Classic Motorsport Random Stuff!

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Ultimate Road Test

This week’s BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – “Ultimate Road Test” Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: The famous Bathurst 1000 started out as a 500 mile race at the Phillip island circuit in 1960, moving to Mount Panorama in 1963. Originally created as a […]

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Classic Motorsport Random Stuff!

BLAST FROM THE PAST: A Pack of Arseholes!

This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – “Emotional Day” Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: The Nissan Skyline ‘Godzilla’ of Mark Skaife & Jim Richards leads the Ford Sierra of Dick Johnson & John Bowe during the early laps of the 1992 Bathurst 1000. […]

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Motorsport

Bosch has Abarth’s back

One of OVERSTEER’s favourite road cars is the mental Abarth 695, so we were stoked when we found out the race version  – the 695  Assetto Corse – was attacking The Mountain during this weekend’s Bathurst 12 Hour. Now, while the 695 is insanely aggressive and terrifyingly quick on the road and we have no […]

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Motorsport News

Just like the old days…

Don’t know if any of you caught this in the weekend’s Bathurst coverage, but it bore a striking resemblance to the days when Aussie touring cars were actually good to watch… Seeing Jim Richards belt a Volvo around reminded me of the days when the 2-litre cars mixed it with the V8s and Dick Johnson […]

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New Cars Quick Drives

QUICK DRIVE: Bentley Continental GT

OVERSTEER ROAD TEST: Bentley Continental GT It isn’t every day that someone hands you the key to a $325,000 Bentley just after lunch and says “Go where you like, dinner is at 7.30”. It is even less frequent that this happens within an hour’s drive of one of the greatest motor racing circuits in the […]

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