comes from the 1976/77 season and shows the big, bad OSCA Camaros of Kevin Haig and Bruce Jenner battling it out on the Levels race track in Timaru. Awesome stuff! Thanks, as always, to Terry Marshal!
Terry Marshall once again brings us a rather fantastic gallery of his motorsport photography from the Ruapuna round of the South Island Endurance Racing Driver’s Club ASKO Endurance series. Clich here for a report of the round!
We head back to Ruapuna for this week’s BLAST from the mid 70’s where Ian (Munty) Munts thrashes his mighty OSCA Capri. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall.
