Autoweek has a brilliant and touching article written by Alain Prost about his old rival Ayrton Senna 20 years after his death. In the article Prost describes their first meeting when he picked a young Senna up from the airport: I met him first in 1984 at the opening of the new Nürburgring GP circuit, […]
Category: Motorsport
This is rather old, but it is utterly spectacular. Head to the 1 minute 13 second mark if you are impatient, but that build up is worth it for the spectacular payoff!
We have just received notification that due to unforeseen circumstances, the date of the event has been moved to Sunday, 1st June 2014, Queens Birthday weekend. Having recently relocated back to New Zealand from Melbourne – and having to transport enough race overalls, limited edition prints, caps, die cast collectable cars and team apparel […]
A BLAST from Pukekohe again this week, with the mighty “Breadvan” Lotus Anglias of Paul Fahey and David Simpson. The year is 1966. Thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic!
This week’s BLAST comes from Pukekohe in 1965. The 1275 Cooper S of Bryan Innes gently hurries Rod Coppins in the significantly larger and more fearsome Zephyr Corvette. As usual, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the fantastic pic!
Nothing sums up the true passion for racing during the classic era of motor racing in New Zealand better than the awesome Allcomer Saloons. And it led to mighty mongrels like the Anglia Corvette of Neil Doyle you see here. Taken at Pukekohe in 1967 by Terry Marshall.
This sort of thing has been done so many times now it is not funny. But still it is a very cool thing to watch! A single lap handicapped race between a 2011 Red Bull RB7 driven by David Coulthard, a current Triple 8 Red Bull Holden V8 Supercar driven by Steven Richards and the […]
This week’s BLAST comes to you from 1974 and features not only the mighty Sidchrome Mustang, but also Kiwi legend Jim Richards at Wigram. Many thanks to Terry Marshall for the pic.
Blindfold slaloms. They can be quite a fun idea, provided BOTH people involved know their lefts and rights properly. One of these people clearly didn’t…
While the Alfa Romeo 4C is a thoroughly stunning-looking little car – it was recently voted “Most Beautiful Car of 2013” – and quite frequently stops traffic with those looks, it will now officially be holding up a different sort of traffic. The 4C has just been announced as the official Safety Car for the […]
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